Ray Bradbury quotes

Ray Bradbury was an American author and screenwriter, celebrated for his imaginative works of science fiction and fantasy. His stories often explore futuristic worlds, social issues, and the power of imagination. He inspired generations of readers with classics like "Fahrenheit 451" and "The Martian Chronicles." Here are 531 of his quotes:

We are an impossibility in an impossible universe. (Ray Bradbury)
Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage. View quote
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I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it. View quote
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To everything there is a season. Yes. A time to break down, and a time to build up. Yes. A time to keep silence and a time to speak. Yes. View quote
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I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it. View quote
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The first thing you learn in life is you're a fool. The last thing you learn in life is you're the same fool. View quote
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There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. View quote
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If you hide your ignorance, no one will hit you and you'll never learn. View quote
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Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things. View quote
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Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is me.After the explosion, I spent the rest of the day putting the pieces together. View quote
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Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. (Ray Bradbury)
Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future. View quote
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My stories run up and bite me on the leg - I respond by writing down everything that goes on during the bite. When I finish, the idea lets go and runs off. View quote
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If we listened to our intellect we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go in business because we'd be cynical: «It's gonna go wrong.» Or «She's going to hurt me.» Or, «I've had a couple of bad love affairs, so therefore ...» Well, that's nonsense. You're going to miss life. You've got to jump off the cliff all the time and build your wings on the way down. View quote
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You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. View quote
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But you can't make people listen. They have to come round in their own time, wondering what happened and why the world blew up around them. It can't last. View quote
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A good night sleep, or a ten minute bawl, or a pint of chocolate ice cream, or all three together, is good medicine. View quote
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You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. View quote
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I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room. View quote
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There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches. View quote
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You fail only if you stop writing. (Ray Bradbury)
We have everything we need to be happy, but we aren't happy. Something's missing. View quote
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Life is like underwear, should be changed twice a day. View quote
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And I saw then and there you take a man half-bad and a women half-bad and put their two good halves together and you got one human all good to share between. View quote
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The best scientist is open to experience and begins with romance - the idea that anything is possible. View quote
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Ray Bradbury

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Photo: Alan Light, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: American Author
Born: August 22, 1920
Died: June 5, 2012
Quotes count: 531
Wikipedia: Ray Bradbury

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