English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

J. G. Ballard Quotes

J. G. Ballard quote: "The Kingdom of God might be at hand, but that hand was empty."

The Kingdom of God might be at hand, but that hand was empty.

J. G. Ballard

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

You're not going to have a 1.000 batting average, but the way you get votes is, you just push and you push. I'm not afraid to do that. Tim Kaine
A lot of the main characters in horror movies are outsiders as well, so that outsider syndrome reverberates within horror fans and geeky collectors. It's kind of a rallying call that brings fans and collectors together who are a little socially retarded, maybe. Kirk Hammett
Robert Brault quote: "I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but..."
I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar. Robert Brault
The interesting thing about Hain is that he's not a very interesting character. He's not fabulously clever. He's not a great policeman. He's not hugely charismatic. I'd describe him as a kind-of Chekhovian character. He's an ordinary bloke, to whom extraordinary things have happened. Which is quite hard to play, I have to say. Robbie Coltraine
Harry S. Truman quote: "Selfishness and greed, individual or national, cause most of..."
Selfishness and greed, individual or national, cause most of our troubles. Harry S. Truman
Kip Winger quote: "I'm a child of the 70's; influenced mostly by albums that had..."
I'm a child of the 70's; influenced mostly by albums that had a wide variety of style. Kip Winger
Nicholas D. Kristof quote: "The bulk of the emails tend to come after a column. I can get..."
The bulk of the emails tend to come after a column. I can get about 2,000 after a column. Nicholas D. Kristof
Words were insufficient for the elevation of his [Mr Collins'] feelings; and he was obliged to walk about the room, while Elizabeth tried to unite civility and truth in a few short sentences. Jane Austen
Thucydides quote: "The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to..."
The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage. Thucydides
The reporter wrote with the hope that he would get a by-line in the Times, a testimony to his being alive on that day and all the tomorrows of microfilm. Gay Talese
Will Cuppy quote: "All modern men are descended from wormlike creatures, but it..."
All modern men are descended from wormlike creatures, but it shows more on some people. Will Cuppy
Lisa See quote: "My hardcover sales are 17% down in books but up 400% in..."
My hardcover sales are 17% down in books but up 400% in electronics. Lisa See
Marguerite Duras quote: "That she had so completely recovered her sanity was a source..."
That she had so completely recovered her sanity was a source of sadness to her. One should never be cured of one's passion. Marguerite Duras
Love, love, love? all the wretched cant of it, masking egotism, lust, masochism, fantasy under a mythology of sentimental postures, a welter of self-induced miseries and joys, blinding and masking the essential personalities in the frozen gestures of courtship, in the kissing and the dating and the desire, the compliments and the quarrels which vivify its barrenness. Germaine Greer
George Cole quote: "I was paid to be cheeky and people clapped me for it."
I was paid to be cheeky and people clapped me for it. George Cole