Ray Bradbury Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Ray Bradbury quotes, Ray Bradbury sayings, and Ray Bradbury proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Life should be touched, not strangled. Ray Bradbury
We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out. Ray Bradbury
Find out what your hero or heroine wants, and when he or she wakes up in the morning, just follow him or her all day. Ray Bradbury
Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall. Ray Bradbury
The good writers touch life often. The mediocre ones run a quick hand over her. The bad ones rape her and leave her for the flies. Ray Bradbury
God, how we get our fingers in each other's clay. That's friendship, each playing the potter to see what shapes we can make of each other. Ray Bradbury
Sometimes you just have to jump out the window and grow wings on the way down. Ray Bradbury
All you umpires, back to the bleachers. Referees, hit the showers. It's my game. I pitch, I hit, I catch. I run the bases. At sunset, I've won or lost. At sunrise, I'm out again, giving it the old try. Ray Bradbury
What church could compete with the fireworks of the pure soul? Ray Bradbury
You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance. Ray Bradbury
Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is me. After the explosion, I spend the rest of the day putting the pieces together. Ray Bradbury
Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is me. After the explosion, I spend the rest of the day putting the pieces together. Ray Bradbury
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
We travel for romance, we travel for architecture, and we travel to be lost. Ray Bradbury
A good night sleep or a ten-minute bawl, or a pint of chocolate ice cream, or all three together, is good medicine. Ray Bradbury
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. Ray Bradbury
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 them. Ray Bradbury
A computer does not smell, if a book is new, it smells great. Ray Bradbury
You cannot hold a computer in your hand like you can a book. Ray Bradbury
Love is the answer to everything. It's the only reason to do anything. Ray Bradbury
Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it. Ray Bradbury
Love what you do and do what you love. Don't listen to anyone else who tells you not to do it. You do what you want, what you love. Imagination should be the center of your life. Ray Bradbury
Your intuition knows what to write, so get out of the way. Ray Bradbury
Without libraries what have we? We have on past and no future. Ray Bradbury
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
Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage. Ray Bradbury
It didn't come from the Government down. There was no dictum, no declaration, no censorship, to start with, no! Technology, mass exploitation, and minority pressure carried the trick, thank God. Ray Bradbury