The spectacle is not a collection of images, but a social relation among people, mediated by images.

Young people everywhere have been allowed to choose between love and a garbage disposal unit. Everywhere they have chosen the garbage disposal unit.

In our society now, we prefer to see ourselves living than living.

Quotations are useful in periods of ignorance or obscurantist beliefs.

In a world that has REALLY been turned on its head, truth is a moment of falsehood.

The more powerful the class, the more it claims not to exist.

Where the real world changes into simple images, the simple images become real beings and effective motivations of hypnotic behavior.

... just as early industrial capitalism moved the focus of existence from being to having, post-industrial culture has moved that focus from having to appearing.

All that once was directly lived has become mere representation.

Boredom is always counter-revolutionary. Always.

The spectacle is the bad dream of a modern society in chains and ultimately expresses nothing more than its wish for sleep. The spectacle is the guardian of that sleep.

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor.

I wonder if she realizes how passionate she is about not being passionate.

Spending all your energy on one opinion is like confining yourself to living in a box, and most people in a box aren't living.

I am also praying for you, my beloved partner. God has a miracle breakthrough for your life.

Your first words will not only shape your first impression, they can create amazing connections, lead you to your dream job, or help you discover a new best friend—or accomplish exactly the opposite.

My folks were busy. My dad was a teacher, and it was during the Second World War, and my mother was working. So I got my stories from films and books. I read a lot, and I love to read to this day.

But what a man can do and what a man will do are two different things, he knew.

I don't wanna get old and stagnant and hang around.

Reading is a huge effort for many people, a bore for others, and, believe it or not, many people prefer watching TV.

I hate being in Los Angeles when it's football season. I want to be in New York. It just doesn't feel right if I'm away.