--- title: "15 Cliffs Quotes By Ray Bradbury" description: "15 Cliffs quotes by Ray Bradbury. Plus more from Ray Bradbury and more Cliffs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d6/ray-bradbury-75_balance_science-fiction-balances-you-on-the-clif_1680176.jpg" --- > [Science-fiction balances you on the cliff. Fantasy shoves you off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/science-fiction-balances-you-on-the-cliff-fantasy-shoves-you-off/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d6/ray-bradbury-75_balance_science-fiction-balances-you-on-the-clif_1680176.jpg) > [You've got to jump off cliffs and build your wings on the way down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/you-ve-got-to-jump-off-cliffs-and-build-your-wings-on-the-way-down-2/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e1/ray-bradbury-75_cliffs_you-ve-got-to-jump-off-cliffs-and-build_528350.jpg) > [You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/you-ve-got-to-jump-off-cliffs-all-the-time-and-build-your-wings-on-2/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b2/ray-bradbury-75_cliffs_you-ve-got-to-jump-off-cliffs-all-the-ti_2960467.jpg) > [Jump off cliffs and build your wings on the way down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/jump-off-cliffs-and-build-your-wings-on-the-way-down/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/023/ray-bradbury-75_cliffs_jump-off-cliffs-and-build-your-wings-on_2953031.jpg) > [Acting without knowing takes you right off the cliff.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/acting-without-knowing-takes-you-right-off-the-cliff/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/487/ray-bradbury-75_acting_acting-without-knowing-takes-you-right-o_584544.jpg) > [Those who live in the best cliffs think they are better than us. That is always man's attitude when he has power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/those-who-live-in-the-best-cliffs-think-they-are-better-than-us-that/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db7/ray-bradbury-75_attitude_those-who-live-in-the-best-cliffs-think_851754.jpg) > [The purpose of fiction is not to nail you to the ground as facts do, but to take you to the edge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/the-purpose-of-fiction-is-not-to-nail-you-to-the-ground-as-facts-do/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e54/ray-bradbury-75_cliffs_the-purpose-of-fiction-is-not-to-nail-yo_578446.jpg) > [We do need knowledge. And perhaps in a thousand years we might pick smaller cliffs to jump off. The books are to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/we-do-need-knowledge-and-perhaps-in-a-thousand-years-we-might-pick/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cb/ray-bradbury-75_ass_we-do-need-knowledge-and-perhaps-in-a-th_3096209.jpg) > [Really knowing is good. Not knowing, or refusing to know, is bad, or amoral, at least. You can't act if you don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/really-knowing-is-good-not-knowing-or-refusing-to-know-is-bad-or/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f17/ray-bradbury-75_acting_really-knowing-is-good-not-knowing-or-re_2349049.jpg) > [I don't think about what I do. I do it. That's Buddhism. I jump off the cliff and build my wings on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/i-don-t-think-about-what-i-do-i-do-it-that-s-buddhism-i-jump-off-the/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c6/ray-bradbury-75_buddhism_i-don-t-think-about-what-i-do-i-do-it-th_141349.jpg) > [I'll tell you," said Beatty, smiling at his cards. "That made you for a little while a drunkard. Read a few lines…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/i-ll-tell-you-said-beatty-smiling-at-his-cards-that-made-you-for-a/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/182/ray-bradbury-75_and-off_i-ll-tell-you-said-beatty-smiling-at-his_1256433.jpg) > [If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/if-we-listened-to-our-intellect-we-d-never-have-a-love-affair-we-d-2/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b29/ray-bradbury-75_affair_if-we-listened-to-our-intellect-we-d-nev_2507618.jpg) > [I've never been in charge of my stories, they've always been in charge of me. As each new one has called to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/i-ve-never-been-in-charge-of-my-stories-they-ve-always-been-in-charge/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e54/ray-bradbury-75_advice_i-ve-never-been-in-charge-of-my-stories_1986588.jpg) > [Where would you like to go, what would you really like to do with your life? See Istanbul, Port Said, Nairobi, Budapest.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/where-would-you-like-to-go-what-would-you-really-like-to-do-with-your/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d9/ray-bradbury-75_alleys_where-would-you-like-to-go-what-would-yo_1085596.jpg) > [But we do need a breather. We do need knowledge. And perhaps in a thousand years we might pick smaller cliffs to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/but-we-do-need-a-breather-we-do-need-knowledge-and-perhaps-in-a/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc1/ray-bradbury-75_art_but-we-do-need-a-breather-we-do-need-kno_1377744.jpg) ## Other authors on Cliffs ## More by Ray Bradbury > [That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/that-s-the-great-secret-of-creativity-you-treat-ideas-like-cats-you/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [You feed yourself. Make sure you have all the information, whether it's aesthetic, scientific, mathematical, I don't care what it is. Then you walk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/you-feed-yourself-make-sure-you-have-all-the-information-whether-it-s/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [Do you ever read any of the books you burn?" He laughed. "That's against the law!" "Oh. Of course.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/do-you-ever-read-any-of-the-books-you-burn-he-laughed-that-s-against/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [There's no reason to burn books if you don't read them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/there-s-no-reason-to-burn-books-if-you-don-t-read-them/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [We were put here as witnesses to the miracle of life. We see the stars, and we want them. We are beholden to give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/we-were-put-here-as-witnesses-to-the-miracle-of-life-we-see-the-stars/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [Remember, with writing, what you’re looking for is just one person to come up and tell you, 'I love you for what you do.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/remember-with-writing-what-you-re-looking-for-is-just-one-person-to/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [As a result of reading science fiction when I was eight, I grew up with an interest in music, architecture, city planning, transportation, politics,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/as-a-result-of-reading-science-fiction-when-i-was-eight-i-grew-up/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [“You can’t learn to write in college. It’s a very bad place for writers because the teachers always think they know more than you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/you-can-t-learn-to-write-in-college-it-s-a-very-bad-place-for-writers/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [We're going to become the martians when we land there. When we explore and build communities, we become the martians. That's a wonderful destiny…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/we-re-going-to-become-the-martians-when-we-land-there-when-we-explore/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [I wish you a wrestling match with your Creative Muse that will last a lifetime. ... I wish craziness and foolishness and madness upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/i-wish-you-a-wrestling-match-with-your-creative-muse-that-will-last-a/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [The library is the biggest cracker box factory in the world. The more you eat, the more you want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/the-library-is-the-biggest-cracker-box-factory-in-the-world-the-more/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [We travel for romance, we travel for architecture, and we travel to be lost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/we-travel-for-romance-we-travel-for-architecture-and-we-travel-to-be/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it's better than college. People should educate themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/i-spent-three-days-a-week-for-10-years-educating-myself-in-the-public/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [If we try to deny the darkness in our souls then we'll become completely dark.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/if-we-try-to-deny-the-darkness-in-our-souls-then-we-ll-become/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [But remember that the Captain belongs to the most dangerous enemy to truth and freedom, the solid unmoving cattle of the majority](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/but-remember-that-the-captain-belongs-to-the-most-dangerous-enemy-to/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cliffs/ray-bradbury/#itemlist", "name": "15 Cliffs Quotes By Ray Bradbury", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Science-fiction balances you on the cliff. 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