--- title: "15 Fahrenheit-451 Quotes By Ray Bradbury" description: "15 Fahrenheit-451 quotes by Ray Bradbury. Plus more from Ray Bradbury and more Fahrenheit-451 sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74a/ray-bradbury-75_book_you-can-t-ever-have-my-books-1778586_1778586.jpg" --- > [“You can't ever have my books.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/you-can-t-ever-have-my-books/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74a/ray-bradbury-75_book_you-can-t-ever-have-my-books-1778586_1778586.jpg) > [“Books bombarded his shoulders, his arms, his upturned face. A book lit, almost obediently, like a white pigeon, in his hands, wings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/books-bombarded-his-shoulders-his-arms-his-upturned-face-a-book-lit/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebe/ray-bradbury-75_book_books-bombarded-his-shoulders-his-arms-h_1359489.jpg) > [“For, let's face it, digression is the soul of wit. Take philosophic asides away from Dante, Milton or Hamlet's father's ghost and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/for-let-s-face-it-digression-is-the-soul-of-wit-take-philosophic/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/129/ray-bradbury-75_censorship_for-let-s-face-it-digression-is-the-soul_1838764.jpg) > [“Après tout, on vit à l'époque des Kleenex. On fait avec les gens comme avec les mouchoirs, on froisse après usage, on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/apr-s-tout-on-vit-l-poque-des-kleenex-on-fait-avec-les-gens-comme/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/046/ray-bradbury-75_citations_apr-s-tout-on-vit-l-poque-des-kleenex-on_2439654.jpg) > [“So now do you see why books are hated and feared? They show the pores in the face of life. The comfortable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/so-now-do-you-see-why-books-are-hated-and-feared-they-show-the-pores-3/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/789/ray-bradbury-75_books_so-now-do-you-see-why-books-are-hated-an_1239754.jpg) > [“Mogu nabaviti knjige. -Izlažete se pogibelji. -To je dobra strana umiranja: kad nemate što izgubiti, izlažete se svakoj pogibelji kojoj želite." str.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/mogu-nabaviti-knjige-izla-ete-se-pogibelji-to-je-dobra-strana/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da1/ray-bradbury-75_bradbury_mogu-nabaviti-knjige-izla-ete-se-pogibel_2456382.jpg) > [“The woman knelt among the books, touching the drenched leather and cardboard, reading the gilt titles with her fingers while her eyes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/the-woman-knelt-among-the-books-touching-the-drenched-leather-and/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a38/ray-bradbury-75_book_the-woman-knelt-among-the-books-touching_1124394.jpg) > [“Where's your common sense? None of those books agree with each other. You've been locked up here for years with a regular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/where-s-your-common-sense-none-of-those-books-agree-with-each-other/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43f/ray-bradbury-75_book_where-s-your-common-sense-none-of-those_2639534.jpg) > [“So bring on your clubs and parties, your acrobats and magicians, your daredevils, jet cars, motorcycle helicopters, your sex and heroin, more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/so-bring-on-your-clubs-and-parties-your-acrobats-and-magicians-your/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e10/ray-bradbury-75_fahrenheit-451_so-bring-on-your-clubs-and-parties-your_1505304.jpg) > [“Don't haggle and nag them; you were so recently of them yourself. They are so confident that they will run on forever.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/don-t-haggle-and-nag-them-you-were-so-recently-of-them-yourself-they/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/002/ray-bradbury-75_fahrenheit-451_don-t-haggle-and-nag-them-you-were-so-re_877611.jpg) > [“I know, i know. You're afraid of making mistakes. Don't be. Mistakes can be profited by. Man, when I was younger I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/i-know-i-know-you-re-afraid-of-making-mistakes-don-t-be-mistakes-can/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/804/ray-bradbury-75_fahrenheit-451_i-know-i-know-you-re-afraid-of-making-mi_3149698.jpg) > [“Obojeni ne vole Malog crnog Samba. Spali ga. Bijeli nisu oduševljeni Čiča Tominom kolibom. Spali je. Netko je napisao knjigu o duhanu…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/obojeni-ne-vole-malog-crnog-samba-spali-ga-bijeli-nisu-odu-evljeni-i/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/434/ray-bradbury-75_bradbury_obojeni-ne-vole-malog-crnog-samba-spali_2263511.jpg) > [“My feet," said Montag. "I can't move them. I feel so damn silly. My feet won't move!" "Listen. Easy now," said the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/my-feet-said-montag-i-can-t-move-them-i-feel-so-damn-silly-my-feet/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/257/ray-bradbury-75_afraid_my-feet-said-montag-i-can-t-move-them-i_2975447.jpg) > [“You're a hopeless romantic," said Faber. "It would be funny if it were not serious. It's not books you need, it's some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/you-re-a-hopeless-romantic-said-faber-it-would-be-funny-if-it-were/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c41/ray-bradbury-75_books_you-re-a-hopeless-romantic-said-faber-it_2124462.jpg) > [“And wasn't it this bright boy you selected for beating and tortures after hours? Of course it was. We must all be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/and-wasn-t-it-this-bright-boy-you-selected-for-beating-and-tortures/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/561/ray-bradbury-75_born-free_and-wasn-t-it-this-bright-boy-you-select_157832.jpg) ## 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/fahrenheit-451/ray-bradbury/#itemlist", "name": "15 Fahrenheit-451 Quotes By Ray Bradbury", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You can't ever have my books.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ray Bradbury" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/you-can-t-ever-have-my-books/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74a/ray-bradbury-75_book_you-can-t-ever-have-my-books-1778586_1778586.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74a/ray-bradbury-75_book_you-can-t-ever-have-my-books-1778586_1778586.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74a/ray-bradbury-75_book_you-can-t-ever-have-my-books-1778586_1778586.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You can't ever have my books.” — Ray Bradbury", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Books bombarded his shoulders, his arms, his upturned face. 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None of those books agree with each other. You've been locked up here for years with a regular damned Tower of Babel. Snap out of it! The people in those books never lived. Come on now!”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ray Bradbury" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/where-s-your-common-sense-none-of-those-books-agree-with-each-other/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43f/ray-bradbury-75_book_where-s-your-common-sense-none-of-those_2639534.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43f/ray-bradbury-75_book_where-s-your-common-sense-none-of-those_2639534.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43f/ray-bradbury-75_book_where-s-your-common-sense-none-of-those_2639534.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Where's your common sense? None of those books agree with each other. 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Još bolje, u spalionicu. \" str. 65.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ray Bradbury" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/obojeni-ne-vole-malog-crnog-samba-spali-ga-bijeli-nisu-odu-evljeni-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/434/ray-bradbury-75_bradbury_obojeni-ne-vole-malog-crnog-samba-spali_2263511.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/434/ray-bradbury-75_bradbury_obojeni-ne-vole-malog-crnog-samba-spali_2263511.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/434/ray-bradbury-75_bradbury_obojeni-ne-vole-malog-crnog-samba-spali_2263511.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Obojeni ne vole Malog crnog Samba. Spali ga. Bijeli nisu oduševljeni Čiča Tominom kolibom. Spali je. Netko…” — Ray Bradbury", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“My feet,\" said Montag. \"I can't move them. I feel so damn silly. My feet won't move!\" \"Listen. Easy now,\" said the old man gently. \"I know, I know. You're afraid of making mistakes. Don't be. Mistakes can be profited by. Man, when I was young I shoved my ignorance in people's faces. They beat me with sticks. By the time I was forty my blunt instrument had been honed to a fine cutting point for me. 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Easy now,\"…” — Ray Bradbury", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You're a hopeless romantic,\" said Faber. \"It would be funny if it were not serious. It's not books you need, it's some of the things that once were in books. The same things could be in the 'parlor families' today. The same infinite detail and awareness could be projected through the radios, and televisors, but are not. No,no it's not books at all you're looking for! Take it where you can find it, in old phonograph records, old motion pictures, and in old friends; look for it in nature and look for it in yourself. Books were only one type or receptacle where we stored a lot of things we were afraid we might forget. There is nothing magical in them at all. 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