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title: "44 Men Quotes By Ray Bradbury"
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> [We are anthill men upon an anthill world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/we-are-anthill-men-upon-an-anthill-world/)

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> [How many times can a man go down and still be alive?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/how-many-times-can-a-man-go-down-and-still-be-alive/)

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> [But no man's a hero to himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/but-no-man-s-a-hero-to-himself/)

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> [Man has always been half-monster, half-dreamer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/man-has-always-been-half-monster-half-dreamer/)

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> [We earth men have a talent for ruining big, beautiful things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/we-earth-men-have-a-talent-for-ruining-big-beautiful-things/)

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> [Old men only lie in wait for people to ask them to talk. Then they rattle on like a rusty elevator wheezing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/old-men-only-lie-in-wait-for-people-to-ask-them-to-talk-then-they/)

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> [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/)

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> [“Men are men, unfortunately, no matter what their shape, and inclined to sin.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/men-are-men-unfortunately-no-matter-what-their-shape-and-inclined-to/)

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> [What is The Subconscious to every other man, in its creative aspect becomes, for writers, The Muse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/what-is-the-subconscious-to-every-other-man-in-its-creative-aspect/)

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> [A book is a loaded gun in the house next door...Who knows who might be the target of the well-read man?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/a-book-is-a-loaded-gun-in-the-house-next-door-who-knows-who-might-be/)

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> [Men read science fiction to build the future. Women don't need to read it. They are the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/men-read-science-fiction-to-build-the-future-women-don-t-need-to-read/)

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> [I'm being ironic. Don't interrupt a man in the midst of being ironic, it's not polite. There!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/i-m-being-ironic-don-t-interrupt-a-man-in-the-midst-of-being-ironic/)

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> [When a man talks from his heart, in his moment of truth, he speaks poetry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/when-a-man-talks-from-his-heart-in-his-moment-of-truth-he-speaks/)

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> [But no man's a hero to himself. I've lived with me a lifetime. I know everything worth knowing about myself--" ~Something Wicked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/but-no-man-s-a-hero-to-himself-i-ve-lived-with-me-a-lifetime-i-know/)

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> [And I saw then and there you take a man half-bad and a women half-bad and put their two good halves together…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/and-i-saw-then-and-there-you-take-a-man-half-bad-and-a-women-half-bad/)

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> [I don't think the robots are taking over. I think the men who play with toys have taken over. And if we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/i-don-t-think-the-robots-are-taking-over-i-think-the-men-who-play/)

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> [If you don't want a man unhappy politically, don't give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/if-you-don-t-want-a-man-unhappy-politically-don-t-give-him-two-sides-2/)

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> [It was only the other night everything was fine and the next thing I know Im drowning. How many times can a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/it-was-only-the-other-night-everything-was-fine-and-the-next-thing-i/)

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> [The zipper displaces the button and a man lacks just that much time to think while dressing at dawn, a philosophical hour,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/the-zipper-displaces-the-button-and-a-man-lacks-just-that-much-time/)

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> [Men are nuts. Young men are crazy. We all love toys. I'm toy oriented. I write about toys. I've got a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/men-are-nuts-young-men-are-crazy-we-all-love-toys-i-m-toy-oriented-i/)

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> [Men throw huge shadows on the lawn, don't they? Then, all their lives, they try to run to fit the shadows. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/men-throw-huge-shadows-on-the-lawn-don-t-they-then-all-their-lives/)

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> [It doesn't matter what you do, he said, so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/it-doesn-t-matter-what-you-do-he-said-so-long-as-you-change-something/)

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> [Last night I thought about all the kerosene I've used in the past ten years. And I thought about books. And for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/last-night-i-thought-about-all-the-kerosene-i-ve-used-in-the-past-ten/)

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> [I've written about 2,000 short stories; I've only published 300 and I feel I'm still learning. Any man who keeps working is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/i-ve-written-about-2-000-short-stories-i-ve-only-published-300-and-i/)

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> [There are too many of us, he thought. There are billions of us and that's too many. Nobody knows anyone. Strangers come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/there-are-too-many-of-us-he-thought-there-are-billions-of-us-and-that/)

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> [You're afraid of making mistakes. Don't be. Mistakes can be profited by. Man, when I was young I shoved my ignorance in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/you-re-afraid-of-making-mistakes-don-t-be-mistakes-can-be-profited-by/)

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> [And he remembered thinking then that if she died, he was certain he wouldn't cry. For it would be the dying face…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/and-he-remembered-thinking-then-that-if-she-died-he-was-certain-he-2/)

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> [How men envy and often hate these warm clocks, these wives, who know they will live forever. So what do we do?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/how-men-envy-and-often-hate-these-warm-clocks-these-wives-who-know/)

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> [Dad," said Will, his voice very faint. "Are you a good person?" "To you and your mother, yes, I try. But no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/dad-said-will-his-voice-very-faint-are-you-a-good-person-to-you-and/)

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> [There are two races of people -- men and women -- no matter what women's libbers would have you pretend. The male…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/there-are-two-races-of-people-men-and-women-no-matter-what-women-s/)

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> [I would not see our candle blown out in the wind. It is a small thing, this dear gift of life handed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/i-would-not-see-our-candle-blown-out-in-the-wind-it-is-a-small-thing/)

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> [They crashed the front door and grabbed at a woman, though she was not running, she was not trying to escape. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/they-crashed-the-front-door-and-grabbed-at-a-woman-though-she-was-not/)

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> [Video games are a waste of time for men with nothing else to do. Real brains don't do that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/video-games-are-a-waste-of-time-for-men-with-nothing-else-to-do-real-2/)

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> [Video games are a waste of time for men with nothing else to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/video-games-are-a-waste-of-time-for-men-with-nothing-else-to-do/)

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> [We Earth Men have a talent for ruining big, beautiful things. The only reason we didn't set up hot-dog stands in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/we-earth-men-have-a-talent-for-ruining-big-beautiful-things-the-only/)

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> [“We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone MADE equal. Each man man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/we-must-all-be-alike-not-everyone-born-free-and-equal-as-the/)

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> [Go out and make your own speeches. People need you. Go on TV. It can be done. After you speak up a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/go-out-and-make-your-own-speeches-people-need-you-go-on-tv-it-can-be/)

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> [I wonder how many men, hiding their youngness, rise as I do, Saturday mornings, filled with the hope that Bugs Bunny, Yosemite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/i-wonder-how-many-men-hiding-their-youngness-rise-as-i-do-saturday/)

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> [If you're embarrassed because you have some notion about how men are supposed to behave, and it doesn't include weeping, then you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/if-you-re-embarrassed-because-you-have-some-notion-about-how-men-are/)

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> [Gardening is the handiest excuse for being a philosopher. Nobody guesses, nobody accuses, nobody knows, but there you are, Plato in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/gardening-is-the-handiest-excuse-for-being-a-philosopher-nobody/)

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## 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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