--- title: "14 Seems Quotes By Chuck Klosterman" description: "14 Seems quotes by Chuck Klosterman. Plus more from Chuck Klosterman and more Seems sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00c/chuck-klosterman-804_forty_maybe-it-takes-forty-years-of-your-life_2385977.png" --- > [Maybe it takes forty years of your life to understand how the world seems to work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/maybe-it-takes-forty-years-of-your-life-to-understand-how-the-world/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00c/chuck-klosterman-804_forty_maybe-it-takes-forty-years-of-your-life_2385977.png) > [In baseball and sex, cliches are usually true: pitching beats hitting, and people always want to be loved by anyone who doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/in-baseball-and-sex-cliches-are-usually-true-pitching-beats-hitting/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/533/chuck-klosterman-804_baseball_in-baseball-and-sex-cliches-are-usually_122267.png) > [It seems as though our ability to change technology happens so quickly, and our ability to evolve as creatures is still very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/it-seems-as-though-our-ability-to-change-technology-happens-so/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96c/chuck-klosterman-804_ability_it-seems-as-though-our-ability-to-change_1263560.png) > [“If someone breaks your heart, just punch them in the face. Oh sure, it seems obvious now, but you’d be amazed at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/if-someone-breaks-your-heart-just-punch-them-in-the-face-oh-sure-it/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/440/chuck-klosterman-804_amazed_if-someone-breaks-your-heart-just-punch_1627896.png) > [I look at camping the same way I look at horror movies. All the years that humans fought to get into caves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/i-look-at-camping-the-same-way-i-look-at-horror-movies-all-the-years/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5de/chuck-klosterman-804_camping_i-look-at-camping-the-same-way-i-look-at_2048550.png) > [If someone feels negative about the way society or culture seems to be going, what it probably suggests is that it's just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/if-someone-feels-negative-about-the-way-society-or-culture-seems-to/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da1/chuck-klosterman-804_comfortable_if-someone-feels-negative-about-the-way_1205286.jpg) > [I hate the point where you have to get off the ladder, or get back on. I don't know if that's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/i-hate-the-point-where-you-have-to-get-off-the-ladder-or-get-back-on/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/529/chuck-klosterman-804_fall_i-hate-the-point-where-you-have-to-get-o_3146665.jpg) > [Why don't I like crowds? I suppose the worst possible thing I could say is that I don't like people, and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/why-don-t-i-like-crowds-i-suppose-the-worst-possible-thing-i-could/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/chuck-klosterman-804_collections_why-don-t-i-like-crowds-i-suppose-the-wo_3011955.png) > [I really hate being sick. It seems inevitable that at one point, one of these predicted epidemics is going to be real.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/i-really-hate-being-sick-it-seems-inevitable-that-at-one-point-one-of/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/460/chuck-klosterman-804_being-real_i-really-hate-being-sick-it-seems-inevit_2260557.jpg) > [“When Arthur Schlesinger Sr. pioneered the 'presidential greatness poll' in 1948, the top five were Lincoln, Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/when-arthur-schlesinger-sr-pioneered-the-presidential-greatness-poll/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dc/chuck-klosterman-804_analogies_when-arthur-schlesinger-sr-pioneered-the_1927216.png) > [ I think one possibility \[in the future\] might be chemotherapy. And I'm always hesitant to say that because it makes it sound… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/i-think-one-possibility-in-the-future-might-be-chemotherapy-and-i-m/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab9/chuck-klosterman-804_cancer_i-think-one-possibility-in-the-future-mi_1763962.jpg) > [Her nomination for vice president in 2008 represents the most desperate inclinations of the Republican Party. In two hundred years, I suspect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/her-nomination-for-vice-president-in-2008-represents-the-most/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d2/chuck-klosterman-804_abe_her-nomination-for-vice-president-in-200_3091942.png) > [Let's say Twitter existed during the Civil War. We would have a better understanding of people in the Confederacy who were against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/let-s-say-twitter-existed-during-the-civil-war-we-would-have-a-better/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70a/chuck-klosterman-804_civil-war_let-s-say-twitter-existed-during-the-civ_57103.png) > [The amount of response I get, in both a negative and a positive context, is completely related to the amount of books…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/the-amount-of-response-i-get-in-both-a-negative-and-a-positive-2/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d52/chuck-klosterman-804_amount_the-amount-of-response-i-get-in-both-a-n_2630384.png) ## Other authors on Seems ## More by Chuck Klosterman > [The only people who think the Internet is a calamity are people whose lives have been hurt by it; the only people who insist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/the-only-people-who-think-the-internet-is-a-calamity-are-people-whose/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [“I suppose we'll never know what really happened in that room, though he did tell police, "I did it because I'm a dirty dog."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/i-suppose-we-ll-never-know-what-really-happened-in-that-room-though/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [Do you know people who insist they like 'all kinds of music'? That actually means they like no kinds of music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/do-you-know-people-who-insist-they-like-all-kinds-of-music-that/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [Let's say Twitter existed during the Civil War. We would have a better understanding of people in the Confederacy who were against slavery, people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/let-s-say-twitter-existed-during-the-civil-war-we-would-have-a-better/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [All my friends are rock critics, so we talk about rock criticism a lot. Because of that, in order to be part of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/all-my-friends-are-rock-critics-so-we-talk-about-rock-criticism-a-lot/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [If rain is God crying, I think God is drunk and his girlfriend just slept with Zeus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/if-rain-is-god-crying-i-think-god-is-drunk-and-his-girlfriend-just/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [But no matter how many times we re-rank the presidents, in another 200 years, the top presidents will still be Washington and Lincoln and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/but-no-matter-how-many-times-we-re-rank-the-presidents-in-another-200/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [Different critics go to different lengths to disagree with that sentiment, but ultimately, they're the person experiencing this art, and whatever judgment or taste…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/different-critics-go-to-different-lengths-to-disagree-with-that/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [First, you must love yourself. And if you do that convincingly enough, others will love you too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/first-you-must-love-yourself-and-if-you-do-that-convincingly-enough/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [Anyone who claims to be good at lying is obviously bad at lying. Thus - as a writer myself - I cannot comment on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/anyone-who-claims-to-be-good-at-lying-is-obviously-bad-at-lying-thus/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [“I care about strangers when they're abstractions but feel almost nothing when they are literally in front of me. They seem like unnamed characters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/i-care-about-strangers-when-they-re-abstractions-but-feel-almost/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [“Toby Keith writes songs like 1993's "Should've Been a Cowboy," and what's compelling is that you can't deconstruct its message. "Should've Been a Cowboy"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/toby-keith-writes-songs-like-1993-s-should-ve-been-a-cowboy-and-what/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [Some say that time is like water that flows around us (like a stone in the river) and some say we flow with time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/some-say-that-time-is-like-water-that-flows-around-us-like-a-stone-in/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [ \[On political correctness:\] Any intended message mattered less than the received message, and every received message could be interpreted in whatever way the receiver… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/on-political-correctness-any-intended-message-mattered-less-than-the/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [In baseball and sex, cliches are usually true: pitching beats hitting, and people always want to be loved by anyone who doesn't seem to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/in-baseball-and-sex-cliches-are-usually-true-pitching-beats-hitting/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/seems/chuck-klosterman/#itemlist", "name": "14 Seems Quotes By Chuck Klosterman", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Maybe it takes forty years of your life to understand how the world seems to work.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chuck Klosterman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/maybe-it-takes-forty-years-of-your-life-to-understand-how-the-world/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00c/chuck-klosterman-804_forty_maybe-it-takes-forty-years-of-your-life_2385977.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00c/chuck-klosterman-804_forty_maybe-it-takes-forty-years-of-your-life_2385977.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00c/chuck-klosterman-804_forty_maybe-it-takes-forty-years-of-your-life_2385977.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Maybe it takes forty years of your life to understand how the world seems to work.” — Chuck Klosterman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In baseball and sex, cliches are usually true: pitching beats hitting, and people always want to be loved by anyone who doesn't seem to care.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chuck Klosterman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/in-baseball-and-sex-cliches-are-usually-true-pitching-beats-hitting/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/533/chuck-klosterman-804_baseball_in-baseball-and-sex-cliches-are-usually_122267.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/533/chuck-klosterman-804_baseball_in-baseball-and-sex-cliches-are-usually_122267.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/533/chuck-klosterman-804_baseball_in-baseball-and-sex-cliches-are-usually_122267.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In baseball and sex, cliches are usually true: pitching beats hitting, and people always want to be loved by…” — Chuck Klosterman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It seems as though our ability to change technology happens so quickly, and our ability to evolve as creatures is still very slow.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chuck Klosterman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/it-seems-as-though-our-ability-to-change-technology-happens-so/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96c/chuck-klosterman-804_ability_it-seems-as-though-our-ability-to-change_1263560.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96c/chuck-klosterman-804_ability_it-seems-as-though-our-ability-to-change_1263560.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96c/chuck-klosterman-804_ability_it-seems-as-though-our-ability-to-change_1263560.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It seems as though our ability to change technology happens so quickly, and our ability to evolve as…” — Chuck Klosterman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If someone breaks your heart, just punch them in the face. 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Only Wilson appears to be seriously fading, probably because his support for the World War I-era Sedition Act now seems outrageous; in this analogy, Woodrow is like the Doors and the Sedition Act is Oliver Stone.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chuck Klosterman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/when-arthur-schlesinger-sr-pioneered-the-presidential-greatness-poll/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dc/chuck-klosterman-804_analogies_when-arthur-schlesinger-sr-pioneered-the_1927216.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dc/chuck-klosterman-804_analogies_when-arthur-schlesinger-sr-pioneered-the_1927216.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dc/chuck-klosterman-804_analogies_when-arthur-schlesinger-sr-pioneered-the_1927216.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When Arthur Schlesinger Sr. pioneered the 'presidential greatness poll' in 1948, the top five were Lincoln…” — Chuck Klosterman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think one possibility [in the future] might be chemotherapy. 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Then, the idea that we used to pump poison into people to fight off cancer will almost seem like the use of leeches or something.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chuck Klosterman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/i-think-one-possibility-in-the-future-might-be-chemotherapy-and-i-m/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab9/chuck-klosterman-804_cancer_i-think-one-possibility-in-the-future-mi_1763962.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab9/chuck-klosterman-804_cancer_i-think-one-possibility-in-the-future-mi_1763962.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab9/chuck-klosterman-804_cancer_i-think-one-possibility-in-the-future-mi_1763962.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think one possibility [in the future] might be chemotherapy. 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