Tag Archives: Ray Bradbury

Thought For the Day: I Have Never Listened To Anyone Who Criticized My Taste In Space Travel, Sideshows or Gorillas. When This Occurs, I Pack Up My Dinosaurs and Leve the Room

Posted on August 23, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room.” – Ray Bradbury

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Thought For the Day: The Problem In Our Country Isn’t With Books Being Banned, But With People No Longer Reading

Posted on August 22, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The problem in our country isn’t with books being banned, but with people no longer reading. … You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” – Ray Bradbury, science-fiction writer (22 … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Television, That Insidious Beast…Which Freezes A Billion People To Stone Every Night…That Siren Which Called And Sang and Promised So Much and Gave…So Little

Posted on August 22, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The television, that insidious beast, that Medusa which freezes a billion people to stone every night, staring fixedly, that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little.” – Ray Bradbury, science-fiction writer (22 … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Reading the Classics Is Fundamental to Culture

Posted on June 24, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”  – Ray Bradbury With this idea in mind, I am pleased to announce an additional phase of Aloha Promises Forever’s implementation.  From today … Continue reading →

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