Lou Reed Quotes

Man is a microcosm, or a little world, because he is an extract from all the stars and planets of the whole firmament, from the earth and the elements; and so he is their quintessence.

Just as the system of the sun, planets and comets is put in motion by the forces of gravity, and its parts persist in their motions, so the smaller systems of bodies also seem to be set in motion by other forces and their particles to be variously moved in relation to each other and, especially, by the electric force.

The whole planet reeks of mysticism without revelation.

Mount Shasta - a vision of immensity such as pertains to the vast universe rather than to our own planet.

America has the mightiest military on the planet, and they didn't get there with entertainers.

We want to generate the electricity of peace through music, and it’s a thrill to know that the super-creative, enthusiastic musicians of our world are with us to achieve this goal.

A dense undergrowth of extension cords sustains my upper world of lights, music, and machines of comfort.

How it will happen, how the Universe will bring it to you, is not your concern or job. Allow the Universe to do it for you.

Who knows, maybe this whole planet is an asylum, a penal realm. A place for hard cases.

We resist Joy on this planet more than we resist war.

I always try to be open to whatever the universe wants from me.

We have intelligent species on our planet that we are not even trying to communicate with.

We were so poor my daddy unplugged the clocks when we went to bed.

If we save the planet and have a society of inequality, we wouldn't have saved much.

Women have never been as interesting as they are now. Not at any time on this planet have women been so educated, so interesting, so capable.

You're not here just to be a clone. You're not here to be a copy. We have enough of those. You don't have to apply. You don't even have to go there to be absolutely yourself - real, here, now, on this planet.

I think there's mind in nature. There's a power in nature, and there's a universal power that you'd better not ignore.

We have such a finite amount of hours on this planet, and there is just no excuse for living a mundane, predictable life in life.

There is the extreme of hopelessness and the inevitability of doom, a deep despair that comes from the sense that our industrial, consuming society is jeopardizing the planet.

they have enough testosterone between them, if testosterone were electricity they could light up New York City for the month of August

Imagine that each time you inhale, that the universe is breathing into you, and as you exhale it is breathing out of you.

How can the planet keep turning and turning and not get so bored it explodes?

I love you. Really, I do. Now love yourself more and each other a lot more. And please take care of this precious planet.

Electricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else

Nothing can survive on the planet unless it is a cooperative part of larger global life.