338 Quotes by Naomi Klein

There is some pretty powerful self-interest in wanting a future that is not just running storm-to-storm. The argument that I make is not that we aren't competitive and selfish and greedy. We are. We're all of these things. We're complicated, competitive, greedy and nasty, and kind and generous and compassionate.

A state of shock is what results when a gap opens up between events and our initial ability to explain them. When we find ourselves in that position, without a story, without our moorings, a great many people become vulnerable to authority figures telling us to fear one another and relinquish our rights for the greater good.

Even though I believe in mass social movements, I'm uncomfortable in crowds.

If David Duke got the percentage of the vote that Le Pen got, we would be terrified, as well we should be.

When I feel my blood sugar getting off, I drink a glass of kale juice. It's so disgusting you don't want to eat anything!

I think I would say that there is absolutely no way to reconcile an austerity agenda with climate action. Our political class needs to understand that the fight against austerity and the fight for climate action are the same fight.

I was the rebel in our family and a child of the eighties. That meant going to the mall.

Before I had Toma, I was one of those people who had no interest in other people's kids. I was. 'Don't hand me that baby!'

It takes me a long time writing books. It takes me about five years to write a book, and when I'm done, the last thing I want to do is to do it again.