The '60s aren't over; they won...

The '60s aren't over; they won't be over until the Fat Lady gets high.

The Haight is just a place; th...

The Haight is just a place; the '60s was a spirit.

He Who Marches Out Of Step Hea...

He Who Marches Out Of Step Hears Another Drum

Of offering more than what I c...

Of offering more than what I can deliver, I have a bad habit, it is true. But I have to offer more than I can deliver, To be able to deliver what I do.

But it's the truth even if it ...

But it's the truth even if it didn't happen.

He's the sort of guy that gets...

He's the sort of guy that gets a laugh out of people.

The secret of being a top-notc...

The secret of being a top-notch con man is being able to know what the mark wants, and how to make him think he's getting it.

That ain't me, that ain't my f...

That ain't me, that ain't my face. It wasn't even me when I was trying to be that face. I wasn't even really me them; I was just being the way I looked, the way people wanted.

All I know is this: nobody's v...

All I know is this: nobody's very big in the first place, and it looks to me like everybody spends their whole life tearing everybody else down.

I don't think you fully unders...

I don't think you fully understand the public, my friend; in this country, when something is out of order, then the quickest way to get it fixed is the best way.

I lay in bed the night before ...

I lay in bed the night before the fishing trip and thought it over, about my being deaf, about the years of not letting on I heard what was said, and I wonder if I can ever act any other way again. But I remembered one thing: it wasn't me that started acting deaf; it was people that first started acting like I was too dumb to hear or see or say anything at all.

If you don't watch it people w...

If you don't watch it people will force you one way or the other, into doing what they think you should do, or into just being mule-stubborn and doing the opposite out of spite.

We'd just shared the last beer...

We'd just shared the last beer and slung the empty can out the window at a stop sign and were just waiting back to get the feel of the day, swimming in that kind of tasty drowsiness that comes over you after a day of going hard at something you enjoy doing -- half sunburned and half drunk and keeping awake only because you wanted to savor the taste as long as you could.

He was in his chair in the cor...

He was in his chair in the corner, resting a second before he came out for the next round -- in a long line of next rounds. The thing he was fighting, you couldn't whip it for good. All you could do was keep on whipping it, till you couldn't come out anymore and somebody else had to take your place.

I used to think we were going ...

I used to think we were going to win in the '60s. Nixon went out and I thought we won.

To be just without being mad (...

To be just without being mad (and the madder you get the madder you get), to be peaceful without being stupid, to be interested without being compulsive, to be happy without being hysterical... smoke grass.

It isn't by getting out of the...

It isn't by getting out of the world that we become enlightened, but by getting into the world by getting so tuned in that we can ride the waves of our existence and never get tossed because we become the waves.

Never before did I realize tha...

Never before did I realize that mental illness could have the aspect of power, power. Think of it: perhaps the more insane a man is, the more powerful he could become. Hitler an example. Fair makes the old brain reel, doesn't it?

Ocean, Ocean I'll beat you in ...

Ocean, Ocean I'll beat you in the end.

But I remember one thing:

But I remember one thing:
it wasn't me that started acting deaf;
it was people that first started acting like
I was too dumb to hear or see or say anything at all

Ken Kesey 03.03.2018 03:03:03 194 quotes