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Ken Kesey quotes: You must go through a winter to understand. You must go through a winter to understand.
Ken Kesey quotes: You're either on the bus or off the bus. You're either on the bus or off the bus.
Ken Kesey quotes: Always stay in your own movie. Always stay in your own movie.
Ken Kesey quotes: I used to think we were going to win in the '60s. Nixon went out and I thought we won. I used to think we were going to win in the '60s. Nixon went out and I thought we won.
Ken Kesey quotes: The frontiers we broke into in the '60s are still largely unexplored. The frontiers we broke into in the '60s are still largely unexplored.
Ken Kesey quotes: You can't really be strong until you can see a funny side to things. You can't really be strong until you can see a funny side to things.
Ken Kesey quotes: I was actually going out of the hospital with two whores on a fishing boat; I had to keep saying it over and over to myself to believe it. I was actually going out of the hospital with two whores on a fishing boat; I had to keep saying it over and over to myself to believe it.
Ken Kesey quotes: They can't tell so much about you if you got your eyes closed. They can't tell so much about you if you got your eyes closed.
Ken Kesey quotes: Allen Ginsberg is a tremendous warrior as time goes by. He's a warrior first and a poet second. Allen Ginsberg is a tremendous warrior as time goes by. He's a warrior first and a poet second.
Ken Kesey quotes: When a guy's getting screwed he's got a right to holler. And we've been damn well screwed. When a guy's getting screwed he's got a right to holler. And we've been damn well screwed.
Ken Kesey quotes: Me and Norman Mailer have talked about how hard it is in America to get better. Especially at writing. Me and Norman Mailer have talked about how hard it is in America to get better. Especially at writing.
Ken Kesey quotes: In any given situation there will always be more dumb people than smart people. We ain't many! In any given situation there will always be more dumb people than smart people. We ain't many!
Ken Kesey quotes: If grass were legalized, it would help our drug problem enormously. If grass were legalized, it would help our drug problem enormously.
Ken Kesey quotes: Take what you can use and let the rest go by. Take what you can use and let the rest go by.
Ken Kesey quotes: Good writin' ain't necessarily good readin'. Good writin' ain't necessarily good readin'.
Ken Kesey quotes: Society is what decides who's sane and who isn't, so you got to measure up. Society is what decides who's sane and who isn't, so you got to measure up.
Ken Kesey quotes: It's fogging a little, but I won't slip off and hide in it. No ... never again ... It's fogging a little, but I won't slip off and hide in it. No ... never again ...
Ken Kesey quotes: He Who Marches Out Of Step Hears Another Drum He Who Marches Out Of Step Hears Another Drum
Ken Kesey quotes: Things you think you're saying for the first time ever, have been said better before by Shakespeare, though they may need saying again. Things you think you're saying for the first time ever, have been said better before by Shakespeare, though they may need saying again.
Ken Kesey quotes: He knew you can't really be strong until you can see a funny side of things. He knew you can't really be strong until you can see a funny side of things.
Ken Kesey quotes: Good writing ain't necessarily good reading. Good writing ain't necessarily good reading.
Ken Kesey quotes: Listen, wait, and be patient. Every shaman knows you have to deal with the fire that's in your audience's eye. Listen, wait, and be patient. Every shaman knows you have to deal with the fire that's in your audience's eye.
Ken Kesey quotes: Ritual is necessary for us to know anything. Ritual is necessary for us to know anything.
Ken Kesey quotes: Rules? PISS ON YOUR FUCKING RULES! Rules? PISS ON YOUR FUCKING RULES!
Ken Kesey quotes: She likes a rigged game. She likes a rigged game.
Ken Kesey quotes: He's the sort of guy that gets a laugh out of people. He's the sort of guy that gets a laugh out of people.
Ken Kesey quotes: Loved. You can't use it in the past tense. Death does not stop that love at all. Loved. You can't use it in the past tense. Death does not stop that love at all.
Ken Kesey quotes: The Grateful Dead are our religion. This is a religion that doesn't pay homage to the God that all the other religions pay homage to. The Grateful Dead are our religion. This is a religion that doesn't pay homage to the God that all the other religions pay homage to.
Ken Kesey quotes: They're out there...One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest They're out there...One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey quotes: I had to keep on acting deaf if i wanted to hear at all. I had to keep on acting deaf if i wanted to hear at all.
Ken Kesey quotes: Leary can get a part of my mind that's kind of rusted shut grinding again, just by being around him and talking. Leary can get a part of my mind that's kind of rusted shut grinding again, just by being around him and talking.
Ken Kesey quotes: I'd think, maybe he truly is something extraordinary. He's what he is, that's it. Maybe that makes him strong enough, being what he is. I'd think, maybe he truly is something extraordinary. He's what he is, that's it. Maybe that makes him strong enough, being what he is.
Ken Kesey quotes: What makes people so impatient is what I can't figure; all the guy had to do was wait. What makes people so impatient is what I can't figure; all the guy had to do was wait.
Ken Kesey quotes: I listened to them fade away till all I could hear was my memory of the sound. I listened to them fade away till all I could hear was my memory of the sound.
Ken Kesey quotes: I was raised a Christian and was a stone-faced acid head. I was raised a Christian and was a stone-faced acid head.
Ken Kesey quotes: They're out there. First line of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. They're out there. First line of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
Ken Kesey quotes: It's the truth, even if it didn't happen ... ... if they don't exist, how can a man see them? It's the truth, even if it didn't happen ...
... if they don't exist, how can a man see them?
Ken Kesey quotes: I want to touch him because I'm one of these queers! I want to touch him because I'm one of these queers!
Ken Kesey quotes: People think love is an emotion. Love is good sense. People think love is an emotion. Love is good sense.
Ken Kesey quotes: Nobody's gonna convince me I can't do something till I try it." -- McMurphy Nobody's gonna convince me I can't do something till I try it." -- McMurphy
Ken Kesey quotes: Since we don't know where we're going, we have to stick together in case someone gets there. Since we don't know where we're going, we have to stick together in case someone gets there.
Ken Kesey quotes: Plant a garden in which strange plants grow and mysteries bloom. Plant a garden in which strange plants grow and mysteries bloom.
Ken Kesey quotes: More was revealed in a human face than a human being can bear face to face. More was revealed in a human face than a human being can bear face to face.
Ken Kesey quotes: He knows that there's no better way in the world to aggravate somebody who's trying to make it hard for you than by acting like you're not bothered. He knows that there's no better way in the world to aggravate somebody who's trying to make it hard for you than by acting like you're not bothered.
Ken Kesey quotes: I will be a sonofabitch if he ain't in here at eleven-thirty at night, fartin' around in the dark with a pair of scissors and a paper sack. I will be a sonofabitch if he ain't in here at eleven-thirty at night, fartin' around in the dark with a pair of scissors and a paper sack.
Ken Kesey quotes: Don't say it ... I've seen too many loves sundered by too much needless honesty. Don't say it ... I've seen too many loves sundered by too much needless honesty.
Ken Kesey quotes: I'll trim you babies like little lambs I'll trim you babies like little lambs
Ken Kesey quotes: What can you pay for the way a man lives? What can you pay for what a man is? What can you pay for the way a man lives? What can you pay for what a man is?
Ken Kesey quotes: But it's the truth even if it didn't happen. But it's the truth even if it didn't happen.
Ken Kesey quotes: The dead's dead ... get 'em in the ground and look to the live ones. The dead's dead ... get 'em in the ground and look to the live ones.
Ken Kesey quotes: The walls are white as the white suits, polished clean as a refrigerator door, and the black face and hands seem to float against it like a ghost. The walls are white as the white suits, polished clean as a refrigerator door, and the black face and hands seem to float against it like a ghost.
Ken Kesey quotes: To hell with that. A man goin' fishing with two whores from Portland don't have to take that crap. To hell with that. A man goin' fishing with two whores from Portland don't have to take that crap.
Ken Kesey quotes: There's something about taking a plow and breaking new ground. It gives you energy. There's something about taking a plow and breaking new ground. It gives you energy.
Ken Kesey quotes: Mostly, I'd just like to look over the country around the gorge again, just to bring some of it clear in my mind again. I been away a long time. Mostly, I'd just like to look over the country around the gorge again, just to bring some of it clear in my mind again. I been away a long time.
Ken Kesey quotes: They did type me as a horror writer, but I have been able to do all sorts of things within that framework. They did type me as a horror writer, but I have been able to do all sorts of things within that framework.
Ken Kesey quotes: Does one ever play Coltrane for the uninitiated without subconsciously hoping for the worst? Does one ever play Coltrane for the uninitiated without subconsciously hoping for the worst?
Ken Kesey quotes: But I tried though," he says. "Goddammit, I sure as hell did that much, now, didn't I? But I tried though," he says. "Goddammit, I sure as hell did that much, now, didn't I?
Ken Kesey quotes: When I die pin me up against the sky. When I die pin me up against the sky.
Ken Kesey quotes: You don't plow under the corn because the seed was planted with a neighbor's shovel. You don't plow under the corn because the seed was planted with a neighbor's shovel.
Ken Kesey quotes: But I tried, didn't I? Goddamnit, at least I did that. But I tried, didn't I? Goddamnit, at least I did that.
Ken Kesey quotes: The Republican consciousness has no integrity and it falls apart once you check it out. If you're a Christian, why would you want to fry this dude? The Republican consciousness has no integrity and it falls apart once you check it out. If you're a Christian, why would you want to fry this dude?
Ken Kesey quotes: But like always when I try to place my thoughts in the past and hide there, the fear close at hand seeps in through the memory. But like always when I try to place my thoughts in the past and hide there, the fear close at hand seeps in through the memory.
Ken Kesey quotes: When Shakespeare was writing, he wasn't writing for stuff to lie on the page; it was supposed to get up and move around. When Shakespeare was writing, he wasn't writing for stuff to lie on the page; it was supposed to get up and move around.
Ken Kesey quotes: There's a lot of people who don't understand the circle crops in England. Pure enigma. There's a lot of people who don't understand the circle crops in England. Pure enigma.
Ken Kesey quotes: When you're around the whole Dead scene, they're there as a tribal thing; they're there as part of a rendezvous and a pow-wow. When you're around the whole Dead scene, they're there as a tribal thing; they're there as part of a rendezvous and a pow-wow.
Ken Kesey quotes: Fascism wants Baptism coast to coast. Fascism wants Baptism coast to coast.
Ken Kesey quotes: I felt like you can write forever, but you have a short time to raise a family. And I think a family is a lot more important than writing. I felt like you can write forever, but you have a short time to raise a family. And I think a family is a lot more important than writing.
Ken Kesey quotes: The man who seeks revenge digs two graves. The man who seeks revenge digs two graves.
Ken Kesey quotes: The '60s aren't over; they won't be over until the Fat Lady gets high. The '60s aren't over; they won't be over until the Fat Lady gets high.
Ken Kesey quotes: I've thought of everything, know what I mean? I've thought of everything, know what I mean?
Ken Kesey quotes: Boney Stokes was this oldtime acquaintance of Henry's and figured the best way to pass the time of day was by gradually dying. Boney Stokes was this oldtime acquaintance of Henry's and figured the best way to pass the time of day was by gradually dying.
Ken Kesey quotes: I've enjoyed being a famous writer-except that every once in a while you have to write something. I've enjoyed being a famous writer-except that every once in a while you have to write something.
Ken Kesey quotes: There's no disgrace in failing, lad, Though friends and foes deride; In fact, a failure's not so bad As never having tried. There's no disgrace in failing, lad, Though friends and foes deride; In fact, a failure's not so bad As never having tried.
Ken Kesey quotes: I noticed vaguely that I was getting so's I could seesome good in the life around me. I noticed vaguely that I was getting so's I could see
some good in the life around me.
Ken Kesey quotes: I'm so insane, I voted for Eisenhower. Oh yeah, well I'm so insane, I voted for Eisenhower TWICE! I'm so insane, I voted for Eisenhower. Oh yeah, well I'm so insane, I voted for Eisenhower TWICE!
Ken Kesey quotes: What we hoped was that we could stop the coming end of the world. What we hoped was that we could stop the coming end of the world.
Ken Kesey quotes: ... and if I don't have her to where she don't know whether to shit or go blind, the bet is yours. ... and if I don't have her to where she don't know whether to shit or go blind, the bet is yours.
Ken Kesey quotes: ...younger patients, known as 'Acutes' because the doctors figure them still sick enough to be fixed... ...younger patients, known as 'Acutes' because the doctors figure them still sick enough to be fixed...
Ken Kesey quotes: And the redwinged blackbirds sing in the budding greengage plumtree. And the redwinged blackbirds sing in the budding greengage plumtree.
Ken Kesey quotes: The game goes round and round, to the rattle of dice and the shuffle of play money. The game goes round and round, to the rattle of dice and the shuffle of play money.
Ken Kesey quotes: There is generally one person in every situation you must never underestimate the power of. There is generally one person in every situation you must never underestimate the power of.
Ken Kesey quotes: Living is the purpose of life, And meaning can be found therein. I finds thou. Thou becomes it. And it begins again. Living is the purpose of life,
And meaning can be found therein.
I finds thou.
Thou becomes it.
And it begins again.
Ken Kesey quotes: Sometimes I looked at them and sometimes they looked at me, but rarely did we look at one another. Sometimes I looked at them and sometimes they looked at me, but rarely did we look at one another.
Ken Kesey quotes: Your trouble is, you keep trying to unscrew the unscrutable. Your trouble is, you keep trying to unscrew the unscrutable.
Ken Kesey quotes: It is just as much an offense to take offense as it is to give offense. It is just as much an offense to take offense as it is to give offense.
Ken Kesey quotes: The stars up close to the moon were pale; they got brighter and braver the farther they got out of the circle of light ruled by the giant moon The stars up close to the moon were pale; they got brighter and braver the farther they got out of the circle of light ruled by the giant moon
Ken Kesey quotes: The truth doesn't have to do with cruelty, the truth has to do with mercy. The truth doesn't have to do with cruelty, the truth has to do with mercy.
Ken Kesey quotes: What a cheery atmosphere, don't you agree? What a cheery atmosphere, don't you agree?
Ken Kesey quotes: You get your visions through whatever gate you're granted. You get your visions through whatever gate you're granted.
Ken Kesey quotes: What a Life: Give some of us pills to stop a fit, give the rest shock to start one. What a Life: Give some of us pills to stop a fit, give the rest shock to start one.
Ken Kesey quotes: He knows that you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance, just to keep the world from running you plumb crazy. He knows that you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance, just to keep the world from running you plumb crazy.
Ken Kesey quotes: The job of the writer is to kiss no ass, no matter how big and holy and white and tempting and powerful. The job of the writer is to kiss no ass, no matter how big and holy and white and tempting and powerful.
Ken Kesey quotes: You're making sense, old man, a sense of your own. You're not crazy the way they think. Yes ... I see ... You're making sense, old man, a sense of your own. You're not crazy the way they think. Yes ... I see ...
Ken Kesey quotes: The fundamentalists have taken the fun out of the mental. The fundamentalists have taken the fun out of the mental.
Ken Kesey quotes: If you're a Conservative, why aren't you behind conserving the land? If you're a Conservative, why aren't you behind conserving the land?
Ken Kesey quotes: A Man Is Known By The Mice He Keeps A Man Is Known By The Mice He Keeps
Ken Kesey quotes: He's safe as long as he can laugh, he thinks, and it works pretty fair. He's safe as long as he can laugh, he thinks, and it works pretty fair.
Ken Kesey quotes: When you love someone it is forever, or it was never really love at all. When you love someone it is forever, or it was never really love at all.
Ken Kesey quotes: You have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep in balance. [Chief Bromden] You have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep in balance. [Chief Bromden]
Ken Kesey quotes: You don't lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case. You don't lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case.

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