--- title: "9 Beat Quotes By Jack Kerouac" description: "9 Beat quotes by Jack Kerouac. Plus more from Jack Kerouac and more Beat sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80a/jack-kerouac-182_beat_what-s-your-road-man-1659963_1659963.jpg" --- > [“What's Your Road, Man?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/what-s-your-road-man/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80a/jack-kerouac-182_beat_what-s-your-road-man-1659963_1659963.jpg) > [“Paradise!' he screamed. 'The one and only indispensable Paradise.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/paradise-he-screamed-the-one-and-only-indispensable-paradise/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b63/jack-kerouac-182_beat_paradise-he-screamed-the-one-and-only-in_920950.jpg) > [“...Cody is furiously explaining to his little son Tim 'Never let the right hand know what your left hand is doing'... Page 100.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/cody-is-furiously-explaining-to-his-little-son-tim-never-let-the/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/565/jack-kerouac-182_beat_cody-is-furiously-explaining-to-his-litt_692096.jpg) > [“A man cannot impart the true feeling of things to others unless he himself has experienced what he is trying to tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/a-man-cannot-impart-the-true-feeling-of-things-to-others-unless-he/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45e/jack-kerouac-182_atop-an-underwood_a-man-cannot-impart-the-true-feeling-of_2709590.jpg) > [“Because I am Beat, I believe in Beatitude and that God so loved the world He gave His only begotten Son to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/because-i-am-beat-i-believe-in-beatitude-and-that-god-so-loved-the/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3be/jack-kerouac-182_beat_because-i-am-beat-i-believe-in-beatitude_716627.jpg) > [“I'm an idealist who has outgrown my idealism I have nothing to do the rest of my life but do it and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/i-m-an-idealist-who-has-outgrown-my-idealism-i-have-nothing-to-do-the/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4be/jack-kerouac-182_beat_i-m-an-idealist-who-has-outgrown-my-idea_8325.jpg) > [“A poet is a blind optimist. The world is against him for many reasons. But the poet persists. He believes that he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/a-poet-is-a-blind-optimist-the-world-is-against-him-for-many-reasons/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/982/jack-kerouac-182_atop-an-underwood_a-poet-is-a-blind-optimist-the-world-is_1546612.jpg) > [“ It's the beat generation. It's the begát. It's the beat to keep. It's the beat in the heart. It's being beat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/it-s-the-beat-generation-it-s-the-beg-t-it-s-the-beat-to-keep-it-s/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d18/jack-kerouac-182_beat-generation_it-s-the-beat-generation-it-s-the-beg-t_1192661.jpg) > [“Now you're going East with Sal," Galatea said, "and what do you think you're going to accomplish by that? Camille has to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/now-you-re-going-east-with-sal-galatea-said-and-what-do-you-think-you/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/388/jack-kerouac-182_beat_now-you-re-going-east-with-sal-galatea-s_2264801.jpg) ## Other authors on Beat ## More by Jack Kerouac > [Bein Crazy is the least of my worries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/bein-crazy-is-the-least-of-my-worries/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) > [I'm Catholic and I can't commit suicide, but I plan to drink myself to death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/i-m-catholic-and-i-can-t-commit-suicide-but-i-plan-to-drink-myself-to/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) > [The Beat Generation, that was a vision that we had, John Clellon Holmes and I, and Allen Ginsberg in an even wilder way, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/the-beat-generation-that-was-a-vision-that-we-had-john-clellon-holmes/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) > [But, outside of being a sweet little girl, she was awfully dumb and capable of doing horrible things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/but-outside-of-being-a-sweet-little-girl-she-was-awfully-dumb-and/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) > [“For when you realized that God is Everything you know that you've got to love everything no matter how bad it is, in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/for-when-you-realized-that-god-is-everything-you-know-that-you-ve-got/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) > [“I'm an idealist who has outgrown my idealism I have nothing to do the rest of my life but do it and the rest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/i-m-an-idealist-who-has-outgrown-my-idealism-i-have-nothing-to-do-the/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) > [“Most of them were running away from something―usually the law.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/most-of-them-were-running-away-from-something-usually-the-law/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) > [“Non lo so, non importa e non fa nessuna differenza.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/non-lo-so-non-importa-e-non-fa-nessuna-differenza/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) > [“And in the flush of the first few days of joy I confidently tell myself (not expecting what I'll do in three weeks only)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/and-in-the-flush-of-the-first-few-days-of-joy-i-confidently-tell/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) > [I want a blaze of light to flame in me forever in a timeless, dear love of everything. And why should I pretend to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/i-want-a-blaze-of-light-to-flame-in-me-forever-in-a-timeless-dear/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) > [“For the next week that was all I heard - manana, a lovely word and one that probably means heaven.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/for-the-next-week-that-was-all-i-heard-manana-a-lovely-word-and-one/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) > [“O how wonderful life is, how miraculous, God made this and God made that", "how do you know he doesn't hate what He did:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/o-how-wonderful-life-is-how-miraculous-god-made-this-and-god-made/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) > [Notoriety and public confession in the literary form is a frazzler of the heart you were born with, believe me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/notoriety-and-public-confession-in-the-literary-form-is-a-frazzler-of/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) > [I promise I shall never give up, and that I'll die yelling & laughing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/i-promise-i-shall-never-give-up-and-that-i-ll-die-yelling-laughing/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) > [“The hot water pools are steaming, Fagan and Monsanto and the others are all sitting peacefully up to their necks, they're all naked, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/the-hot-water-pools-are-steaming-fagan-and-monsanto-and-the-others/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beat/jack-kerouac/#itemlist", "name": "9 Beat Quotes By Jack Kerouac", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“What's Your Road, Man?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jack Kerouac" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/what-s-your-road-man/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80a/jack-kerouac-182_beat_what-s-your-road-man-1659963_1659963.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80a/jack-kerouac-182_beat_what-s-your-road-man-1659963_1659963.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80a/jack-kerouac-182_beat_what-s-your-road-man-1659963_1659963.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What's Your Road, Man?” — Jack Kerouac", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Paradise!' he screamed. 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