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title: "2 Shame Shame Quotes By Ken Kesey"
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> [“It wasn't the practices, I don't think, it was the feeling that the great, deadly, pointing forefinger of society was pointing at me--and the great voice of millions chanting, 'Shame. Shame. Shame.' It's society's way of dealing with someone different.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-kesey/it-wasn-t-the-practices-i-don-t-think-it-was-the-feeling-that-the/)

[Ken Kesey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-kesey/)

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> [“I don't think I can give you an answer. Oh, I could give you Freudian reasons with fancy talk, and that would be right as far as it went. But what you want are the reasons for the reasons, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-kesey/i-don-t-think-i-can-give-you-an-answer-oh-i-could-give-you-freudian/)

[Ken Kesey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-kesey/)

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## More by Ken Kesey

> [“Time overlaps itself. A breath breathed from a passing breeze is not the whole wind, neither is it just the last of what has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-kesey/time-overlaps-itself-a-breath-breathed-from-a-passing-breeze-is-not/)

[Ken Kesey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-kesey/)

> [The Grateful Dead are faster than light drive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-kesey/the-grateful-dead-are-faster-than-light-drive/)

[Ken Kesey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-kesey/)

> [“Okay, stand outa the way. Sometimes when I go to exertin' myself I use up all the air nearby and grown men faint from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-kesey/okay-stand-outa-the-way-sometimes-when-i-go-to-exertin-myself-i-use/)

[Ken Kesey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-kesey/)

> [The frontiers we broke into in the '60s are still largely unexplored.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-kesey/the-frontiers-we-broke-into-in-the-60s-are-still-largely-unexplored/)

[Ken Kesey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-kesey/)

> [There's something about taking a plow and breaking new ground. It gives you energy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-kesey/there-s-something-about-taking-a-plow-and-breaking-new-ground-it/)

[Ken Kesey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-kesey/)

> [The best of all possible cages.' Ben stepped back to regard the job with a sad smile. 'What more can one ask?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-kesey/the-best-of-all-possible-cages-ben-stepped-back-to-regard-the-job/)

[Ken Kesey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-kesey/)

> [Your trouble is, you keep trying to unscrew the unscrutable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-kesey/your-trouble-is-you-keep-trying-to-unscrew-the-unscrutable/)

[Ken Kesey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-kesey/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-kesey/that-ain-t-me-that-ain-t-my-face-it-wasn-t-even-me-when-i-was-trying/)

[Ken Kesey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-kesey/)

> [But if the strength ain't real, I recall thinking the very last thing that day, before I finally passed out, then the weakness sure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-kesey/but-if-the-strength-ain-t-real-i-recall-thinking-the-very-last-thing/)

[Ken Kesey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-kesey/)

> [“They think they know the book by its cover, but the book knows what it is. Now he knew better; if the book never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-kesey/they-think-they-know-the-book-by-its-cover-but-the-book-knows-what-it/)

[Ken Kesey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-kesey/)

> [More was revealed in a human face than a human being can bear face to face.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-kesey/more-was-revealed-in-a-human-face-than-a-human-being-can-bear-face-to/)

[Ken Kesey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-kesey/)

> [If this glorious birth to death hassle is the only hassle we are ever to have ..if our grand exhilarating fight of life is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-kesey/if-this-glorious-birth-to-death-hassle-is-the-only-hassle-we-are-ever/)

[Ken Kesey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-kesey/)

> [“It's gonna burn me just that way, finally telling about all this, about the hospital, and her, and the guys- and about McMurphy. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-kesey/it-s-gonna-burn-me-just-that-way-finally-telling-about-all-this-about/)

[Ken Kesey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-kesey/)

> [When Shakespeare was writing, he wasn't writing for stuff to lie on the page; it was supposed to get up and move around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-kesey/when-shakespeare-was-writing-he-wasn-t-writing-for-stuff-to-lie-on/)

[Ken Kesey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-kesey/)

> [“And then some guy wandering as lost as you would all of a sudden be right before your eyes, his face bigger and clearer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-kesey/and-then-some-guy-wandering-as-lost-as-you-would-all-of-a-sudden-be/)

[Ken Kesey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-kesey/)

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