All Gregory Corso Quotes
- Anyway, I lived on the streets and did pretty good until I got caught stealing, what was it? I kicked in a restaurant window, went… All
- I remember the people I knew in prison; I was very fortunate to know them - they came from 1910, 1920, 1930. Came
- My father took me back home, back to Greenwich Village, and he thought by taking me out of the orphanage he'd be out of the… Back Home
- But when the conquered spirit breaks free And indicates a new light Who'll take care of the cats? Break
- They, that unnamed they, they've knocked me down but I got up. I always get up -- and I swear when I went down quite… Ago
- I moved up over Lower East Side and I was adopted by eight foster parents; I lived all over New York City with these parents,… Adopted
- I feel I want to be wise with white hair in a tall library in a deep chair by a fireplace. Age
- I just trust people and they sense everything's gonna be alright. Alright
- My father went into the armed service and I never saw my mother - I don't know what happened to her. Armed
- The judge said I was a menace to society because I had put crime on a scientific basis. Bases
- You see, I went to the sixth grade and that was the highest I ever went. Ever Went
- The lucky thing was that I was Italian; when the other Italians saw me fight back, they came to my defence. Came
- Standing on a street corner waiting for no one is power. Corner
- If you believe you're a poet, then you're saved. Believe
- I learned life were no dream I learned truth deceived Man is not God Life is a century Death an instant Century
- It is a great feeling to know that from a window I can go to books to cans of beer to past loves. And from… Back Door
- Ah, if I were dictator I'd have poets throwing bombs! Ah
- I was what? - twelve years old - and I was thrown in the cells with these people, so I learned fast. Cells
- My background did not start with the East Side; it started with Greenwich Village, which is West Side. Background
- The other guy I dug a lot was Burroughs because he was a smart man already; he learned it through the druggie pool - the… Aristocratic