All Ken Kesey Quotes
- I believe that with the advent of acid, we discovered a new way to think, and it has to do with piecing together new thoughts… Acid
- Don't say it...I've seen too many loves sundered by too much needless honesty. Honesty
- To hell with facts! We need stories. Facts
- A sound of cornered-animal fear and hate and surrender and defiance . . . like the last sound the treed and shot and falling animal… Animal
- There are going to be times when we can't wait for somebody. Now, you're either on the bus or off the bus. If you're on… Behind
- If grass were legalized, it would help our drug problem enormously. Drug
- This world belongs to the strong, my friend! The ritual of our existence is based on the strong getting stronger by devouring the weak. We… Accept
- I've enjoyed being a famous writer-except that every once in a while you have to write something. Enjoyed
- I sometimes have these spells of compulsive truth. But as Lady Macbeth would say, "The fit is momentary." Compulsive
- I used to think we were going to win in the '60s. Nixon went out and I thought we won. Apology
- 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… Cannabis
- But if they don't exist, how can a man see them? Exist
- Leary can get a part of my mind that's kind of rusted shut grinding again, just by being around him and talking. Grinding
- See with your ears and hear with your eyes. Ears
- But the more I read... after awhile... I begin to find they were all writing about the same thing, this same dull old here-today-gone-tomorrow scene...… All
- But I tried, didn't I? Goddamnit, at least I did that. Chaos
- The answer is never the answer. What's really interesting is the mystery. Answer
- Sometimes the need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer. Answer
- If you've got love in your heart, whatever you do from that moment out is likely to be right. If you've got that one true… From
- LSD lets you in on something. When you're tripping, the idea of race disappears; the idea of sex disappears; you don't even know what species… Anybody