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People Quotes by Jack Kerouac
- I have the right ideas, but my words are too... complicated. I need to simplify them, so that people won't get lost in the dark…
- Because the only people for me are the mad ones.
- The air was so sweet in New Orleans it seemed to come in soft bandannas; and you could smell the river and really smell the…
- the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of…
- What is that feeling when you're driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? - it's the…
- Go moan for man. It's the pathos of people that gets us down, all the lovers in this dream.
- I'll go to the south of Sicily in the winter, and paint memories of Arles – I'll buy a piano and Mozart me that –…
- You have absolutely no regard but yourself and your damned kicks. All you think about is what's hanging between your legs and how much money…
- Don't use the phone. People are never ready to answer it. Use poetry.
- When you start separating people from their rivers, what have you got? Bureaucracy!
- The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved.
- I looked up at the dark sky and prayed to God for a better break in life and a better chance to do something for…
- I believed in a good home, in sane and sound living, in good food, good times, work, faith and hope. I have always believed in…
- Some of my most neurotically fierce bitterness is the result of realizing how untrue people have become.
- But there's no joy at all, people say "Oh well he's drunk and happy let him sleep it off"--The poor drunkard is *crying*--He's crying for…
- And I realize the unbearable anguish of insanity: how uninformed people can be thinking insane people are "happy," O God, in fact it was Irwin…
- Why did I allow myself to be bored ever in the past and to compensate for it got high or drunk or rages or all…
More People Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle