"Nineteen eighty is almost here, thank God. the……" — Jennifer Egan

"Nineteen eighty is almost here, thank God. the hippies are getting old, they blew their brains on acid and now they're begging on street corners all over San Francisco. Their hair is tangled and their bare feet are thick and gray as shoes. We're sick of them."

— Jennifer Egan

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I could sell used battery acid and make it fly. — Dan Aykroyd
Or like in the early 70's when we had the reaction against acid rock and all the fuzz tone, and… — Lester Bangs
Memories are like stones, time and distance erode them like acid. — Ugo Betti
I am not a demon. I am a lizard, a shark, a heat-seeking panther. I want to be Bob Denver… — Nicolas Cage
Self-pity is an acid which eats holes in happiness. — Earl Nightingale
What I really remember is that people camped out everywhere, and the fact everybody expected it might turn into a… — Johnny Ramistella
Not contentment, but more power; not peace at any price, but war; not virtue, but efficiency (virtue in the Renaissance… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Prayer is the acid test of devotion. — Samuel Chadwick
Prayer is the acid test of the inner man's strength. A strong spirit is capable of praying much and praying… — Watchman Nee
Love has been taken away from the poets, and has been brought within the domain of true science. It may… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Canada is a country whose main exports are hockey players and cold fronts. Our main imports are baseball players and… — Pierre Trudeau
I believe that with the advent of acid, we discovered a new way to think, and it has to do… — Ken Kesey

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