The fact was I had the vision... I think everyone has... what we lack is the method.
Quote by Jack Kerouac
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The fact was I had the vision... I think everyone has... what we lack is the method.
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Jack Kerouac Quotes
- I suddenly discovered the delight of rebellion.
- The fact was I had the vision... I think everyone has... what we lack is the method.
- The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to love, mad to talk, mad to be saved the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.
- Man lowers his head and lunges into civilization, forgetting the days of his infancy when he sought truth in a snowflake or a stick. Man forgets the wisdom of the child.
Best Quotes
- When I did 'Bumble-ardy,' I was so intensely aware of death. Eugene, my friend and partner, was dying here in the house when I did 'Bumble-ardy'. I did 'Bumble-ardy' to save myself. I did not want to die with him. I wanted to live, as any human being does.
- Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country.
- A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.
- I know that war is very cruel and that life is harder when you aren't able to live in the place you called home.
- Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.
- I think kids ought to travel. I think it's very good to carry kids around. It's good for them. Of course it's tough on the parents.
- We are a nation that is unenlightened because of religion. I do believe that. I think religion stops people from thinking. I think it justified crazies.
- The Middle East is ailing. The malady stems from pervasive violence, shortages of food, water and educational opportunities, discrimination against women and - the most virulent cause of all - the absence of freedom.
- Fear attracts attack.
- Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going.