Take what you can use and let the rest go by

Quote by Ken Kesey

Topics: Earth Quotes

Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing.

Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing.

The Haight is just a place; the '60s was a spirit.

The Haight is just a place; the '60s was a spirit.

I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph.

I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph.

I was raised a Christian and was a stone-faced acid head.

I was raised a Christian and was a stone-faced acid head.

Loved. You can't use it in the past tense. Death does not stop that love...

Loved. You can't use it in the past tense. Death does not stop that love...

It's time to move on to the next step in the psychedelic revolution. We've reached...

It's time to move on to the next step in the psychedelic revolution. We've reached...

I used to think we were going to win in the '60s. Nixon went out...

I used to think we were going to win in the '60s. Nixon went out...

There's a lot of people who don't understand the circle crops in England. Pure enigma.

There's a lot of people who don't understand the circle crops in England. Pure enigma.

If grass were legalized, it would help our drug problem enormously.

If grass were legalized, it would help our drug problem enormously.

Listen, wait, and be patient. Every shaman knows you have to deal with the fire...

Listen, wait, and be patient. Every shaman knows you have to deal with the fire...

Tricker the Squirrel is the best piece I ever wrote. It's intricate.

Tricker the Squirrel is the best piece I ever wrote. It's intricate.

We thought that by this time that there would be LSD given in classes in...

We thought that by this time that there would be LSD given in classes in...

The fundamentalists have taken the fun out of the mental.

The fundamentalists have taken the fun out of the mental.

To hell with facts! We need stories!

To hell with facts! We need stories!

When you're around the whole Dead scene, they're there as a tribal thing; they're there...

When you're around the whole Dead scene, they're there as a tribal thing; they're there...

You don't lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by...

You don't lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by...

When Shakespeare was writing, he wasn't writing for stuff to lie on the page; it...

When Shakespeare was writing, he wasn't writing for stuff to lie on the page; it...

Allen Ginsberg is a tremendous warrior as time goes by. He's a warrior first and...

Allen Ginsberg is a tremendous warrior as time goes by. He's a warrior first and...

Fascism wants Baptism coast to coast.

Fascism wants Baptism coast to coast.

The trouble with super heroes is what to do between phone booths.

The trouble with super heroes is what to do between phone booths.