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

Quote by Ken Kesey

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People don't want other people to get high, because if you get high, you might...

People don't want other people to get high, because if you get high, you might...

The truth doesn't have to do with cruelty, the truth has to do with mercy.

The truth doesn't have to do with cruelty, the truth has to do with mercy.

Take what you can use and let the rest go by

Take what you can use and let the rest go by

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

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

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

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

When we first broke into that forbidden box in the other dimension, we knew we...

When we first broke into that forbidden box in the other dimension, we knew we...

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...

Me and Norman Mailer have talked about how hard it is in America to get...

Me and Norman Mailer have talked about how hard it is in America to get...

Take what you can use and let the rest go by.

Take what you can use and let the rest go by.

I've been to too many Dead concerts. There've been smokin' holes where my memory used...

I've been to too many Dead concerts. There've been smokin' holes where my memory used...

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

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

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

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

You've got to get out and pray to the sky to appreciate the sunshine; otherwise...

You've got to get out and pray to the sky to appreciate the sunshine; otherwise...

You can't really be strong until you see a funny side to things.

You can't really be strong until you see a funny side to things.

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...

To hell with facts! We need stories!

To hell with facts! We need stories!

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...

Fascism wants Baptism coast to coast.

Fascism wants Baptism coast to coast.

Nowhere else in history has there ever been a flag that stands for the right...

Nowhere else in history has there ever been a flag that stands for the right...

The '60s aren't over; they won't be over until the Fat Lady gets high.

The '60s aren't over; they won't be over until the Fat Lady gets high.