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I believe that with the advent of acid, we discovered a new way to think, and it has to do with piecing together new thoughts in your mind.
the BBC documentary The Beyond Within: The Rise and Fall of LSD (1987)
Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962)
I'm so crazy I plan to vote for Eisenhower again this November.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962)
But if they don't exist, how can a man see them?
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962)
We are always acting on what has just finished happening. It happened at least 1/30th of a second ago. We think we’re in the present, but we aren’t. The present we know is only a movie of the past.
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (1968)
I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph.
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (1968)
He who marches out of line hears another drum.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962)
It's still hard for me to have a clear mind thinking on it. But it's the truth even if it didn't happen.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962)
The job of the writer is to kiss no ass, no matter how big and holy and white and tempting and powerful.
The Paris Review interview (1994)
He's a real master at getting your old wheel squeaking again.
Damn, what a sorry-looking outfit. You boys don't look so crazy to me.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962)
This is what I know. The ward is a factory for the Combine. It's for fixing up mistakes made in the neighborhoods and in the schools and in the churches, the hospital is.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962)
But just as soon as we got to the pool he said he did wish something mighta been done, though, and dove into the water.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962)
The need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer.
Leary can get a part of my mind that's kind of rusted shut grinding again, just by being around him and talking, 'cause that's where he works.
The Grateful Dead are faster than light drive.
I'm for mystery, not interpretive answers.
There is evidence of bad shit having been survived before.
If you seek the mystery instead of the answer, you'll always be seeking. I've never seen anybody really find the answer, but they think they have.
You have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance, just to keep the world from running you plumb crazy.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962)