Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
I have a skeptical and cranky side, and I'm forever puzzled why people believe the, seeming to me, dumb things that they choose to believe.
Quotes to Explore
-
The death tax robs parents of the opportunity to pass something along to their children, and it is responsible for destroying a lot of family-owned businesses.
-
It's true: a lot of sportspeople really struggle to find something to do when they finish. It tips them into all sorts of strange things. With ex-footballers, it's really scary. I think 70% of them get divorced within five years. It's hard. You go from being really famous to not that famous. Your salary drops through the floor.
-
I don't know what these Republican congressmen drink that make them experts on women's reproductive health.
-
We need to rekindle those values, those strengths as a nation and as a people... And we must do so as one people with one goal.
-
I'm not a revolutionary, and I'm not a warrior.
-
One of the things I really learned from my first term is the importance of focusing. In that sense, it is a deliberate effort. What I look at with each vote is that priority of whether it's good for the middle class or not.
-
The lily and the rose in her fair face striving for precedence.
-
Something my mom and I have always said to each other is: 'We're not here for interviews. We're not here to get your picture taken. We're here to make a difference, and this is our opportunity to.'
-
We were very fortunate that the carriers weren't in the harbor.
-
I am always watching old films and trying to fill gaps in my knowledge.
-
All architecture has a public nature, I believe, so I would like to make a public space.
-
At an early school, when I was about 5, they asked what we wanted to be when we grew up. Everyone said silly things, and I said I wanted to be an actress. So that was what I wanted to be, but what I was, of course, was a writer.
-
All governments are run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.
-
I have no disciple. I am the servant of the servant of Rama.
-
Metal music is the only art form that is totally dependent for its success on the idea that idiots buy cheap trash are getting ripped off.
-
The moral precept to adopt...is: Judge, and be prepared to be judged.
-
Schrödinger's wave-mechanics is not a physical theory, but a dodge - and a very good dodge too.
-
And tiny vessels oozed into your neck And formed the bruises That you said you didn't want to fade But they did and so did I that day
