Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes

The shaman is not merely a sick man, or a madman; he is a sick man who has healed himself.

Terence McKenna

• Sick
• Madmen
• Healed

• Previous
• Next

Quotes to Explore

• I wouldn't wear tiny amounts of clothing in my real life so I don't think it's necessary to wear that stuff in photo-shoots.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Life
  • Real
  • Think

• I'm a Ninja. I'm not scared of death.

  

  Watkin Tudor Jones
  • Death
  • Scared
  • Ninja

• The Zionist movement gave political expression to our claim to the land of Israel. And in 1922, the League of Nations recognized the justice of this claim.

  

  Yitzhak Shamir
  • Political
  • Justice
  • Israel

• Recreational shopping is the shortest distance between two points: you and broke.

  

  Victoria Moran
  • You
  • Distance
  • Shopping

• The first week Banks was with us, we knew he was going to be a star.

  

  Hank Sauer
  • Star
  • First
  • Week

• It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.

  

  Harper Lee
  • Father
  • Man
  • Thought

• In my eyes, a patriot is little more than an international blackleg.

  

  Tariq Ali
  • Eyes
  • More
  • Patriot

• At 500, our policy is 12 weeks of fully paid leave for all parents in the U.S. Parents can choose to take this leave consecutively or spread it out through the first 12 months after birth.

  

  Christine Tsai
  • Parents

• I know there are those in the community who, rather than have us invest more in policing, even for community policing, instead want us to disinvest in the police department. We need a police department. We are going to have a police department.

  

  Betsy Hodges
  • Community
  • Police

• I've always been ready to embrace what's around the corner because it might be just the thing that I need to help me grow.

  

  Dave Davies The Kinks
  • Help

• I don't have to announce all the women I've slept with.

  

  David Gest
  • Women

• Sometimes, being different feels a lot like being alone. But with that being said, being true to that and being true to my standards and my way of doing things in my art and my music, everything that has made me feel very different... in the end, it has made me the happiest.

  

  Lindsey Stirling
  • Music
  • Different
  • Art

• I don't want reporters to talk to me because I'm a revolutionary and if it got out that I'm basically friendly with Obama it would hurt Obama.

  

  Dinesh D'Souza
  • Hurt

• The overwhelming message of the Atonement is the perfect love the Savior has for each and all of us. It is a love which is full of mercy, patience, grace, equity, long-suffering, and, above all, forgiving.

  

  James E. Faust
  • Long
  • Perfect
  • Suffering

• Curiosity did kill the cat, but I'm very curious.

  

  Brittany Murphy
  • Cat
  • Curiosity

• I like living on the edge.

  

  James Dyson

• We need a strong farm bill that gives assistance to farmers during times of drought, creates markets for local goods, protects our environment, and helps struggling families bridge the gap between hard times and a full dinner table.

  

  Keith Ellison
  • Strong
  • Environment
  • Bridge

• I know how to make stuff happen, how to create wealth, create jobs, create investment.

  

  Doug Ose

• How do we know when someone like Hasan is going to make his move and do we know he's an Islamist until he's made his move? He makes a phone call or whatever, according to Reuters right now. Apparently he tried to contact al-Qaida. Is that the point at which you say, "This guy is dangerous?" That's not a crime to call up al-Qaida, is it? Is it? I mean, where do you stop the guy?

  

  Chris Matthews
  • Up
  • Guy
  • Stop

• I've only ever chosen men who happen to spend a lot of time out of the country, who have jobs that take them all over the world, and I think that's interesting because my father was absent, and then home, and I've always been in relationships where there's separation.

  

  Patsy Kensit
  • Time
  • World
  • Men

• Food, like sex, is one of the principal kinds of human activity that engage people when they wonder about how to account for different kinds of human behaviour.

  

  Marvin Harris
  • People
  • Different
  • Food

• Providing working Minnesotans with at least seven days of paid sick leave every year is the right thing to do to. It benefits our families and helps our businesses become more worker friendly and family friendly.

  

  Mark Dayton
  • Family
  • Sick

• The shaman is not merely a sick man, or a madman; he is a sick man who has healed himself.

  

  Terence McKenna
  • Sick
  • Madmen
  • Healed