Jack Kerouac Quotes

So long and take it easy, because if you start taking things seriously, it is the end of you.

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• Long term I do believe internationally there is a huge misunderstanding of Russia.

  

  Oleg Deripaska
  • Believe
  • Long
  • Russia

• FOR a long time the conviction has been dimly felt in the community that, without prejudice to existing institutions, the legal day of weekly rest might be employed to advantage for purposes affecting the general good.

  

  Felix Adler
  • Time
  • Good
  • Long

• With the common Iranian threat bringing the Sunni Arab world and Israel closer together, an Israeli-Palestinian peace would go a long way in improving relations and rebuffing Iran's regional ambitions.

  

  Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
  • World
  • Long
  • Together

• Deficiency motivation doesn't work. It will lead to a life-long pursuit of try to fix me. Learn to appreciate what you have and where and who you are.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Life
  • Work
  • Long

• Written by the ancient Chinese philosopher of the same name, the 'Zhuangzi' is one long perplexing puzzle of a rambling collection of enigmatic short stories. It's a strange feeling to laugh at a joke written by someone in the 4th century B.C.

  

  Patrick Stump Fall Out Boy
  • Long
  • Feeling
  • Chinese

• 'But,' say the puling, pusillanimous cowards, 'we shall be subject to a long and bloody war if we declare independence.' On the contrary, I affirm it the only step that can bring the contest to a speedy and happy issue.

  

  Samuel Adams
  • Long
  • War
  • Happy

• As long as they are working, they should be legalized. I admire so much each and every migrant. They are the most loyal workers in the U.S. economy. They build the homes of those who are attacking them.

  

  Vicente Fox
  • Long
  • Economy
  • Admire

• When I want a long ball, I spin my hips faster.

  

  Jack Nicklaus
  • Long
  • Want
  • Hips

• Bruce Sterling is one terrific writer and he's relatively new, but I don't know how long he's been doing it; he probably doesn't need the publicity anymore!

  

  Larry Niven
  • Long
  • Know
  • Doing

• As long as it says Metallica on the record it's Metallica.

  

  Lars Ulrich Metallica
  • Long
  • Record
  • Metallica

• If we were motivated by money, we would have sold the company a long time ago and ended up on a beach.

  

  Larry Page
  • Up
  • Time
  • Long

• Paint goes a long way in making old look like new.

  

  Candice Olson
  • Long
  • Look
  • Old

• Life is one long jubilee.

  

  Ira Gershwin
  • Life
  • Long
  • Jubilee

• People have different takes on clothes and what to wear and colors and all that stuff, so why make a big deal about uniformity? It took me a long time to grasp that particular concept, simply because I was coming from the James Brown thing. Again, I wouldn't trade that experience for anything.

  

  Maceo Parker
  • People
  • Time
  • Different

• Mexican, Mediterranean, Italian, sushi, I love it all. Put it on a plate, and as long as I know what it is, I will eat it.

  

  Camren Bicondova
  • Love
  • Know
  • Italian

• I've always believed in myself, and it's such a long competition over two days, you can't worry about what anyone else is doing.

  

  Katarina Johnson-Thompson
  • Long
  • Myself
  • Worry

• I liked the idea of creating a new pop-culture, folkloric hero character that I created with 'Django' that I think's gonna last for a long time. And I think as the generations go on and everything, you know, my hope is it can be a rite of passage for black fathers and their sons. Like, when are they old enough to watch 'Django Unchained'?

  

  Quentin Tarantino
  • Time
  • Long
  • Character

• Mankind progresses not smoothly, as by a sliding carpet ascent, but by rugged steps broken by gaps. He halts long on one stage before taking the next. Often he remains stationary, unable to form resolution to step forward - sometimes even has turned round and retrograded.

  

  Sabine Baring-Gould
  • Long
  • Sometimes
  • Broken

• The experience of learning how to get straight to the core of a problem proved to be of immense value later when I had a long succession of responsibilities in large, complex government departments.

  

  Elliot Richardson
  • Long
  • Experience
  • Learning

• Be aware of who in your life is actually interested in hearing you discuss your writing, and who's just asking to be polite. Listening to writers talk about their work is often excruciatingly dull.

  

  Hanya Yanagihara
  • Life
  • Work
  • Writing

• Changing people's preconceptions is something you have to do in order to search for truth. Of course normally, that's not done because it also challenges social stability, and stories, as a result, are often told much more simply.

  

  Jiang Wen
  • People
  • Done
  • Truth

• The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.

  

  Harold Wilson
  • Industry
  • Labor
  • Monarchy

• When a friend is sick, I see the situation for what it is, not what it isn't, and I offer to help as much as she wants, not as much as I want.

  

  Andrew Bernstein
  • She
  • Help
  • Want

• So long and take it easy, because if you start taking things seriously, it is the end of you.

  

  Jack Kerouac
  • Long