"[Allen] Ginsberg totally helped that out. He was the best sales person. He was the most pop. They are still shocking and relevant, especially [William] Burroughs."

-- Yony Leyser

#Sales Person Quotes #Ginsberg Quotes #Pops Quotes

“At my age, and in my circumstances, what sinister object, or personal emolument had I to seek after, in this life? The growing infirmities of age and the increasing love of retirement, daily confirm my decided predilection for domestic life: and the great Searcher of human hearts is my witness, that I have no wish, which aspires beyond the humble and happy lot of living and dying a private citizen on my own farm.”
“Not till the fire is dying in the grate, Look we for any kinship with the stars.”
“I think we are constantly asked day in and day out to find the things that we find frustrating or inspiring or that we're passionate about, and attack it from that angle. I don't like being lumped into the idea of being media, or liberal media for that point of view. I am not trained as a journalist.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“I have a daughter, and it's a very bad message to send to my daughter that to be valid or accepted or to have value, you have to look a certain way. It's all about appearance, and not about education and not about contributing. I think we've completely lost our way.”
“I write to be the characters that I am not.”
“What one leads on-sight, in good, strong style, safely, is what one's ability is.”

Source : Pat Ament (1997). “How to be a master climber in six easy lessons”
“What is experience? A poor little hut constructed from the ruins of the palace of gold and marble called our illusions.”
“I never learned how to make music, play an instrument, then a lot of people told me things like "you will never succeed" and "it's just a dream" - anyway it made me much trouble, but in a way it made me work hard to become more than a dream.”

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