Facts about Jack Kerouac

Occup.Novelist
FromUSA
BornMarch 12, 1922
DiedOctober 21, 1969
Aged47 years

Summary

Jack Kerouac was a famous Novelist from USA, who lived between March 12, 1922 and October 21, 1969. He/she became 47 years old.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac pisces, who is known for Fluctuation, Depth, Imagination, Reactive, Indecisive. Our collection contains 20 quotes who is written / told by Jack, under the main topic Dreams.

Related authors: Allen Ginsberg (Poet), Jim Morrison (Musician), Daniel Radcliffe (Actor), Richard Brautigan (Writer), Kristen Stewart (Actress), Steve Lacy (Musician), Steven Jesse Bernstein (Writer)

20 Famous quotes by Jack Kerouac

Small: If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime
"If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime"
Small: Write in recollection and amazement for yourself
"Write in recollection and amazement for yourself"
Small: Mankind is like dogs, not gods - as long as you dont get mad theyll bite you - but stay mad and youll n
"Mankind is like dogs, not gods - as long as you don't get mad they'll bite you - but stay mad and you'll never be bitten. Dogs don't respect humility and sorrow"
Small: Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the ro
"Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life"
Small: My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them
"My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them"
Small: I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only l
"I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life"
Small: Avoid the world, its just a lot of dust and drag and means nothing in the end
"Avoid the world, it's just a lot of dust and drag and means nothing in the end"
Small: Accept loss forever
"Accept loss forever"
Small: Offer them what they secretly want and they of course immediately become panic-stricken
"Offer them what they secretly want and they of course immediately become panic-stricken"
Small: My witness is the empty sky
"My witness is the empty sky"
Small: Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?
"Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?"
Small: Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion
"Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion"
Small: All our best men are laughed at in this nightmare land
"All our best men are laughed at in this nightmare land"
Small: All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together
"All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together"
Small: Maybe thats what life is... a wink of the eye and winking stars
"Maybe that's what life is... a wink of the eye and winking stars"
Small: I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion
"I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion"
Small: It is not my fault that certain so-called bohemian elements have found in my writings something to hang
"It is not my fault that certain so-called bohemian elements have found in my writings something to hang their peculiar beatnik theories on"
Small: A pain stabbed my heart as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction
"A pain stabbed my heart as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world"
Small: All of life is a foreign country
"All of life is a foreign country"
Small: You cant teach the old maestro a new tune
"You can't teach the old maestro a new tune"