“ Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately. Lawrence Ferlinghetti
“ Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience, the poet, like an acrobat, climbs on rhyme to a high wire of his own making. Lawrence Ferlinghetti
“ Don't patronize the chain bookstores. Every time I see some author scheduled to read and sign his books at a chain bookstore, I feel like telling him he's stabbing the independent bookstores in the ba… Lawrence Ferlinghetti
“ See it was like this when we waltz into this place.A couple of papish cats is doing an Aztec two-stepAnd I says Dad let's cutbut then this dame comes up behind me see and says you and me could really… Lawrence Ferlinghetti
“ Anyone who saw Nagasaki would suddenly realize that they'd been kept in the dark by the United States government as to what atomic bombs can do. Lawrence Ferlinghetti
“ We have to raise the consciousness the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace. Lawrence Ferlinghetti
“ Recipe For Happiness Khaborovsk Or Anyplace'One grand boulevard with treeswith one grand cafe in sunwith strong black coffee in very small cups.One not necessarily very beautifulman or woman who loves… Lawrence Ferlinghetti
“ [in the true mad north] of introspection,where 'falcons of the inner eye'dive and die, glimpsing in their dying fall, all life's memory of existence. Lawrence Ferlinghetti
“ Don't bow down to critics who have not themselves written great masterpieces. Lawrence Ferlinghetti
“ Pity the nation whose people are sheep,and whose shepherds mislead them.Pity the nation whose leaders are liars, whose sages are silenced,and whose bigots haunt the airwaves.Pity the nation that raise… Lawrence Ferlinghetti
“ I once started outto walk around the worldbut ended up in Brooklyn,that Bridge was too much for me. Lawrence Ferlinghetti
“ I didn’t know that painters and writers retired. They’re like soldiers – they just fade away. Lawrence Ferlinghetti
“ I am waiting for the war to be fought which will make the world safe for anarchy Lawrence Ferlinghetti
“ We have seen the best minds of our generation destroyed by boredom at poetry readings. Lawrence Ferlinghetti
