Gregory Corso Quotes

It is a great feeling to know that from a window I can go to books to cans of beer to past loves. And from these gather enough dream to sneak out a back door.

Standing on a street corner waiting for no one is power.

I remember the people I knew in prison; I was very fortunate to know them - they came from 1910, 1920, 1930.

I feel I want to be wise with white hair in a tall library in a deep chair by a fireplace.

If you have a choice of two things and can't decide, take both.

Spirit is Life. It flows thru the death of me endlessly like a river unafraid of becoming the sea.

The lucky thing was that I was Italian; when the other Italians saw me fight back, they came to my defence.

If you believe you're a poet, then you're saved.

Ah, if I were dictator I'd have poets throwing bombs!

The fall of man stands a lie before Beethoven, a truth before Hitler.

it's just that I see love as odd as wearing shoes-- I never wanted to marry a girl who was like my mother And Ingrid Bergman was always impossible

I think of New York City lost in stars forgotten as a blue haired pet of childhood love Tonight the night is full.

But when the conquered spirit breaks free And indicates a new light Who'll take care of the cats?

I learned life were no dream I learned truth deceived Man is not God Life is a century Death an instant

The judge said I was a menace to society because I had put crime on a scientific basis.

You see, I went to the sixth grade and that was the highest I ever went.

I just trust people and they sense everything's gonna be alright.

a fat Reichian wife screeching over potatoes Get a job! And five nose running brats in love with Batman

I moved up over Lower East Side and I was adopted by eight foster parents; I lived all over New York City with these parents, man, till I was about ten years old.

My father went into the armed service and I never saw my mother - I don't know what happened to her.

I feel capitol punishment is dooming U.S.A.

Should I get married? Should I be good?