Thursday, February 25, 2010

Today's Quote

Here's to the crazy ones.
The misfits. The rebels.
The troublemakers. The round
pegs in the square holes - the
ones who see things differently.
They're not fond of rules and
they have no respect for
the status quo. You can praise
them, disagree with them,
quote them, disbelieve them,
glorify or vilify them.
About the only thing that you
can't do is ignore them.
Because they change things.

- Jack Kerouac
quoted in an Apple Computer Ad, 1997

1 comment:

TiJean said...

Sorry, but this quote is absolutely not Kerouac's quote. It is Steve Jobs' quote from the Apple ad yes...but not Jack's at all. It is constantly mis-quoted on the internet. Jack's quote is far more poetic....


“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!”

People should actually read Jack Kerouac's books...the truth is there.