203 ratings (4.33 avg)
5 reviews

John Helfer

Add friend

https://www.goodreads.com/johnryanhelfer

John’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (1038)
currently-reading‎ (0)

read‎ (196)
did-not-finish‎ (0)

favorites‎ (44)
politics‎ (1)

re-read‎ (1)

Stats | More…

John’s Quotes

“If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.”
― Woody Allen

tags: inspirational-quotes

789 likes

“When you stop growing you start dying.”
― William S. Burroughs, Junky

tags: dying, growing

434 likes

“The fatal combination of Republican craveness and Democratic cowardice wasn't having an awful effect solely on the U.S. economy. It was proving deeply scarring to the American psyche.”
― Howard Dean, You Have the Power: How to Take Back Our Country and Restore Democracy in America

3 likes

“I don't hate Republicans as individuals. But I hate what the Republicans are doing to this country. I really do. ”
― Howard Dean

tags: politics, republicans

42 likes

“The poets are supposed to liberate the words – not chain them in phrases. Who told the poets they were supposed to think? Poets are meant to sing and to make words sing. Writers don't own their words. Since when do words belong to anybody? 'Your very own words,' indeed! And who are you?”
― Brion Gysin , Brion Gysin Let the Mice In

tags: art, brion-gysin, cut-ups-self-explained, poetry

27 likes

More of John’s quotes…