Everything the Beats stood for was the opposite of the dominant culture today.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
previous1next
“Being on a comedy tour is like traveling with family, everyone is all having a great time... then all of a sudden it turns sour. One thing gets said out of turn, and everyone is on everyone's last nerve. After an hour of silence, we all start laughing about it.”
| Clara Barton, Public Servant (1821) |
| Cab Calloway, Musician (1907) |
| Carlos Castaneda, Writer (1931) |
| Carlos Castenada, Writer (1925) |
| Orlando Gibbons, Composer (1583) |
| Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Politician (1876) |
| Karl Abraham, Psychologist (1925) |
| Derek Bailey, Musician (2005) |
| Karel Capek, Writer (1938) |
| W. C. Fields, Comedian (1946) |
| James Gadsden, Politician (1858) |
| Matthew Hale, Historian (1676) |