Easy Rider

"Jack Nicholson - George Hanson"

"The people this place belongs to are buried right under you. You could be a trifle polite...Its a small thing to ask."

"Rancher: Turn that thing off. Youre making my horse skittish. ... Sure is a good-looking machine."

"Well, they are people, just like us - from within our own solar system. Except that their society is more highly evolved. I mean, they dont have no wars, they got no monetary system, they dont have any leaders, because, I mean, each man is a leader. I mean, each man - because of their technology, they are able to feed, clothe, house, and transport themselves equally - and with no effort...Why dont they reveal themselves to us is because if they did it would cause a general panic. Now, I mean, we still have leaders upon whom we rely for the release of this information. These leaders have decided to repress this information because of the tremendous shock that it would cause to our antiquated systems. Now, the result of this has been that the Venutians have contacted people in all walks of life - all walks of life. [laughs] Yes. It-it-it would be a devastatin blow to our antiquated systems - so now the Venutians are meeting with people in all walks of life - in an advisory capacity. For once man will have a god-like control over his own destiny. He will have a chance to transcend and to evolve with some equality for all."

"That was a UFO, beamin back at ya. Me and Eric Heisman was down in Mexico two weeks ago - we seen forty of em flying in formation. They-they-theyve got bases all over the world now, you know. Theyve been coming here ever since nineteen forty-six - when the scientists first started bouncin radar beams off of the moon. And they have been livin and workin among us in vast quantities ever since. The government knows all about em."

"Heres to the first of the day, fellas. To ol D. H. Lawrence. Nik-nik-nik-f-f-f-Indians!"

"Madame Tinkertoys House of Blue Lights. Corner of Bourbon and Toulouse, New Orleans, Louisiana. Now this is supposed to be the finest whorehouse in the South. These aint no pork chops. These are U.S. Prime."

"You see, what happened here is these people got here late in the summer. Too late to plant. But the weather was beautiful and it was easy livin, and everything was fine. And then came that winter. There were forty or fifty of them here living in this one-room place down here. Nothing to eat - starvin. Out by the side of the road lookin for dead horses...Anything they could get ahold of. Now theres - theres eighteen or twenty of them left and theyre city kids. Look at them. But theyre getting this crop in. Theyre gonna stay here until its harvested. Thats the whole thing."

"Prostitutes: [while tripping on LSD] Im going to die. Im dead...Do you understand?...Oh dear God, please let it be. Please help me conceive a child...Im right out here out of my head...Please God, let me out of here. I want to get out of here...You know what I mean...You wanted me...You wanted me ugly didnt you? I know you johns - I know you johns."

"Sarah: We just cant take anymore, Stranger. Just too many people dropping in. Oh, Im not talking about you and your friends, you know that. And like the week before, Susan dropped in with twelve people from Easter City. She wanted to take ten pounds of rice with her...Well naturally, we had to say no...So she gets all up tight and she breaks out some hash - and she wont give us any. Oh, and...thats not all. The next morning, they went outside to start their bus and they couldnt get it started..."

"Joanne: [reading from the I-Ching] Starting brings misfortune. Per-serverance brings danger. Not every demand for change in the existing order should be heeded. On the other hand, repeated and well-founded complaints should not fail to a hearing."

"It doesnt make any difference what city. All cities are alike. Thats why Im out here now...cause Im from the city, a long way from the city - and thats where I want to be right now."