“Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.”

— Jack Kerouac

This is not a quote by Kerouac. It's a quote by CBS broadcaster Charles Kuralt who used to present a TV news segment called 'On the Road' (which is probably how the confusion arose). This particular statement by Kuralt was made in May 1996 to students of Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York: http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19960527&id=yf8yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yQcGAAAAIBAJ&pg=3106,5606314
Misattributed

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion." by Jack Kerouac?

Jack Kerouac photo

Jack Kerouac 266

American writer 1922–1969

Related quotes

“Barbie’s one of those fads whose popularity makes you lose all faith in the human race.”

Connie Willis Bellwether

Source: Bellwether (1996), Chapter 3 “Tributaries”, Section 3 (p. 117)

“Marketing has long known how to exploit fads and how to develop trends.”

Geoffrey Moore book Crossing the Chasm

Source: Crossing the Chasm, 1991, p. 6

“It is useless to talk with those who do not understand one and troublesome to talk with those who criticize from a feeling of superiority. Especially one-sided persons are troublesome. Few are accomplished in many arts and most cling narrowly to their own opinion.”

Murasaki Shikibu book The Diary of Lady Murasaki

In Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan
The Diary of Lady Murasaki

“The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.”

Brandon Sanderson (1975) American fantasy writer

Source: The Alloy of Law

“Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.”

Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher

“Honesty" "Accuracy" is just "Popular Opinion.”

Conor Oberst (1980) American musician

Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (2002)

“There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“Those who cannot feel the littleness of great things in themselves are apt to overlook the greatness of little things in others.”

Kakuzo Okakura (1862–1913) Japanese scholar, author of The Book of Tea

“It is the god who accomplishes all things.”

Homér Iliad

XIX. 90 (tr. R. Lattimore).
Iliad (c. 750 BC)

“Great things are accomplished by men who are not conscious of the impotence of man. Such insensitiveness is precious.
But we must admit that criminals are not unlike our heroes in this respect.”

Paul Valéry (1871–1945) French poet, essayist, and philosopher

Source: Regards sur le monde actuel [Reflections on the World Today] (1931), p. 58

Related topics