"I think if there’s a great depression there might be some hope." ― Lawrence Ferlinghetti Topic(s): Technology More From Lawrence Ferlinghetti "We have to raise the consciousness; the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace." "Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately." "Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience, the poet, like an acrobat, climbs on rhyme to a high wire of his own making." More In Technology "During the war, in which several of our embedded correspondents were able to report from moving vehicles crossing the Iraqi desert, the use of technology made news gathering safer."― Jim Walton "To love another person is to see the face of God."― Victor Hugo "Most of the time it’s the role. Sometimes it’s the story and sometimes it just the paycheck. It’s the little movies that come out as stories or the fact that I have work to go out, you know what I’m saying, you can only be out so long without work, you start getting antsy."― Morgan Freeman