Ken Kesey Quotes

I was smart enough to go through any door that opened.

In this business, you never say no to anything.

The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise.

I don't get attached to anything. I'm like a good antique dealer. I'm prepared to sell my most valuable table.

I always try to take the unexpected things and make them work for me.

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

You use whatever lever you have.

The Governor is not one who opposes swapping horses while crossing a stream. He will change a horse for a mule, a mule for a goat, and a goat for a shoat. If there is a mane or tail to which to cling, Franklin D. Roosevelt will not scorn to take hold so long as the beast is traveling in his direction.

Becoming a mom forced me to re-prioritize and make room for the things that are most important, while recognizing that there are things I can let go of, and the world won't crumble around me.

You can't juggle it all 100 percent. You don't have to be perfect. You don't have to do everything.

If I can utilise anything, I'll utilise it.

Personally, I am not thinking about batting only at No. 4. I want to be someone who is very flexible batting at any number or if you go into any situation you should be able to grab that opportunity and make the best use of it.

Trump is a raptor testing the fences, and he found weaknesses to escape and try things that would work, every single day.

I'm like a monkey. You don't let go of one branch until you get a hold of the other.

I don't see what difference it makes what side it's [your bread] buttered on. I always eat both sides.

We need to learn how to honor and use a practice for as long as it serves us—which in most cases is a very long time—but to look at it as just that, a vehicle, a raft to help us cross through the waters of doubt, confusion, desire, and fear.

There is nothing to be gained by waiting for a better situation. You see where you are and you do what you can with that.

If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill.

My life can be so arranged that I can live on whatever I have. If I cannot live as I have lived in the past, I shall live differently, and living differently does not mean living with less attention to the things that make life gracious and pleasant or with less enjoyment of things of the mind.

Everything has a beginning and an ending. Make peace with that and all will be well...In life we cannot avoid change, we cannot avoid loss. Freedom and happiness are found in the flexibility and ease with which we move through change.

Some people would say you need what you need to work, but I need very little to work, because I learned how to make movies on tiny movies. It's all kind of easy for me.

Half of wisdom is learning what to unlearn.

A good wit will make use of anything.

When the sovereign spirit within us is true to nature, it stands poised and ready to adjust to every change in circumstances and to seize each new opportunity. It doesn't approach an object with prejudice or preconception, but handles each thing dispassionately before embracing it and, if necessary, finds advantage in what opposes it. It is like fire in this regard. Whereas a feeble flame might suffocate under a pile of dry sticks, a robust fire consumes everything it touches. The more objects of any kind heaped on it, the higher it rises, the hotter it burns.

To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.