62 Quotes by Ken Hakuta

To me, all these things tell a story, and I find clothespin parts as interesting as 'collectors' furniture.' Good pieces of Shaker furniture are interesting, but only so much. It is the other things and the personal effects that let me feel the Shakers.

People came to my house in limos looking for WallWalkers, and they made emergency calls, breaking into our phone conversations trying to order them.

In Japan, the more expensive a restaurant is, the larger the plates and the smaller the portions. The cheaper a restaurant is, the smaller the plates and the larger the portions.

Good ideas are a dime a dozen. It's what you do with them that counts.

It was very enticing to become a yuppie, but I didn't want to do that.

I was the first person to export Teflon-coated ironing board covers to Japan.

I like things that don't go together.

I've become obsessed with preserving Shaker furniture. I feel as though every influence in my life, everything I've learned and know, all the money I've made, has come together to take care of it.

Opportunity just exists in the air for a few minutes. If you don't obey your gut feeling right away, you've lost your chance.