329 Quotes by Ken Kesey

Hell of a life. Damned if you do and damned if you don’t. Puts a man in one confounded bind, I’d say.” McMurphy.

There’ve been a lot more people hurt on astro-turf than grass.

But I tried, didn’t I? Goddamnit, at least I did that.

But if they don’t exist, how can a man see them?

Look... Reality is greater than the sum of its parts, also a damn sight holier. And the lives of such stuff as dreams are made of may be rounded with a sleep but they are not tied neatly with a red bow. Truth doesn’t run on time like a commuter train, though time may run on truth. And the Scenes Gone By and the Scenes to Come flow blending together in the sea-green deep while Now spreads in circles on the surface. So don’t sweat it. For focus simply move a few inches back or forward. And once more... look.

The more he tries to stop it, the faster it goes. When he lets his hands and face move like they want to and doesn’t try to hold them back, they flow and gesture in a way that’s real pretty to watch, but when he worries about them and tries to hold back he becomes a wild, jerky puppet doing a high-strung dance. Everything is moving faster and faster, and his voice is speeding up to match.

You don’t lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case.

He’s safe as long as he can laugh, he thinks, and it works pretty fair.

Loved. You can’t use it in the past tense. Death does not stop that love at all.