Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by Ken Kesey (American Novelist)

Kenneth Elton “Ken” Kesey (1935–2001) was an American novelist, essayist, and countercultural figure. He considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s.

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I’m so insane, I voted for Eisenhower. Oh yeah, well I’m so insane, I voted for Eisenhower TWICE!
Ken Kesey
Topics: Voting

You’ve got to get out and pray to the sky to appreciate the sunshine; otherwise you’re just a lizard standing there with the sun shining on you.
Ken Kesey

Take what you can use and let the rest go by.
Ken Kesey
Topics: Usefullness

I’d rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph.
Ken Kesey
Topics: Writing, Writers, Authors & Writing

Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing.
Ken Kesey
Topics: Laughter

The answer is never the answer. What’s really interesting is the mystery. If you seek the mystery instead of the answer, you’ll always be seeking. I’ve never seen anybody really find the answer—they think they have, so they stop thinking. But the job is to seek mystery, evoke mystery, plant a garden in which strange plants grow and mysteries bloom. The need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer.
Ken Kesey
Topics: Mystery

You can count how many seeds are in the apple, but not how many apples are in the seed.
Ken Kesey

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