Ken Kesey Quotes

There are going to be times when we can't wait for somebody. Now, you're either on the bus or off the bus. If you're on the bus, and you get left behind, then you'll find it again. If you're off the bus in the first place — then it won't make a damn.

Make a decision. It doesn't have to be a wise decision or a perfect one. Just make one.

There is a time when we must firmly choose the course which we will follow or the endless drift of events will make the decision for us.

Almost any decision is better than no decision at all.

If you have not done so yet, decide to decide.

There's a point when you go with what you've got. Or you don't go.

The time to hesitate is through.

Often any decision, even the wrong decision, is better than no decision.

He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.

They are no longer going to serve you well. You have to commit. I think the biggest word is commit. I hear women say to me all the time, and men - I want to, I want to.

There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda, or woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.

Not deciding is a decision. Let’s all remember that when we decide not to do something.

I always make a decision, even if it's the wrong one. I hate being confused.

A fire lit under my ass? Yeah, that's true. No time to waste.

Each day is a day of decision.

I think the worst decision is usually no decision. If you make the wrong decision you can usually course-correct, but if you don't make it, you've already made it, and it's usually the bad one.

My friend Terry says that when you need to make a decision, in your work or otherwise, and you don’t know what to do, just do one thing or the other, because the worst that can happen is that you will have made a terrible mistake.

To swing or not to swing? Swing.

My favorite expression is: When you go up to the bell, ring it ? or don't go up to the bell.

There are some people, who don’t wait.

If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.

Greatness is never achieved through indecision.

I will act now. Success will not wait. If I delay, success will become wed to another and lost to me forever. This is the time. This is the place. I am the person.

You are the person who has to decide. Whether you'll do it or toss it aside.

It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.