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Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.
Rudyard Kipling1865–1936
The nice thing about being a celebrity is that, if you bore people, they think it’s their fault.
Henry Kissinger1923–2023
There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy’s life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure.
Henry Kissinger1923–2023
There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.
Henry Kissinger1923–2023
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
Henry Kissinger1923–2023
Whatever must happen ultimately should happen immediately.
Henry Kissinger1923–2023
First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want to burn you. And then they build monuments to you.
NKNicholas Klein1884–1951Often credited to Mahatma Gandhi
It is not possible to remake the world. You can fix parts, but you can’t remake the world.
Ed Koch1924–2013Mayor (1984), p. 304
- Change
If the player isn’t tricked into believing that the world is real, then there’s no point in making the game.
Hideo Kojimaborn 1963A Mind Forever Voyaging: A History of Storytelling in Video Games (2012)
- Entertainment
Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.
Matsushita Konosuke1894–1989Often credited to Mae West
Luck can often mean simply taking advantage of a situation at the right moment. It is possible to make your luck by being always prepared.
MKMichael Kordaborn 1933Success! (1977), p. 40
- Luck
If we would bring about a sane and happy society we must begin with ourselves and not with another, not outside of ourselves, but with ourselves.
Jiddu Krishnamurti1895–1986Second Public Talk at Ojai (21 May 1944), in Authentic Report of Ten Talks, Ojai, 1944 (1945), p. 7
- Change
Chance and chance alone has a message for us… Only chance can speak to us.
Milan Kundera1929–2023The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984), Pt. 2, ch. 9
- Luck
If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day Weekend.
DLDoug Larson1926–2017
The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools.
DLDoug Larson1926–2017