#vent

The judicial system is the most expensive machine ever invented for finding out what happened and what to do about it. ↗

— Irving R. Kaufman

#about #ever #expensive #finding #happened

Thirdly, even if we assume that the world is governed by purpose, we need only add that this purpose - or, if there are several, at least one of them - is not especially intent on preventing suffering, whether it is indifferent to suffering or actually rejoices in it. ↗

— Walter Kaufmann

#add #assume #especially #even #governed

Most venture capitalists won't read a business plan unless the entrepreneur is introduced to them by a contact. ↗

— Guy Kawasaki

#capitalists #contact #entrepreneur #introduced #most

The best way to predict the future is to invent it. ↗

— Alan Kay

#best #best way #future #invent #predict

[A]dventures befall the unadventurous as readily, if not as frequently, as the bold. Adventures are a logical and reliable result - and have been since at least the time of Odysseus - of the fatal act of leaving one's home, or trying to return to it again. All adventures happen in that damned and magical space, wherever it may be found or chanced upon, which least resembles one's home. As soon as you have crossed your doorstep or the county line, into that place where the structures, laws, and conventions of your upbringing no longer apply, where the support and approval (but also the disapproval and repression) of your family and neighbors are not to be had: then you have entered into adventure, a place of sorrow, marvels, and regret. ↗

— Michael Chabon

#freedom #repression #family

We believe in funding family planning because it helps to prevent unintended pregnancy. We believe that a woman considering an abortion should not be forced to have an ultrasound against her will. ↗

— Nancy Keenan

#against #because #believe #considering #family

I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But I persevered and eventually found my own row to hoe. Ignorance of other writers' work keeps me from discouragement and I am less well-read than the average bus driver. ↗

— Garrison Keillor

#average #boy #bus #bus driver #discouragement

My dream is to eventually open a children's theatre. ↗

— Moira Kelly

#dream #eventually #open #theatre

It is function of government to invent philosophies to explain the demands of its own convenience. ↗

— Murray Kempton

#demands #explain #function #government #invent

The tax on capital gains directly affects investment decisions, the mobility and flow of risk capital... the ease or difficulty experienced by new ventures in obtaining capital, and thereby the strength and potential for growth in the economy. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#capital #capital gains #decisions #difficulty #directly