I've become obsessed with preserving Shaker furniture. I feel as though every influence in my life, everything I've learned and know, all the money I've made, has come together to take care of it. Ken Hakuta More Quotes by Ken Hakuta More Quotes From Ken Hakuta Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an obstacle. Ken Hakuta Everyone underestimates the maturity of kids. Ken Hakuta everyone maturity kids People will try to tell you that all the great opportunities have been snapped up. In reality, the world changes every second, blowing new opportunities in all directions, including yours. Ken Hakuta great you people world There are some keys to success in the fad business. One is never give up. You need total motivation and the right kind of creativity. You also have to back the right activity. It is a disaster if you back the wrong idea with your energy. You not only lose money, but you take a big social risk. Ken Hakuta never-give-up money business success Good ideas are a dime a dozen. It's what you do with them that counts. Ken Hakuta them good you ideas Voting statistics for younger voters is pathetic. Ken Hakuta younger pathetic voting statistics There are conventions for people with serious, boring inventions, but fad inventors need help. You need someone to talk to. You just can't tell your friends you're going to invent a pet rock and mortgage your house to pay for it. It's embarrassing... risky mentally. Your friends think you're crazy. Ken Hakuta you crazy pet people Many young people don't vote because they feel unwelcome and irrelevant, and that's the system's fault... As much as MTV tries to get them to vote, politicians don't include young voters because young voters don't donate money. Ken Hakuta feel vote money people I know my life runs in cycles. Ken Hakuta my-life know cycles life Most people think the Shakers are in Pennsylvania. They tend to confuse them with the Amish. Ken Hakuta confuse them think people My life is a life of hobbies and enthusiasm. Ken Hakuta life-is-a my-life enthusiasm life To me, all these things tell a story, and I find clothespin parts as interesting as 'collectors' furniture.' Good pieces of Shaker furniture are interesting, but only so much. It is the other things and the personal effects that let me feel the Shakers. Ken Hakuta story feel good me People came to my house in limos looking for WallWalkers, and they made emergency calls, breaking into our phone conversations trying to order them. Ken Hakuta phone looking house people In Japan, the more expensive a restaurant is, the larger the plates and the smaller the portions. The cheaper a restaurant is, the smaller the plates and the larger the portions. Ken Hakuta restaurant more japan expensive It was very enticing to become a yuppie, but I didn't want to do that. Ken Hakuta become very enticing want I was the first person to export Teflon-coated ironing board covers to Japan. Ken Hakuta export person first japan I like things that don't go together. Ken Hakuta things go like together Opportunity just exists in the air for a few minutes. If you don't obey your gut feeling right away, you've lost your chance. Ken Hakuta feeling you chance opportunity When I was a boy, my father used to criticize me for - it's hard to translate - I guess you could say 'mindless time.' Thinking what to do. I need to be bored so I can be pushed into doing something. Ken Hakuta me you time father I don't need a big K Street office or a British secretary or a facade for my ego. Ken Hakuta street need ego office
