A Quote by Ken Kesey

I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph.

Ken Kesey

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Ken Kesey
American - Novelist
September 17, 1935 - November 10, 2001

Rod's not very good at confrontations; he would rather walk away and avoid something rather than go into it.

Penny Lancaster

He bats like a lightning rod.

W. P. Kinsella

I'm a lightning rod for the anti-Brexit brigade.

Chris Grayling

I became a lightning rod for some partisan battles. I could not be prouder of the track record we've put together. By almost every measure, the country is significantly better off than when I came in.

Barack Obama

Laughter is the lightning rod of play, the eroticism of conversation.

Eva Hoffman

The fact is, I view part of what I do is, if necessary, on difficult issues, be the lightning rod.

Gary Bettman

I was asked why I did not give a rod with which to fish, in the hands of the poor, rather than give the fish itself as this makes them remain poor. So I told them: The people whom we pick up are not able to stand with a rod. So today I will give them fish and when they are able to stand, then I shall send them to you and you can give them the rod. That is your job. Let me do my work today.

Mother Teresa

It's a lovely moment when everyone's part of something greater than the sum of its parts. That encapsulates what a comedy gig should be, with the comic as the lightning rod, the Norse mischief god, getting the audience to do something they wouldn't necessarily do.

Bill Bailey

The notion that I had become a political lightning rod was painful for me to experience.

Susan Rice

If being the lightning rod that started the Tea Party is what's written on my tombstone, I'll be very happy.

Rick Santelli

Because of my political views, I've been targeted as a lightning rod, someone who's too far out there.

John Turner

I must have been a really tough kid to corral. I got disciplined quite frequently. I guess that would be the best way to say it. The rod, I wore out the rod. You know, Spare the rod and spoil the child? Well, I wore out the rod.

Terry Bradshaw

When we announced that we were going to support Bitcoin companies, we became a great lightning rod for activity and fun.

Adam Draper

The cross is the lightning rod of grace that short-circuits God's wrath to Christ so that only the light of His love remains for believers.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

That's the reality, and you can't overlook it. Rod can be a free agent, but we don't want get ahead of ourselves. Rod is the starter now and at some point we'll address that. Rod's got the job and the experience and you hope Gerald learns from him.

Jon Daniels

But I'd rather help than watch. I'd rather have a heart than a mind. I'd rather expose too much than too little. I'd rather say hello to strangers than be afraid of them. I would rather know all this about myself than have more money than I need. I'd rather have something to love than a way to impress you.

Po Bronson

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