R.K. King Quotes

A person can go along quite awhile if they get a good day every once and again.

Any time there's something so ridiculously dangerous that no rational human being would try it, they send for me.' --Garion

I guess the sacrifice of my dignity is the only thing that will save us now. The things I endure for love. The Fates laugh at my torment.

I learned a lot from my Mom. My favorite lesson: remember there is no such thing as a certain way to parent and to remember that you are learning along with your child - it's ok to make mistakes.

Few other griefs amid the ill chances of this world have more bitterness and shame for a man's heart than to behold the love of a lady so fair and brave that cannot be returned.

A trap is only a trap if you don't know about it. If you know about it, it's a challenge.

Reality is not a function of the event as event, but of the relationship of that event to past, and future, events.

I wanted to be an up-to-date king. But I didn't have much time.

Nothing is more likely to start me screaming like a madwoman than New York in February with its piles of blackened snow full of yellow holes drilled by dogs.

We must come to see with the distinguished jurist of yesterday that "justice too long delayed is justice denied."

My obligation is to do the right thing. The rest is in God's hands.

There is no gain without struggle.

The only time people do not like praise is when too much of it is going toward someone else.

I've seen too much hate to want to hate, myself.

Ten cures for depression are to go out and do something for someone else and repeat it nine times.

In the department of homeland security and each agency that's there there's a morale problem. It's a different morale problem in each one.

Stand up for justice, stand up for truth; and God will be at your side forever.

Music is the best consolation for a despaired man

The question is no longer between violence and non-violence it is between non-violence and non-existence.

Black Power alone is no more insurance against social injustice than white power.

Being Number One isn't everything to me, but for those few hours on the court it's way ahead of whatever's in second place.

The job of the school is to teach so well that family background is no longer an issue.

Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has consistently refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue.

We must in strength and humility meet hate with love.

If I could read it, I could play it.

We must pursue peaceful end through peaceful means.

Corporate newspeak leads to corporate nothink.

Unity has never meant uniformity.

I think I've been lucky in the regard to have a team that sees me as an artist.

It is evident that the fortunes of the world's human population, for better or for worse, are inextricably interrelated with the use that is made of energy resources.

A hurt body and mind aren't just like a dictatorship; they are a dictatorship. There is no tyrant as merciless as pain, no despot so cruel as confusion.

Writing is only the frosting on my cake. Im whole without it.

A good many observers have remarked that if equality could come at once, the Negro would not be ready for it. I submit that the white American is even more unprepared.

Don't you think it would be better to legalize victimless crimes like drugs & prostitution & divert the resources to more important things like the rapes & assaults & things like that?

I love music, and I can play a little. But anyone can see the difference between someone who's talented and someone that's not.

If I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening.

Description is what makes the reader a sensory participant in the story.

I am thoroughly satisfied that smoking is detrimental to the intelligence of Australians who I notice now are beginning to look sickly, pale and intellectually destitute.

I feel that segregation is totally unchristian, and that it is against everything the Christian religion stands for.

I know and value what it means to wake up and be alive and to share my story. I'm so blessed to be here and to be able to talk about it.

If anything, I don't have any intention of recording music that's just me playing acoustic guitar singing a song anytime soon.

I sometimes feel like I'm caught in a vise. Some people feel like I'm some kind of hero. Others hate me.

We must have our freedom now. We must have the right to vote. We must have equal protection of the law.

Some people are so worn down by the yoke of oppression that they give up.

Not every book has to be loaded with symbolism, irony, or musical language, but it seems to me that every book-at least every one worth reading-is about something.

Now and forever, I'll remember all the promises still unbroken and think about all the words between us that never needed to be spoken.

The world is what you think it is

Revelations are found in clouds.

The greatness of man cannot be seen in the hours of comfort and convenience, but rather in moments of conflict/adversity

America is the only country in the world where you can suffer culture shock without leaving home.