Herbie Hancock (Herbert Jeffrey Hancock) Quotes

The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom.

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• Right now people are interested in genetic engineering to help the human race. That's a noble cause, and that's where we should be heading. But once we get past that - once we understand what genetic diseases we can deal with - when we start thinking about the future, there's an opportunity to create some new life-forms.

  

  Jack Horner
  • People
  • Life
  • Thinking

• Marriage is a definite no-no. I am totally married to my company. Emotionally, my mother fills up the void in my life. So there it is. My company is a spouse I will never cheat on, and my mother completes me as a son. I think I have a full family unit of my own.

  

  Karan Johar
  • Life
  • Up
  • Family

• When I was 18, I couldn't wait to move away. I was like: 'If I ever have to come back here, I'll kill myself.' Glasgow seemed like failure and death to me back then, but not any more.

  

  Laura Fraser
  • Death
  • Myself
  • Failure

• The next time you feel unworthy, inadequate or inferior, remember that these experiences have nothing to do with humbleness, any more than lowering yourself to connect with another individual has to do with humbleness. There are no lower or higher individuals in the perception of a humble person. There are only souls. There is only love.

  

  Gary Zukav
  • Love
  • For Her
  • Experiences

• I find the whole concept of women screaming at me so odd. It's very flattering, but I don't think I will ever consider myself to be a sex symbol.

  

  Ed Sheeran
  • Women
  • Think
  • Myself

• I've dressed thousands of actors, actresses and animals, but whenever I am asked which star is my personal favorite, I answer, 'Grace Kelly.' She is a charming lady, a most gifted actress and, to me, a valued friend.

  

  Edith Head
  • Friend
  • Star
  • Grace Kelly

• I used to find great difficulty in drawing feet.

  

  Ida Rentoul Outhwaite
  • Great
  • Drawing
  • Feet

• Sweden will always be my home, since my childhood there was like a fairytale, so I'll always go back to it.

  

  Zara Larsson
  • Home
  • Childhood
  • Will

• Reading poetry gives me a sense of calm, well-being, and love for humanity - the same stuff more flexible women get from yoga.

  

  J. Courtney Sullivan
  • Women
  • Poetry
  • For Her

• I believe the accepted model of capitalism that demands endless growth deserves the blame for the destruction of nature, and it should be displaced. Failing that, I try to work with those companies and help them change the way they think about our resources.

  

  Yvon Chouinard
  • Work
  • Believe
  • Help

• At about an age when most children start full time schooling, hundreds of thousands of their contemporaries start a lifetime of drudgery in factories and fields, working 12-16 hours daily.

  

  Kailash Satyarthi
  • Time
  • Children
  • Age

• So many people can now write competent stories that the short story is in danger of dying of competence.

  

  Flannery O'Connor
  • People
  • Write
  • Dying

• This would have been a bad one to lose, man, because we did put our effort on defense. We did play one of the best defensive games that we played.

  

  Allen Iverson
  • Bad
  • Effort
  • Games

• In the past, there have been a range of treaties that divided Congress and every administration was able to get them through.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Past
  • Able
  • Administration

• The classics tell us that, in relationships, the one between teacher and student comes second only to the one between parent and child.

  

  Lisa See
  • Relationship
  • Teacher
  • Student

• You can accomplish virtually anything if you want it badly enough and if you are willing to work long enough and hard enough.

  

  Brian Tracy
  • Work
  • Long
  • Want

• An undefined goal is unreachable.

  

  Brian Tracy
  • Goal
  • Undefined
  • Unreachable

• I've been really lucky from eight years old to continue doing what I do and continue to love it. I've been able to travel all over the world. I've had experiences at my age that a lot of people haven't. So, you know, I've missed out on certain things, but in other ways I've gained, so it balances itself out.

  

  Elijah Wood
  • People
  • World
  • Travel

• In every single culture I encountered, there were always women who defied cultural norms to do what they believed was right for them. This phenomenon has never been related to how rich, poor, successful or not successful the woman may be.

  

  Zainab Salbi
  • Women
  • May
  • Culture

• To me the industry has always said that the lovers and haters and principal characters will always be white in Hollywood, and black people will always be appendages of those kinds of dramas, or they will be comedic outlets. It will never change.

  

  Haile Gerima
  • People
  • Character
  • Black

• We haven't seen the turning point yet, but we're sticking to our bottom line, for the environment and the health of the country.

  

  Ma Jun
  • Country
  • Health
  • Environment

• I have a ridiculous amount of confidence of protecting myself, but along with that confidence comes the ability that you don't need to fight.

  

  Sean Faris
  • Fighting
  • Needs
  • Ability

• The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom.

  

  Herbie Hancock
  • Ability
  • Machines