Herbie Hancock (Herbert Jeffrey Hancock) Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
The sole ultimate factor in human decisions is physical force. This we must learn, however repugnant the idea may seem, if we are to protect ourselves and our institutions. Reliance on anything else is fallacious and ruinous.
-
I cannot determine what people or nations should do, but I do think that extremism gives birth to following and subsequent extremism.
-
Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.
-
Oil is ancient wealth in the ground.
-
In Latin America, even atheists are Catholics.
-
It feels good when you come to a place like Oklahoma to charge up the batteries. I need that.
-
But make no mistake. My counterpart is capable of a great deal of ruthlessness in pursuit of a just cause. He believes he has right on his side. And men who think they have right on their side are always the most dangerous sort.
-
I play knowing that there is somebody watching me out there in the crowd that has never had the opportunity to watch a game before and it might be the only chance they ever to see one, live in person. Michael Jordan once said that in an interview, and I really took it to heart; whenever I step on the floor, I play for that person.
-
Although Cronkite had once crash landed in a Dutch potato field under enemy fire, he chose instead to focus on celebrating the liberation of the Netherlands at the hands of the Free Dutch.
-
I'm a pretty normal person outside of the film world. It doesn't really affect me when I'm at school or with my mates.
-
I think many people can relate to that excruciating pain of love gone wrong. I'd rather have a broken arm than a broken heart.
-
When I met my wife, I was focused on making money but failing miserably.
-
The reason I put so much energy into it at the beginning was that while there were plenty of people looking after the talkies, almost nobody was doing the same for the silents. Now there are plenty of very good historians and restorers.
-
So we are now still dependent on foreign oil, have a problem with global warming, and are losing jobs rapidly to the Japanese in fuel-efficient vehicles as a result of that very shortsighted progress.
-
I get the, you know, 'In my generation, we all had victory gardens, we all participated in this country's success.' It's that kind of sentiment that I hear from everybody, that we're all in this together.
-
However, further research has shown that it is the normal condition for humans and for most other mammals. It seems pretty clear why this is the case for most mammals and for most human beings.
-
I love the journeys of research and discovery their development takes me on. I see prints as less 'decorative' than many might, and more fundamental to a garment's core.
-
Winning a major, that's what everybody wants to do, and I worked my whole life to do it. And to realize that, it's incredible.
-
With electronics, they just get smaller and smaller.
-
Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.
-
If one looks at the map of the world, it's difficult to find Iraq, and one would think it rather easy to subdue such a small country.
-
Why am I afraid to dance, I who love music and rhythm and grace and song and laughter? Why am I afraid to live, I who love life and the beauty of flesh and the living colors of the earth and sky and sea? Why am I afraid to love, I who love love?
-
I think risk-taking is a great adventure. And life should be full of adventures.
