Herbie Hancock (Herbert Jeffrey Hancock) Quotes

Music is not the only reason that I practice Buddhism anymore because it has affected my whole life.

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• I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.

  

  Paloma Picasso
  • Peace
  • Proud
  • Name

• The first decent building I did with my own practice was a chapel in Taiwan.

  

  I. M. Pei
  • Practice
  • First
  • Building

• We don't need to bring down the rich folk to help the poor.

  

  Jack Kemp
  • Help
  • Rich
  • Down

• You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.

  

  Zach Johnson The Fray
  • Real
  • You
  • Need

• I don't know anyone on Wall Street who goes to work every day thinking of anything but how to increase their bonus.

  

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • Work
  • Thinking
  • Day

• I had great stats in my career, you know, but really, you want to win.

  

  Calvin Johnson
  • Great
  • Want
  • Career

• It's easy: if you want to grow the economy, encourage job creation, and increase federal revenue, you support making bonus depreciation permanent. Permanency gives job creators the certainty they need to plan and invest in their businesses, including hiring employees.

  

  Pat Tiberi
  • Job
  • Support
  • Plan

• Mr. Idris Elba is amazing! He happens to be British, but what's funny about him is that when he's speaking in his American dialect, he looks like he's a brother from the 'hood. But as soon as he brings out that English thing, I'm like, 'Woo! You look like you're from London. Oh my God!' It's like everything on him changes. He's so cool!

  

  Tasha Smith
  • God
  • American
  • Funny

• Politicians make mistakes. People misspeak in public. God knows I have proven both. A lot.

  

  R. T. Rybak
  • People
  • God
  • Mistakes

• I can't imagine that I would have been cast in the role, without Jamie Lee giving me a thumbs up.

  

  Adam Arkin
  • Up
  • Giving
  • Me

• I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is.

  

  Quincy Jones
  • Money
  • Racism
  • Economics

• We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to be again expecting.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Love
  • Expect
  • Expecting

• Understanding the spirit of our institutions to aim at the elevation of men, I am opposed to whatever tends to degrade them.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Men
  • Understanding

• I find it valuable to watch what I do. I like to know when I'm making a choice if it actually works or not.

  

  Jeffrey Pierce

• Competing in my first Olympics in the country where my parents came from is pretty insane. I'm feeling nothing but excitement.

  

  Chloe Kim
  • Country
  • Pretty
  • Parents

• America Held Hostage won 24 Emmys for ABC News, but someone forgot to include my name on the list of people responsible for the show.

  

  Pierre Salinger
  • People
  • America

• I don't think I've made my favorite film yet. But I loved 'Bamboozled.' 'Bamboozled' to me is off the chain. It's definitely in the ranking. I loved 'Bamboozled.'

  

  Jada Pinkett Smith

• Soccer is taken extremely seriously in Turkey.

  

  Elif Batuman
  • Taken
  • Soccer

• I'm anxious to make another film.

  

  William Shatner
  • Film
  • Anxious

• But how many senators, representatives, and justices are on our currency, have monuments on the National Mall, have their names on towns, cities, counties, states, or figure prominently in Hollywood movies, television, or cable series? Congress and the Supreme Court can be in or out of session. The president is the Energizer Bunny™ of the American government.

  

  Aaron David Miller
  • Government
  • Names
  • Monuments

• Typecasting is a good thing. It's good to be known for what you do.

  

  Steve Guttenberg
  • Good
  • Known
  • You Do

• Practice being curious; want to know things; ask questions.

  

  Anders Holm
  • Practice

• Music is not the only reason that I practice Buddhism anymore because it has affected my whole life.

  

  Herbie Hancock
  • Reason
  • Practice
  • Buddhism