George Hook famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

If someone starts talking about pride today I'm going to vomit... The Apache nation had pride and look where they are. The bushmen of Kalahari have pride and look where they are.
-- George Hook

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If (Declan) Kidney had gone for religion instead of teaching, he would have been Pope.
-- George Hook

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The gods have fled, I know. My sense is the gods have always been essentially absent. I do not believe human beings have played games or sports from the beginning merely to summon or to please or to appease the gods. If anthropologists and historians believe that, it is because they believe whatever they have been able to recover about what humankind told the gods humankind was doing. I believe we have played games, and watched games, to imitate the gods, to become godlike in our worship of eachother and, through those moments of transmutation, to know for an instant what the gods know.
Major sports are major parts of society. It's not anomalous to have people who love sports come from other parts of that society.
Remember that sports are meant to be fun. Don't let someone make the sport unfun for you.
Basketball is my favorite sport, and I'm also a very passionate football fan.
Flying is more than a sport and more than a job; flying is pure passion and desire, which fill a lifetime.
Offspring were a joy or a shame, but still the crown of their elders, nature's unpredictable creatures.
The test of a good letter is a very simple one. If one seems to hear the other person talking as one reads, it is a good letter.
Through Hamas, Iran has been able to buy itself a seat on the table in talking about the Palestinian issue. And, as a result, through Hamas it does play a role in the issue of the Palestinians, as strange as that should sound.
All really frank people are amusing, and would remain so if they could remember that other people may sometimes want to be frank and amusing too.
Emphasis in the Marine Corps isn't on talking about your feelings.

George Hook famous quotes

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