"Freddie Green has been my right arm for thirty years. And if he leaves the band one day, I'll probably leave with him."

-- Count Basie

#Years Quotes #One Day Quotes #Band Quotes

“I prefer highs and lows to an even keel. Moderation is never something I've been good at.”

Source : "This much I know". Interview with Stuart Husband, www.theguardian.com. December 8, 2008.
“Long-term investment success is almost totally a function of how one emotionally handles declines in the equity market, as opposed to how one's portfolio handles them.”
“We have a natural constant craving for leadership. Democracy is always a fragile and imperfect achievement. Yet a distinct feeling of malaise in our political culture lingers. There is something missing from our public debates.”
“I hardly need to abstract things, for each object is unreal enough already, so unreal that I can only make it real by means of painting.”
“Ultimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts. It's about keeping your team focused on a goal and motivated to do their best to achieve it, especially when the stakes are high and the consequences really matter. It is about laying the groundwork for others' success, and then standing back and letting them shine.”

Source : Chris Hadfield (2013). “An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth”, p.154, Pan Macmillan
“I wrote The Philosophy of Disenchantment, which is, I think, the gloomiest and worst book ever published. Out of sheer laziness, I then produced a history of atheism, The Anatomy of Negation, which has been honored by international dislike. Need I state that of all my children it is the one that I prefer?”
“I have respect for those who make money at art and do it well and smartly, because that commercial aspect keeps the world going and running, in a sense.”
“I am not what one calls a celebrity.”

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