Quotes by John Hunter

“Well, I dont know how they define that. But they have this Texas blues thing blown kinda out of proportion. I am a Long John Hunter blues, before and after, thats what I am.”

“We had every kind of audience you could name. Young, old, not-so-old, some older than old, some younger than young: they were there, they were there! There was everything.”

“I just play to good people; they seem to like what I do, and the more they like it, the more I play.”

“If they didnt have ten fights a night, it was a bad night.”

“Yeah, I was a local hero. It was great for me, cos I had a full house every night all night seven nights a week for five years that I played. The next five years I just played five days a week, but I still had a full house every night.”

“they may opt to restart their lives here in Los Angeles. In any case, they wont have to worry about where their next meal is coming from, or whether theyll have a roof over their heads.”

“Thats what we stress - four turnovers a game. We saw some things on film and we knew that Coach Wilkins was going to do something with that play at some point in the game.”

“No operation should be carried out unless absolutely necessary . . . nor should a surgeon operate unless he would undergo the same operation himself in similar circumstances, ... The Knife Man: The Extraordinary Life and Times of John Hunter, Father of Modern Surgery.”

“set out systematically to question every established process.”

“Very likely I did, ... I hope I grow wiser every year.”

Time is the empty space that allows knowledge—let alone wisdom—to grow.

The ability to overcome failure--to live through it and move on--is crucial. If we are not willing to face failure--if we dont have the skills to survive it--we have precluded any real creativity or risk. Failure may never become our friend, but if we are to do meaningful work, perhaps failure needs to be our companion.

We have to accept that any action we take might promote an equal and opposite reaction that we do not want. We have to realize that even the most noble actions or most obviously correct course can have its dark side that we cannot control or reason our way out of. The fighter of the just war must understand that her actions will result in the deaths of other humans; many of whom may be innocent. The pacifist who refuses all war must realize that his inaction might likewise result in the deaths of the innocent. There are no actions without contradiction—and yet we must act, for not to act is also a contradictory action with both positive and negative effects.

“Time is the empty space that allows knowledge—let alone wisdom—to grow.”