Ice Cube Quotes

A bird in the hand is worth what it will bring.

A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.

Better one byrde in hand than ten in the wood.

A God in the hand is worth two in the bush.

I cannot help esteem The 'Bird within the Hand' Superior to the one The 'Bush' may yield me Or may not Too late to choose again

A bird in the hand may be worth two in the bush, but remember also that a bird in the hand is a positive embarrassment to one not in the poultry business.

A bird in hand is a certainty. But a bird in the bush may sing.

He is a fool who lets slip a bird in the hand for a bird in the bush.

The man who saves time by galloping loses it by missing his way; the shepherd who hurries his flock to get them home spends the night on the mountain looking for the lost; economy does not consist in haste, but in certainty.

Of two evils we must always choose the least.

Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life.

Part of me longs to do a job where there's not a gray area.

I think it's sad to me that I had to make a decision to not play the game that I feel like I'm best at and that I love. But if it was just about the game itself, I'd be there in a heartbeat. But that's not how the real world works.

The choice is between which mistake is easier to correct: underdoing it or overdoing it.

There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to reach either.

People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.

The rest is a mere matter of detail, to be settled with judgment, discretion, and caution.

If you always wanted to wait for something better, you'd never buy anything, right?

We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit. It is but common prudence to see the way out before we venture in.

Be sure you are right, then go ahead.

Effective Presidents are those who can achieve a balance between purpose and prudence.

I made a cold calculation that I wasn’t going to waste time on a futile struggle.

We tend to ignore the high probability of small gains or losses and focus on big payoffs or disaster despite remote odds.

A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.