Dee Hock Quotes

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

I'll practice as good as I can, but I know that I play even better, with the qualities I have - leadership, my ability to make something happen in games, winning.

Action is the real measure of intelligence.

Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.

I almost think of nerd brains as rattlesnake venom; like, you can milk it. You can milk the pulpy venom out of the nerd brain and use it for good if you want to.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.

Smarter is always the answer.

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

Anyone, if he has a will and basic knowledge, can create something substantial.

When I look for people to work with, I'm just looking for talented people.

You have to draw on a fair amount of experience in order to be able to put ideas together.

The wise learn from the experience of others, and the creative know how to make a crumb of experience go a long way.

Some people have nothing but experience.

I actually don't think that I'm that much smarter than anybody else. It's just that I frequently just seem to know what to do, and I think that's wisdom.

What I lack in energy, I have in wisdom.

Men are only as good as their technical development allows them to be.

I guess I'm flattered that people think I can help get things done.

The thing that people associate with expertise, authoritativeness, kind of with a capital 'A,' don't correlate very well with who's actually good at making predictions.

Session musicians kind of respected me because what I was talking about made sense. That all came from an education. Believe me, education does you more good. Maybe that's the reason I've been around so long.

There are no right and wrong ways to work in this business, but there are some basic common-sense practices. Work very, very hard and always be prepared; never give up; and once you get the job, give them more than they ever expected: - Shine!

I choose work that is hard to pull off. And it's scary how things can go wrong. But if there's no risk involved, it's not challenging. A good idea will survive any process.

Well, I just can't play the game anymore. I'm 63 years old, and I've been in the business for 40 years now. I take good advice and direction really well, but I don't need somebody that finished college two years ago to come in and tell me what I should be recording.

A great mind becomes a great fortune.

The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.

The person who knows HOW will always have a job. The person who knows WHY will always be his boss.