Ice Cube Quotes

I'm quite grounded.

I'm a practical person. Most fashion people live in the clouds, and they're full of it. I live like a human being - or, I try to - and I have to be intelligent; I have to be practical. I'm a great believer in common sense, and the older I get, I see that common sense is not that common.

A theory must be tempered with reality.

Show me a man with both feet on the ground and I'll show you a man who can't get his pants on.

I'm not starry eyed, and I'm not money crazy.

To be a Conservative is to prefer the tried to the untried, the fact to mystery, the actual to the possible, the limited to the unbounded, the near to the distant, the sufficient to the super-abundant, the convenient to the perfect present, laughter to utopian bliss.

What I've learned is that life is a balance between idealism and realism.

I just like to keep things small and subtle and authentic, and ground everything in reality. So that is something that I feel is my strength as a director and I try to achieve as an actor.

I will always keep my feet on the ground.

You got to keep your feet on the ground, and it is what it is.

I'm really pragmatic. That's my reality.

Less isn't more; just enough is more.

I'm not trying to minimize things; I'm trying to bring them back to reality.

Simplicity is the mean between ostentation and rusticity.

You have to look life straight in the eye. De-mystify your world. Can you really afford to believe magic is for real? Not when time is concerned.

Whatever men attempt, they seem driven to overdo. When hopes are soaring, I always repeat to myself that two and two still make four.

You do not have to dramatize everything. In fact, you usually can't, not without ending up with a half-million-word novel.

I'm a grounded person.

It must be a balance in everything we do, not too much of everything, keep it simple, not complicated.

Ground not upon dreams; you know they are ever contrary.

I'm always being realistic.

Every dish doesn't have to be showy, and every dish doesn't have to slap you in the face with technique.

Moderation is the secret of survival.

Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.

I personally don't feel the need to be radical for its own sake, but I probably couldn't if I tried anyway.