Geoff Hoon Quotes

I thought that the behavioral and some of the profiling stuff was interesting. The thing that I was most interested in, and the thing that we were really adament about, was let's get these guys who were there on tape, or in some kind of way, telling what happened. No one has really talked to them all.

It's real difficult to pin down directions. I just want to do collaboration-tape stuff.

When I want to play music, you've got to get me on tape or else it goes.

But first, my friends, I need you to do something for me. We have two spies in the back of the auditorium.

If you are to be Hercule Poirot, you must think of everything.

The information that the intelligence people used was a combination of satellite information, signals intelligence, and human intelligence. We are not sure to what extent Saddam [Hussein] was trying to convey an incorrect picture to us.

Investigation is a subtle process, requiring patience and fine analytical ability, as well as a skill in cultivating one's sources. When torture is condoned, these rare talented people leave the service, having been outstripped by less gifted colleagues with their quick-fix methods, and the service itself degenerates into a playground for sadists.

We can speculate on what's likely, but what's needed is an investigation. And speculation is no substitute for facts. As a former prosecutor, I prosecuted antitrust cases civilly. And I can say that antitrust investigations merit searching, penetrating scrutiny and investigation. That's what we need here.

Think. That's what we need you to do. Think.

Every responsible chief in the CIA knows that the more covert the action, the greater the need for a clear policy and a defined target.

When you're recording to tape, you usually just settle for what you have. There's not a lot of options to manipulate the performance.

You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well.

We do know, with absolute certainty, that Saddam Hussein is using his procurement system to acquire the equipment he needs in order to enrich uranium to build a nuclear weapon.

Like Ron Lorman's always sayin', "Na-na-na-na-na," you know what I mean? I don't need that in the studio.

You just want to go back to those 70s albums. Even a lot of the 90s indie records were still done on tape, and you hear the difference.

Even with Dream Theater, we track in a big studio and everything. But when it comes to doing leads, I don't really require a lot of studio to do that. I need a good sounding room and a Pro Tools rig, and some Neve mic-pres, and I'm good.

Big L scared me to death. When I heard that on tape, I was scared to death. I was like there's no way I can compete if this is what I gotta compete with.

When you stick a song on a tape, you set it free.

We need to put the security back in the National Security Agency. We can't have the national surveillance agency.

Life is marvelous now because I have a tape recorder.

In order for me to 'endorse' an intelligence, I need to carry out lots of research.

We need American Muslims to be part of our eyes and ears on our front lines.

We need to interpret interpretations more than to interpret things.

Every brain is civilized, Every nerve is analyzed, Everything is criticized when you are in need.

I do my stuff, my "mixtapes," as you say. We just need time to capture. After that, I do not know what he thinks, but for me, it is time to get things together.