N.E. Henderson Quotes

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

I like playing for Oakland, they have a very colorful uniform.

Oakland is home, and you always want to go home. Anytime you get the chance, you're happy to go home.

My dream was to play football for the Oakland Raiders. But my mother thought I would get hurt playing football, so she chose baseball for me. I guess moms do know best.

Don't wait for a light to appear at the end of the tunnel, stride down there and light the bloody thing yourself.

Nose-to-tail eating is not a bloodlust, testosterone-fueled offal hunt. It's common sense, and it's all good stuff.

Do not be afraid of cooking as your ingredients will know, and misbehave. Enjoy your cooking and the food will behave; moreover it will pass your pleasure on to those who eat it.

I like doom and gloom with a sense of humour. Maybe it's a Scottish thing, we like to undercut indulgence with a laugh.

Most horror films fail to scare me. I think 'The Ring' plays more as a psychological thriller. It's smarter, there's more character development and some of the themes explored go a little deeper.

Another essential to a universal and durable peace is social justice.

It never gets easier, you just go faster. To put it another way, training is like fighting with a gorilla. You don’t stop when you’re tired. You stop when the gorilla is tired.

You have to keep running. I always believed I was going to be safe.

Your life moves to a better place when you move at a sustainable pace

Do, What you're going to do in longevity. Not just what happens tomorrow.

Never put off writing until you are better at it.

I think I was a mermaid and I used to swim the shores or Hawaii and used to pop up and see coconuts and pineapples everywhere.

When fairy tales are written in the west, they're known as folklore. In the east, fairy tales are called religions.

Do something that surprises yourself cause if you don't surprise yourself, you're not going to surprise anybody else.

Rickey doesn't have albums, Rickey has CDs.

I'm such a foodie. If I see a pork chop, I'm eating it.

Although we are being presented in Carnegie Hall, we have to furnish a budget for our guest stars, and for the music writing - which is a huge budget in any orchestra that plays popular music.

I also work with the regular orchestras in Munich, Germany and other similar orchestras.

The people you listen to are a preview of the future you.

My life has never been easy. It's like all the major events of my life have always been difficult.

Don't wait for anyone to deputize you or authorize you or empower you. You have to just start out with yourself...and put one foot in front of the other.

To solve the problem of organizing world peace we must establish world law and order.

The problem is, of course, that not only is economics bankrupt but it has always been nothing more than politics in disguise ... economics is a form of brain damage.

I still get so much fan mail addressed to Carol Brady, and I think a lot of it's through the Net. And I always answer it, if it's legible.

Create a vision that makes you wanna jump out of bed in the morning.

Heart and mind overcome all.

Having a little inflation is like being a little pregnant.

If you're going to kill the animal it seems only polite to use the whole thing.

It doesn't take a genius to pump up the GNP [of a developing country] by burning down rainforests, using slave labor and social repression to keep things in place.

My wife and I really enjoy a glass of red wine. We're too old to drink cheap wine, and we don't.

I don't believe in superstition, I think it's bad luck.

Individuals learn faster than institutions and it is always the dinosaur's brain that is the last to get the new messages.

I started in live television and I've done a lot of live TV and that's really the thing that I love best. I love flying by the seat of my pants.

Any approach to strategy quickly encounters a conflict between corporate objectives and corporate capabilities. Attempting the impossible is not good strategy. It is just a waste of resources.

Problems are a major part of life. Don’t whine about why you always have problems…get on with the solving. Take it from someone who has been there–the solving gets easier as you go along.

You can wait your whole life for the right moment and it might never come, so I'm a big believer in making now the right moment.

Focus on the positives is what I teach my kids. The rest takes care of itself.

You could be the tastiest, most juiciest, most delicious peach out there in the world; there's still going to be people out there who don't like peaches .

If my uniform doesn't get dirty, I haven't done anything in the baseball game.

Dream what you want! Start creating your own reality! Work hard for it and the rest will follow! Love and Blessings!

For me, the ultimate form of expression is blues, where jazz appeals to me on an intellectual level.

The essential element of successful strategy is that it derives its success from the differences between competitors with a consequent difference in their behavior.

I love a girl with a sense of humor. Someone who can make me laugh and that I can get along with and talk with and who is just sweet overall, inside and out.

Everything takes time. You have to love the journey and the process.

I can't find a job. It makes me crazy.

My poor little New Zealand: exporting frozen meat in peace, live meat in war.