Top 81 Chico Quotes
#1. I mean, there's a hell of a lot of grounds for protest, but you don't do it through music.
Chico Hamilton
#2. I'm quite sure that all true professional artists, of every description, in all walks of life, whether their craft is painting, music, sculpture, medicine or anything, have one primary concern - mankind.
Chico Hamilton
#3. At first I thought I was fighting to save rubber trees, then I thought I was fighting to save the Amazon rain forest. Now I realize I am fighting for humanity
Chico Mendes
#4. I'm not irreplaceable ... I'm nothing but grass growing on the ground; when the grass dies, another one replaces it ...
Chico Xavier
#5. We need to get rid of hate, envy, jealousy, discord in ourselves, so we can reach a solution in terms of peace in order to feel that time has come for human happiness.
Chico Xavier
#6. (Hungarian ... ) the only tongue the devil respects
Chico Buarque
#7. It will be enough to recall in th is sense that almost all the Countries arose, centuries ago, through cruel conquests. With exception, men have been squandering servants th at at the moment of adjustment did not appear to be worthy of the benefits received.
Chico Xavier
#8. I've been a little more fortunate, perhaps, than a lot of people have, for the simple reason that I've constantly been moving: so nobody can hit me - you know what I mean? Protesting is not the answer - not along those lines.
Chico Hamilton
#9. My roots and Victor's are jazz, basically, but these two young fellows that we have with us come out of rock bands. And they're tremendously exciting players.
Chico Hamilton
#10. Tears do not replace sweat, at least it never did in me ... When I just cry, I'm in the same situation.
Chico Xavier
#11. Do not be perturbed with by an ill-bred person; in most cases the one who is unsociable has a liver complaint and bad nerves.
Chico Xavier
#12. Think of your adversary as a bearer of equilibrium; if we have need of friends to stimulate us, we equally need someone to show us our errors.
Chico Xavier
#13. But you can't extend, or go beyond any point musically, without the basic fundamentals.
Chico Hamilton
#14. You're getting too big for this... ugh, my aching back.
Bella Jeanisse
#15. It is for this reason that Jesus left us the parable of the unfaithful servant, inviting us into a sincere fraternity in order that through it we could find the path of rehabilitation.
Chico Xavier
#16. When each one of us become an active and living book of lessons for those who see our examples, the boundaries of religious interpretation will give way to the new era of brotherhood and peace we're waiting for.
Chico Xavier
#17. The Master encouraged us to gain friends, that is, to expand our circle of friends through which we can feel more intensive protection in a spirit of cooperation and through intervening values.
Chico Xavier
#18. Whatever is original in my writing comes from my musical apprenticeship. I look for rhythm in words. I imagine words as if they were musical chords. Often I'll write something, read it, and find it musically unsatisfactory. There is a musical imperative in my choice of words.
Chico Buarque
#19. I became an ecologist long before I had ever heard the word,
Chico Mendes
#20. Hockey is not a sport - it's a disease.
Chico Resch
#21. You're getting laid way too much this trip." Chico Rivera
Bella Jeanisse
#22. For the last five years I've been in the production business.
Chico Hamilton
#23. Dude, you just got fucked up by a girl." Chico Rivera
Bella Jeanisse
#24. I wasn't kissing her, I was whispering in her mouth.
Chico Marx
#25. Do not imprison those about you to your way of thinking; give your companion the opportunity to interpret life as freely as you do.
Chico Xavier
#26. Every little bit of peace I bring someone is worth the peace I never had.
Chico Xavier
#28. We incorporate various electronic devices - the echo plugs and things like that. Actually, all we're trying to do is make that sound musical. As opposed to just making sounds, we do musical things with them.
Chico Hamilton
#29. Though nobody can go back and make a new beginning ... Anyone can start over and make a new ending.
Chico Xavier
#30. Personally, I can't see how anyone can produce any beautiful music out of being angry.
Chico Hamilton
#31. And I'm happy to say that I'm able to find people wherever I go that are not black, not white - they're just human beings. That's where I am, where I've been and where I intend to stay.
Chico Hamilton
#32. No wonder Brandon won't shut up about you." Chico Rivera
Bella Jeanisse
#33. If I would expect better spiritual conditions to serve, I would not have started until the present moment.
Chico Xavier
#35. If you pay too much attention to the criticism of the one who is inferior, then you must endure the constraints of the plane to which you have descended without feeling hurt.
Chico Xavier
#36. When we have faith and discipline everything becomes easier. Patience is the mother of all virtues. With anxiety all our lives become worse.
Chico Xavier
#37. She had always been a fast driver, even before she could afford a fast car. It was impatience as much as anything: chafing at the fact that she couldn't actually do anything while driving - except drive.
Chico Kidd
#38. Hockey is the only job I know where you get paid to have a nap on the day of the game.
Chico Resch
#39. Chico: "Here's the book, it's a dollar"
Groucho: "Here's a ten, and shoot the change."
Chico: "I don't have change I'd have to give you nine more books.
Groucho Marx
#41. You guys keep her kid occupied while we get it on upstairs.
Bella Jeanisse
#42. For sure, Potrero Chico is a super nice winter vacation climbing area. It's really convenient to fly into Monterrey, one of the nicer cities in Mex, and get a taxi to Potero. Then you can just live in the camping area and walk everywhere. It's muy tranquilo, as they say there.
Alex Honnold
#43. If he's not, there's gonna be a real fight when Brandon finds out.
Bella Jeanisse
#44. You can't all molest her at the same time." Chico Rivera
Bella Jeanisse
#45. At this stage of my life, I've dedicated myself to playing what I want to play, how I want to play it for the rest of my time. Regardless of whether one might like it or one might not like it, this is where I am.
Chico Hamilton
#46. Most people know my music but will never read my books.
Chico Buarque
#47. Had I not become entangled with music, I would have become an author much earlier.
Chico Buarque
#48. Do not be angry with an ungrateful person; probably they are confused or inexperienced.
Chico Xavier
#49. They call it torture when our guys put underwear on a guy's head, stripped him naked, put an egg between his buttcheeks and made him do jumping jacks. You know, if it can't get you into a fraternity at Chico State University, it's not torture.
Christopher Titus
#50. Do not fret over the ignorant person; surely they have not had the opportunities which illuminated your path.
Chico Xavier
#54. Girl, you're on a roll today with the emasculation.
Bella Jeanisse
#55. He'll rock your world then toss you aside like you're yesterday's trash." Chico Rivera
Bella Jeanisse
#56. Help the companion who is insecure; perhaps they do not have enough to supply their needs, while you retain an excess.
Chico Xavier
#57. The type of band that I have now, the type of music that we're playing you either like it or you dislike it. If you dislike it, you probably don't know why. By the same token, you can't even really say why you like it.
Chico Hamilton
#58. Luckily, I'm in the position now of being able to play purely because I have the desire to do so.
Chico Hamilton
#59. Looking up, Missouri saw a formation of low-flying P-47's on the horizon, heading up the coast from Naples...Sergeant Missouri laughed aloud. "They're sending us the Air Force, Chico, and we made it with a donkey," he said.
Maureen Daly
#60. Every time I drive into Rio from the airport, I see the city for the first time and think how strange it is.
Chico Buarque
#61. I did not threaten anybody in any moment and even less with a brick.
Chico Flores
#62. Avoid trouble with those who are fanatics; they remain imprisoned in exclusivism and deserve compassion just as any other prisoner.
Chico Xavier
#63. Jesus Christ did not ask much from us, He did not demand that people climb Mount Everest or make great sacrifices. He just asked that we love one another.
Chico Xavier
#64. In terms of changes, the spiritual mentors teach me that I must not forget those relating primarily to improve myself.
Chico Xavier
#65. But what if you don't like Chico?" she asked him, her brow furrowed.
"Will you be there? Because if that's where you want to be, I'll find plenty to like.
Robyn Carr
#66. Some people thought I was using my popularity as a singer to sell my first novel. For others, it was almost a sacrilege: a practitioner of a minor art daring to enter the field of high art.
Chico Buarque
#68. Aid the sick; thank the Divine Power for the state of equilibrium you are able to conserve.
Chico Xavier
#69. If I wasn't talking, I wouldn't know what to say.
Chico Resch
#70. I'm not a professional. Yet somehow, I manage to get away with it.
Chico Buarque
#71. The worker faithful to the well has neither the intention, or time, to violate the name and the service of others.
Chico Xavier
#72. Mustard's no good without roast beef.
Chico Marx
#73. I have a company in New York City producing music for commercials, for radio, TV, features, etc. That's how I've been making my living. And now the company is very successful - to the extent that I can afford to come out and play.
Chico Hamilton
#74. Pardon the deserter; he is weak and will return to the lesson later on.
Chico Xavier
#75. In fact, I had to make an enormous adjustment to this, not only in listening to it but in playing with it. It's a full sound. In some instances, you must have the volume to get the effect.
Chico Hamilton
#76. Help those who make mistakes; your feet walk on the same ground, and even if you possess the possibility to correct them, you have no right to censure them.
Chico Xavier
#78. Mentally and physically, I find I can play with these people.
Chico Hamilton
#79. A lot of musicians aren't proud; they'll do other work, just to be able to play music. I guess that's the way it's always going to be - musicians will have to suffer to a certain degree in order to obtain their outlet.
Chico Hamilton
#80. Chico was a small-time hustler and big-time loser who liked to bet the ponies and hit women. He was more successful at the latter.
J.A. Konrath
#81. The soul that acquires the virtue of forgiveness won't find any more trouble. No matter what happens, he will know how to run his life ...
Chico Xavier
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