Ed Acker quotes

“Once you get hooked on the airline business, it's worse than dope.”
-- Ed Acker

#Dope Quotes #Airline Quotes

“The deep art... That's the part that has to be guarded like a miser would his money... Like a dope addict would his dope... Like a lover with their love.”

“I bet you never heard of a playa with no game, Told the truth to get what I want, but shot it with no shame. Take this music dead serious while others entertain. I see they makin' they paper so I guess I can't complain...or can I? I feel they disrespectin' the whole thang. Them hooks like sellin' dope to black folks, And I choke when the food they serve ain't tastin' right, My stomach can't digest it even when I bless it...”

“Its language is a language which the soul alone understands, but which the soul can never translate.”

“I'm pretty sure people thought I was like a dope rapper.”

“Dope never helped anybody sing better or play music better or do anything better. All dope can do for you is kill you - and kill you the long, slow, hard way.”

Source : Billie Holiday, William Dufty (2011). “Lady Sings the Blues: The 50th-Anniversay Edition with a Revised Discography”, p.215, Broadway Books

“All dope can do for you is kill you... the long hard way. And it can kill the people you love right along with you.”

“How much does it cost to entice a dope-smoking UNIX system guru to Dayton?”

“A lot of people came into the airline business. Most of them promptly exited, minus their money,”

“Any serious airline has to look at a worldwide network.”

“The only thing I don't like is the uneasiness of dealing with the airlines. Everything, except getting from point A to point B, I still find immensely pleasurable.”