--- title: "1 Freedom Lost Quotes By Marcus Sakey" description: "1 Freedom Lost quotes by Marcus Sakey. Plus more from Marcus Sakey and more Freedom Lost sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a5/marcus-sakey-5370_every-single-day_here-s-the-thing-about-freedom-freedom-i_449015.jpg" --- > [“Here’s the thing about freedom: Freedom is not a couch. It’s not a television, or a car, or a house. It’s not an item you can possess. You cannot put freedom on layaway; you cannot refinance freedom. Freedom is something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-sakey/here-s-the-thing-about-freedom-freedom-is-not-a-couch-it-s-not-a/) [Marcus Sakey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-sakey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a5/marcus-sakey-5370_every-single-day_here-s-the-thing-about-freedom-freedom-i_449015.jpg) ## Other authors on Freedom Lost ## More by Marcus Sakey > [“There was a skill to organizing your life into neatly bundled anecdotes, and he lacked it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-sakey/there-was-a-skill-to-organizing-your-life-into-neatly-bundled/) [Marcus Sakey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-sakey/) > [“you are going to find that the heights you’ve attained make for a long fall if you don’t understand the mountain.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-sakey/you-are-going-to-find-that-the-heights-you-ve-attained-make-for-a/) [Marcus Sakey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-sakey/) > [Once I came to really understand the mechanics of three-act structure, my life got a great deal easier. It doesn't tell you how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-sakey/once-i-came-to-really-understand-the-mechanics-of-three-act-structure/) [Marcus Sakey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-sakey/) > [“If it was to survive, America had to develop a new system of exchange, one that would be impervious to the gamesmanship of gifted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-sakey/if-it-was-to-survive-america-had-to-develop-a-new-system-of-exchange/) [Marcus Sakey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-sakey/) > [“That was the thing about terror: it made rational people act irrationally.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-sakey/that-was-the-thing-about-terror-it-made-rational-people-act/) [Marcus Sakey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-sakey/) > [“As politicians had long known, people preferred short, catchy answers to complex ones, even if the short answers were oversimplified to the point of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-sakey/as-politicians-had-long-known-people-preferred-short-catchy-answers/) [Marcus Sakey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-sakey/) > [“Cooper had been at a scene once where a car had collided with an agent and pinned him against a metal barrier, shattering everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-sakey/cooper-had-been-at-a-scene-once-where-a-car-had-collided-with-an/) [Marcus Sakey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-sakey/) > [“Data. That’s what matters. That’s what tells us something. But people want to see pictures. Supernova in vivid color. Even though scientifically it’s useless.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-sakey/data-that-s-what-matters-that-s-what-tells-us-something-but-people/) [Marcus Sakey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-sakey/) > [“intentions and results. Cooper’s intentions in killing Peters and releasing the video had been good; the results had been a disaster. Did that make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-sakey/intentions-and-results-cooper-s-intentions-in-killing-peters-and/) [Marcus Sakey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-sakey/) > [“When a sailor’s drowned body was found tangled in lines over the port side, the men agreed he must have fallen overboard in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-sakey/when-a-sailor-s-drowned-body-was-found-tangled-in-lines-over-the-port/) [Marcus Sakey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-sakey/) > [Trying to analyze a situation without enough data was like looking at a photograph of a ball in flight and trying to gauge its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-sakey/trying-to-analyze-a-situation-without-enough-data-was-like-looking-at/) [Marcus Sakey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-sakey/) > [I didn't want to just write a series - I wanted to write an epic, on story that spans three books, where decisions made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-sakey/i-didn-t-want-to-just-write-a-series-i-wanted-to-write-an-epic-on/) [Marcus Sakey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-sakey/) > [He had been someone before. That person had been the result of a lifetime of choices, good and bad. And like it or not,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-sakey/he-had-been-someone-before-that-person-had-been-the-result-of-a/) [Marcus Sakey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-sakey/) > [“Here’s the thing about freedom: Freedom is not a couch. It’s not a television, or a car, or a house. It’s not an item…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-sakey/here-s-the-thing-about-freedom-freedom-is-not-a-couch-it-s-not-a/) [Marcus Sakey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-sakey/) > [“Now sit down and shut up, you autocratic frat boy. It’s adult swim.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-sakey/now-sit-down-and-shut-up-you-autocratic-frat-boy-it-s-adult-swim/) [Marcus Sakey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-sakey/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/freedom-lost/marcus-sakey/#itemlist", "name": "1 Freedom Lost Quotes By Marcus Sakey", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Here’s the thing about freedom: Freedom is not a couch. It’s not a television, or a car, or a house. It’s not an item you can possess. You cannot put freedom on layaway; you cannot refinance freedom. Freedom is something you need to fight for, not once, but every single day. The nature of freedom is that it is fluid; like water in a leaking bucket, the tendency is for it to drain away. Left untended, the holes through which freedom escapes widen. 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