--- title: "1 Probably Shouldn Quotes By Matthew Stover" description: "1 Probably Shouldn quotes by Matthew Stover. Plus more from Matthew Stover and more Probably Shouldn sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dd/matthew-stover-12224_first-place_if-you-have-to-justify-an-action-you-pro_2127900.jpg" --- > [“If you have to justify an action, you probably shouldn’t have done it in the first place.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-stover/if-you-have-to-justify-an-action-you-probably-shouldn-t-have-done-it/) [Matthew Stover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-stover/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dd/matthew-stover-12224_first-place_if-you-have-to-justify-an-action-you-pro_2127900.jpg) ## More by Matthew Stover > [“A girl likes to be asked, dumbass.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-stover/a-girl-likes-to-be-asked-dumbass/) [Matthew Stover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-stover/) > [“I fear Michaelson not at all. Michaelson is a fiction, you fools. The truth of him is Caine. You do not comprehend the distinction;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-stover/i-fear-michaelson-not-at-all-michaelson-is-a-fiction-you-fools-the/) [Matthew Stover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-stover/) > [“I won, goddammit. I beat Kollberg. I beat you. I got everything I goddamn wanted: fame, wealth, power. Shit, I even got the girl."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-stover/i-won-goddammit-i-beat-kollberg-i-beat-you-i-got-everything-i-goddamn/) [Matthew Stover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-stover/) > [“There are some who say that Time is itself a hammer; that each slow second marks another tap that makes big rocks into little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-stover/there-are-some-who-say-that-time-is-itself-a-hammer-that-each-slow/) [Matthew Stover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-stover/) > [“Now Obi Wan did face him. 'Palpatine faced Mace and Agen and Kit and Saesee-four of the greatest swordsmen our order has ever produced.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-stover/now-obi-wan-did-face-him-palpatine-faced-mace-and-agen-and-kit-and/) [Matthew Stover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-stover/) > ['The New Jedi Order' was a pure publishing project: a single massive story - virtually one huge novel spread across multiple volumes - told…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-stover/the-new-jedi-order-was-a-pure-publishing-project-a-single-massive/) [Matthew Stover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-stover/) > [“I know some gods. Better than I want to. Not one of them gives a shit about your heart”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-stover/i-know-some-gods-better-than-i-want-to-not-one-of-them-gives-a-shit/) [Matthew Stover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-stover/) > [It'd be impossible to capture the feel of 'All Quiet on the Western Front' in a novel starring Mace Windu; 'All Quiet' is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-stover/it-d-be-impossible-to-capture-the-feel-of-all-quiet-on-the-western/) [Matthew Stover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-stover/) > [“Have you had contact with any other survivors?" "Only one," the Alderaanian senator said grimly. "Lock onto my coordinates. He's waiting for you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-stover/have-you-had-contact-with-any-other-survivors-only-one-the/) [Matthew Stover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-stover/) > [“Be not afraid, child. Be what you are.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-stover/be-not-afraid-child-be-what-you-are/) [Matthew Stover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-stover/) > [“How can he love being... that? Being what Caine is?" "Because he's an asshole," she says. "You must have noticed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-stover/how-can-he-love-being-that-being-what-caine-is-because-he-s-an/) [Matthew Stover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-stover/) > [“I believe in justice, as long as I'm holding a knife at the throat of the judge.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-stover/i-believe-in-justice-as-long-as-i-m-holding-a-knife-at-the-throat-of/) [Matthew Stover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-stover/) > [“Jacen reflected bitterly that a large part of growing up seemed to involve watching everything change, and discovering that all changes are permanent. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-stover/jacen-reflected-bitterly-that-a-large-part-of-growing-up-seemed-to/) [Matthew Stover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-stover/) > [There's a reason why anger, fear, and hatred are paths to the dark side: they all spring from a single source - the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-stover/there-s-a-reason-why-anger-fear-and-hatred-are-paths-to-the-dark-side/) [Matthew Stover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-stover/) > [“A lie is like a pet- you have to take care of it, or it'll turn on you and bite you in the ass.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-stover/a-lie-is-like-a-pet-you-have-to-take-care-of-it-or-it-ll-turn-on-you/) [Matthew Stover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-stover/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/probably-shouldn/matthew-stover/#itemlist", "name": "1 Probably Shouldn Quotes By Matthew Stover", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If you have to justify an action, you probably shouldn’t have done it in the first place.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Matthew Stover" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-stover/if-you-have-to-justify-an-action-you-probably-shouldn-t-have-done-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dd/matthew-stover-12224_first-place_if-you-have-to-justify-an-action-you-pro_2127900.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dd/matthew-stover-12224_first-place_if-you-have-to-justify-an-action-you-pro_2127900.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dd/matthew-stover-12224_first-place_if-you-have-to-justify-an-action-you-pro_2127900.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you have to justify an action, you probably shouldn’t have done it in the first place.” — Matthew Stover", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/probably-shouldn/matthew-stover/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/probably-shouldn/matthew-stover/", "name": "Probably Shouldn Quotes by Matthew Stover", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/probably-shouldn/matthew-stover/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dd/matthew-stover-12224_first-place_if-you-have-to-justify-an-action-you-pro_2127900.jpg" }, "description": "1 Probably Shouldn quotes by Matthew Stover. 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