--- title: "1 Things America Quotes By Marcus Sakey" description: "1 Things America quotes by Marcus Sakey. Plus more from Marcus Sakey and more Things America sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e0/marcus-sakey-5370_ball-player_funny-there-had-been-a-time-when-buildin_1790337.jpg" --- > [“Funny, there had been a time when building things was what America did. From massive dams to towering skyscrapers, from mechanized factories to moon rockets, the nation had created, had viewed that as part of the national identity. Being an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-sakey/funny-there-had-been-a-time-when-building-things-was-what-america-did/) [Marcus Sakey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-sakey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e0/marcus-sakey-5370_ball-player_funny-there-had-been-a-time-when-buildin_1790337.jpg) ## 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/things-america/marcus-sakey/#itemlist", "name": "1 Things America Quotes By Marcus Sakey", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Funny, there had been a time when building things was what America did. From massive dams to towering skyscrapers, from mechanized factories to moon rockets, the nation had created, had viewed that as part of the national identity. Being an engineer or an architect had once been high aspirations. Now everybody wanted to be musicians and basketball players, and America didn’t build squat. 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