--- title: "1 Thucydides Quotes By D. B. Weiss" description: "1 Thucydides quotes by D. B. Weiss. Plus more from D. B. Weiss and more Thucydides sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01f/d-b-weiss-18501_books_there-s-a-reason-you-can-still-read-thuc_2065909.jpg" --- > [There's a reason you can still read Thucydides, and it still makes sense to you thousands of years later.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-b-weiss/there-s-a-reason-you-can-still-read-thucydides-and-it-still-makes/) [D. B. Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-b-weiss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01f/d-b-weiss-18501_books_there-s-a-reason-you-can-still-read-thuc_2065909.jpg) ## More by D. B. Weiss > [We do have pictures on the wall, in our office in Belfast where we spend half our time. All the head shots are on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-b-weiss/we-do-have-pictures-on-the-wall-in-our-office-in-belfast-where-we/) [D. B. Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-b-weiss/) > [I like to think of myself as a 'Mord the jailer' type.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-b-weiss/i-like-to-think-of-myself-as-a-mord-the-jailer-type/) [D. B. Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-b-weiss/) > [We've been given this great gift, this huge canvas of these beautiful books by George Martin, and the idea of telling this whole epic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-b-weiss/we-ve-been-given-this-great-gift-this-huge-canvas-of-these-beautiful/) [D. B. Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-b-weiss/) > [Who doesn't love 'Frogger?' It draws its power from our shared memories of powerlessness. Wherever we are now, at one time or another we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-b-weiss/who-doesn-t-love-frogger-it-draws-its-power-from-our-shared-memories/) [D. B. Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-b-weiss/) > [Being away from home for six months of the year and seeing your kids grow up on Skype all that time - I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-b-weiss/being-away-from-home-for-six-months-of-the-year-and-seeing-your-kids/) [D. B. Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-b-weiss/) > ['Confederate,' in all of our minds, will be an alternative-history show. It's a science-fiction show. One of the strengths of science fiction is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-b-weiss/confederate-in-all-of-our-minds-will-be-an-alternative-history-show/) [D. B. Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-b-weiss/) > [A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-b-weiss/a-lot-of-people-go-in-and-have-to-create-their-own-characters-and/) [D. B. Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-b-weiss/) > [Man, 'Hill Street Blues' was on when I was 12, and I remember feeling I'd never seen anything like it. It was that far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-b-weiss/man-hill-street-blues-was-on-when-i-was-12-and-i-remember-feeling-i-d/) [D. B. Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-b-weiss/) > [I think that everything starts to go to hell when you start smelling your own farts and complimenting yourself on how great they smell.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-b-weiss/i-think-that-everything-starts-to-go-to-hell-when-you-start-smelling/) [D. B. Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-b-weiss/) > [You realize, no matter how great, books are not shows or movies; each operates on their own different rules. 'Game of Thrones' is no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-b-weiss/you-realize-no-matter-how-great-books-are-not-shows-or-movies-each/) [D. B. Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-b-weiss/) > [Jason Momoa became a really good friend of ours when he played Khal Drogo. We loved hanging out with Momoa, and suddenly we couldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-b-weiss/jason-momoa-became-a-really-good-friend-of-ours-when-he-played-khal/) [D. B. Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-b-weiss/) > [One of the trickiest things about 'Game of Thrones' is just seeding those first couple of episodes with that basic information that people need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-b-weiss/one-of-the-trickiest-things-about-game-of-thrones-is-just-seeding/) [D. B. Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-b-weiss/) > [A geek is a person, male or female, with an abiding, obsessive, self-effacing, even self-destroying love for something besides status](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-b-weiss/a-geek-is-a-person-male-or-female-with-an-abiding-obsessive-self/) [D. B. 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