David Baldacci Quotes

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• I'd read a lot of thrillers about politicians and presidents, but never one where you flip the stereotypes and make good people bad and bad…
• I'm a wicked ping-pong player.
• I'm ever curious about the world.
• I'm ever curious about the world. I'm driven to go out and find new things to write about. Having a vivid imagination is also a…
• I'm scattered, and then that last hundred pages, bam, I'm a laser.
• I'm tired of people screaming about price and forgetting about the content.
• In every thriller written about Washington, particularly after 9/11, there are good guys and there are bad guys, and there's no gray area at all.
• Most people associate reading with laying on the beach. They don't see that it's crucial for a democracy!
• Two people can care for each other but not want the same things.
• It's not the beginning or the destination that counts. It's the ride in between.
• It's often said that God works in mysterious ways. You have to really think about what He's trying to do. You can't be lazy and…
• Small mistakes tend to lead to large ones. Ours is a lifetime appoinment, and all you have is your reputation. Once it's gone, it doesn't…
• Pender laughed. "Verify? In this day and age? Who cares about verifying anything? It's all about the speed. Who gets there first defines the truth.…
• Shaw, we're going to die, aren't we?" Probably. Why?" Just wanted confirmation.
• When a poor man gives something, that is a sacrifice indeed. When a rich man gives something, it hardly rises to the same level.
• It's my experience that most folk who ride trains could care less where they're going. For them it's the journey itself and the people they…
• Why can't people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?
• Most folks here got rules 'bout trespassing. Warning shot's fired right close to the head. Get they's attention. Next shot gets a lot more personal.…
• All you have to do [to win a Pulitzer Prize] is spend your life running from one awful place to another, write about every horrible…
• See, that why I ain’t go to church. Figger I got me a church wherever I be. Want’a talk to God, well I say, ‘howdy-howdy,…

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