Quote by Douglas Preston Download Open image ““Everything he did, he did well, and as a result he was an accomplished asshole indeed.”” — Douglas Preston ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“It wasn’t like he was purposely being an asshole. It just came naturally to him.” — R.L. Mathewson Copy Share Image
“I wasn't grateful for all the great shit that had happened to me. If you're not grateful, then it's very easy to be an… — Actor Mark Ruffalo Copy Share Image
“Don’t ever say stuff just because you think you should. That’s the definition of an asshole.” — Justin Halpern Copy Share Image
“Everything is all right, and everybody has to do exactly what he does.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“He had always thought of himself as a successful man, although nothing he had ever done had turned out successfully.” — Sherwood Anderson Copy Share Image
“Things went so well for him so often that no one ever needed to worry about how he behaved when they didn’t go well.” — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
“Everything I did made me better -- tougher, stronger, richer, smarter -- or I didn't do it.” — Allison van Diepen Copy Share Image
“He does as he pleases and no more. He's the most successful man I know.” — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“And he felt dubious and discontented suddenly, and wondered whether he was really and truly successful as a human being.” — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
“The Tyrannosaurus rex was a creature of the jungle. She lived in the deepest forests and swamps of North America, not long after it… — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
“William Duncan Strong was a scholar, a man ahead of his time: quiet, careful and meticulous in his work, averse to spectacle and publicity.… — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
I need to write in a small room - the smaller the better. I can't write in a big room where someone might sneak… — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
“Global warming has opened the southern door of the United States not just to leish but to many other diseases. The big ones now… — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
“Boxer altered his course subtly, as if that was the way he'd already been going, not looking up to acknowledge he had heard, letting… — douglas preston Copy Share Image
“A strange, pale figure emerged—Pendergast?—and she felt herself suddenly in his arms, lifted bodily as if she were a child again, her head cradled… — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
I'm pretty much a 9-to-5 kind of guy. I usually get to work about 8 in the morning, and I work until 4 or… — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
“People need history in order to know themselves, to build a sense of identity and pride, continuity, community, and hope for the future.” — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
“When the team excavated, they uncovered the shattered ruins of a fortress, over fifteen centuries old, with massive walls and eight towers, matching the… — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
There are so many journalists out there, I hate to say it, who are lazy and don't do their research - and it shows. — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
“What the hell was your pal Bertin demanding?” he asked. “Sipping syrup?” “It’s a cocktail he prefers when he gets, ah, overly excited.” “A… — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
“No civilization has survived forever. All move toward dissolution, one after the other, like waves of the sea falling upon the shore. None, including… — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
