Quotes by David Baldacci

“Its been my experience that most folk who ride trains could care less where theyre going. For them its the journey itself and the people they meet along the way. You see, at every stop this train m...”

“A smart man understood that victory was not inevitable. An even smarter man knew that defeat was never really total if you figured out how to handle the aftermath with skill and just the right spin...”

“-Why do men like you do the job you do? It cant be for the medals. And its certainly not the money.Stone said nothing.-Why then? God and country?-Both simpler and more complex, Mr. President.-What ...”

“john was smart, but he was also a young male with a usually empty belly. sometimes it was simple as that”

“In some ways, it was far easier to be bad than good. When you're bad, you don't care what happens to anyone other than yourself. When you're trying to do god, you have to worry about everyone.”

“In his mind progress was always to be measured in inches, especially when you didnt have yards or even feet of success to show off.”

“She apparently didn't expect any trouble but she also never expected everything to go perfectly either. That was a good rule to live by Robie knew. Because perfection was rarely the case in the field.”

“If Jackson had learned one thing over the years it was that nothing, absolutely nothing, was above corruption so long as human beings were involved, because, in truth, most people were not above th...”

“It's the hardest thing in the world to put yourself in someone else's place, try to really feel what they feel, figure out why they do the things they do. Especially when it's easier to stick a lab...”

“The military is a very cool world to write about. I went down to Ft. Benning, Ga., for military training, and I learned a lot about soldiers and officers and why they joined up and what their life ...”

“So the criminals win, that's what you're saying? For now they do. But it's a long game, Jamison. And I always play for the long game.”

“you ask too many questions," snapped Cletus.I kept my gaze on Roman. "that's because I get too few answers.”

“Woe be to the wug who forgets that destroying one part of a thing does not equal victory”

“She glanced around at the tombstones. “You’re surrounded by death here. Way too depressing. You really might want to think about getting another job.”“You see death and sadness in these sunken patc...”

“Why can't people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?”

“For DeHaven it was well worth the extra money to a federal budget that had always allocated more to war than it ever did to peaceful purposes. For a fraction of the cost of one missile he could pur...”

“I’ve fought for and against pretty much every cause there is. There will always be war of some kind. At first it was over fertile soil and good water, then precious metal and then the most popular ...”

“-“I remember my father telling me about England’s redrawing of India’s boundaries when it became independent. They wanted to separate the Hindu from the Muslim, but they used outdated maps. Twelve ...”

“I remember my father telling me about England’s redrawing of India’s boundaries when it became independent. They wanted to separate the Hindu from the Muslim, but they used outdated maps. Twelve mi...”

“But then he put aside the awkward encounter, which his mind allowed him to do quite easily. He could compartmentalize at an astonishing level. It came from not giving a shit.”