David R. Dow > Quotes

“Everything important we learn too late.”
― David R. Dow, Things I've Learned from Dying: A Book About Life

“Time does not heal all wounds. Some pain becomes part of who you are.”
― David R. Dow, Things I've Learned from Dying: A Book About Life

“Lessons in life are context specific. Contexts are never the same. If there are no lessons you can use does that mean there are actually no lessons”
― David R. Dow, The Autobiography of an Execution

“Socrates had it backward. He thought the unexamined life is not worth living. I think no one's life holds up to examination. The more time you spend thinking the more you notice that everyone else is doing something better or more important than you.”
― David R. Dow, The Autobiography of an Execution

“One thing I’ve learned is that just because you can successfully lie to yourself doesn’t mean you’re not completely transparent to the people you love.”
― David R. Dow, Things I've Learned from Dying: A Book About Life

“Idleness and idolatry aren't related but they ought to be.”
― David R. Dow, The Autobiography of an Execution

“In my experience most people in your profession seem to think that if they do not admit the existence of a mistake, the mistake will not exist.”
― David R. Dow, Confessions of an Innocent Man

“Truthfulness is overrated. The world works the way we want it to because of a thousand little innocent lies.”
― David R. Dow, The Autobiography of an Execution

“Optimism is not a personality trait; it is a strategy for coping with your lot.”
― David R. Dow, Confessions of an Innocent Man

“The difference between the life you have and the life you envision is equal to the distance between perfection and reality. I had”
― David R. Dow, Confessions of an Innocent Man