David Baldacci > Quotes

“Why can't people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?”
― David Baldacci, The Camel Club

“When a poor man gives something, that is a sacrifice indeed. When a rich man gives something, it hardly rises to the same level.”
― David Baldacci, True Blue

“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 comeback.”
― David Baldacci, Simple Truth

“Depending on the situation, sometimes you can know a person better in ten minutes than someone you have crossed paths with all your life.”
― David Baldacci, The Simple Truth

“Today might not be so good. But tomorrow, you got another chance to get it right.”
― David Baldacci, Absolute Power

“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 thing you see. The civilized world reads about it, then forgets it, but pats you on the head for doing it and gives you a reward as appreciation for changing nothing.”
― David Baldacci, The Christmas Train

“The real worth of a person came from how he acted during the bad times. (John Fiske)”
― David Baldacci, The Simple Truth

“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 meet along the way. You see, at every stop this train makes, a little bit of America, a little bit of your country, gets on and says hello.”
― David Baldacci, The Christmas Train

“Because life doesn't work that way. You can do everything perfectly. Do everything you think you're supposed to be doing. Fulfill every expectation that other people may have. And you still won't get the results you think you deserve. Life is crazy and maddening and often makes no sense.”
― David Baldacci, One Summer

“You know what kind of person it takes to run for President? Not normal. They could start out okay, but by the time they reach that level they've sold their soul to the devil so many times and stomped the guts out of enough people that they are definitely not like you and me, not even close.”
― David Baldacci, Absolute Power

“The human spirit was the strongest medicine on earth. And sometimes all it needed was a little encouragement to pull off a miracle.”
― David Baldacci, The Forgotten

“It's not getting from A to B. It's not the beginning or the destination that counts. It's the ride in between...This train is alive with things that should be seen and heard. It's a living, breathing something -- you just have to want to learn its rhythm.”
― David Baldacci, The Christmas Train

“Time doesn't really heal, it just makes you not to give a crap”
― David Baldacci, Split Second

“As my father wrote, one's courage, hope, and spirit can be severely tried by the happenstance of life. But as I learned on this Virginia mountain, so long as one never loses faith, it is impossible to ever truly be alone.”
― David Baldacci, Wish You Well

“Confidence is one thing, disrespect is quite another. (Justice Elizabeth Knight)”
― David Baldacci, The Simple Truth

“It's not the beginning or the destination that counts. It's the ride in between.”
― David Baldacci, The Christmas Train

“Two people can care for each other but not want the same things.”
― David Baldacci, The Christmas Train

“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. Now I'm too old to waste time firing a warning shot.....”
― David Baldacci, Wish You Well

“Anyone who's lived has lost somebody.”
― David Baldacci, The Whole Truth

“We cannot live without memories, but we cannot live within them either.”
― David Baldacci, The Target

“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. You know that as well as any man living.”
― David Baldacci

“But if you don’t know where you want to go, I suppose any path will get you there.”
― David Baldacci, The Finisher

“You learn a lot about a person when she saves your life, - Mecho”
― David Baldacci, The Forgotten

“It's hard, Cotton. To let yourself love something you know you may never have.”
― David Baldacci, Wish You Well

“Arrogant people habitually overestimated their own abilities and underestimated everyone else’s.”
― David Baldacci, Absolute Power

“Shaw, we're going to die, aren't we?"
Probably. Why?"
Just wanted confirmation.”
― David Baldacci

“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 label on something. Or someone.”
― David Baldacci, Reader's Digest Select Editions, Volume 319, 2012 #1: One Summer / Cast Into Doubt / Casting About / The Lion

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

“IF U WANT TO KICK THE TIGER ASS BECAREFULL OF HIS TEETH FIRST.”
― David Baldacci, Holt Leveled Library, Level 8d: Leveled Reader Library

“There's always more to life than money, Will. Money is just a means to an end. It shouldn't be the goal. Annnie Lambert”
― David Baldacci, The Innocent