Jeff Ferry > Jeff's Quotes

“Karl stood up and pointed at the large portraits on the wall. He swept the room from George Washington to Ben Franklin to John Adams to Thomas Jefferson. “Soldier, Printer, Lawyer, Scholar. You become a politician because the people make you one, not because you desire to be one.”
― Jeff Ferry, The Dawn of Mars

“I shall have to believe even though I cannot understand”
― Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Princess of Mars

“Try looking into that place where you dare not look! You'll find me there, staring out at you!”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. ”
― Walt Disney

“Only the dead have seen the end of war.”
― Plato

“Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.”
― Stephen King

“Fuck it... That's really the attitude that keeps a family together, it's not "we love each other", it's just "fuck it, man.”
― Louis C.K.

“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”
― Fred Rogers

“When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

“Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night

“The truth." Dumbledore sighed. "It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

“You're beginning to get the idea, Clark. We could have changed the world…now…look at us…I've become a political liability…and…you…you're a joke. I want you to remember, Clark…in all the years to come…in your most private moments…I want you to remember…my hand…at your throat…I want…you to remember…the one man who beat you.”
― Frank Miller, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

“If I had followed my better judgment always, my life would have been a very dull one.”
― Edgar Rice Burroughs

“Man serves the interests of no creature except himself.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

“Windmill or no windmill, he said, life would go on as it had always gone on--that is, badly.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

“He saw the true face of the 20th century and chose to become a reflection, a parody of it. No one else saw the joke, that's why he was lonely. Heard a joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says "Treatment is simple. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up." Man bursts into tears. Says "But, doctor...I am Pagliacci." Good joke. Everybody laugh. Roll on snare drum. Curtains.”
― Alan Moore, Watchmen

“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.”
― George Orwell

“Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven.”
― John Milton, Paradise Lost

“Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

“It's like the old pie-in-the-face routine: it stops being funny when it starts being you.”
― Stephen King, The Stand

“Hodor," said Hodor.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire

“Live Long and Prosper”
― Leonard Nimoy

“Doesn't matter what the press says. Doesn't matter what the politicians or the mobs say. Doesn't matter if the whole country decides that something wrong is something right.

This nation was founded on one principle above all else: The requirement that we stand up for what we believe, no matter the odds or the consequences. When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world -- "No, YOU move.”
― J. Michael Straczynski, The Amazing Spider-Man: Civil War

“Even victories take their toll on a man.”
― Brian Herbert, The Machine Crusade

“The only guarantee in life is death, and the only guarantee in death is its shocking unpredictability.”
― Brian Herbert, The Machine Crusade

“Some say it is better to rule in hell than serve in heaven. That is a defeatist attitude. I intend to rule everywhere, not just in Hell."
- General Agamemnon
New Memoirs”
― Brian Herbert, The Battle of Corrin

“Time sneaks up on you like a windshield on a bug.”
― John Lithgow

“How come Aquaman can control whales? They’re mammals! Makes no sense.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian