Michael Dobbs > Quotes

“His deepest need was that people should like him. An admirable trait that; in a spaniel. Or a whore.”
― Michael Dobbs, House of Cards

“Some people come to the edge of the cliff and they look over, then run away in fear. They never realize it's possible to fly, to soar, to be free. They spend their lives crawling along cliff tops without finding the courage.”
― Michael Dobbs

“You might very well think that - I couldn't possibly comment.”
― Michael Dobbs, House of Cards

“JFK's great virtue, and the essential difference between him and George W. Bush, was that he had an instinctive appreciation for the chaotic forces of history.”
― Michael Dobbs, One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War