David Baldacci > Quotes

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

“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, The Simple Truth

“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

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

“Sometimes you can know a person better in ten minutes than someone you've crossed paths with all your life. (Ed Fiske)”
― David Baldacci, The Simple Truth

“Confidence is one thing, disrespect is quite another. (Justice Elizabeth Knight)”
― 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

“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

“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

“IF U WANT TO KICK THE TIGER ASS BECAREFULL OF HIS TEETH FIRST.”
― David Baldacci, Hll 8d Pkg

“See, that why I ain’t go to church. Figger I got me a church wherever I be. Want’a talk to God, well I say, ‘howdy-howdy, God,’ and we jaw fer a bit.’ - Jimmy ‘Diamond’ Skinner”
― David Baldacci, Wish You Well

“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

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

“Well, that dog was all Diamond had. When you love something, you can’t just sit by and not do anything.’
‘I suppose it may be God’s way of telling us to love people while they’re here, because tomorrow they may be gone. I guess that’s a pretty sorry answer, but I’m afraid it’s the only one I’ve got.’
‘You’re wise beyond your years. And what you say makes perfect sense. But I think when it comes to matters of the heart, perfect sense may be last thing you want to listen to.’ - Cotton Longfellow”
― David Baldacci

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

“Confidence is inspiring. Yet so often misplaced. (Robert Thornhill)”
― David Baldacci, Saving Faith

“All you have to do 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

“Number of children fathered got little enough to do with being a good daddy.’ - Louisa Mae Cardinal”
― David Baldacci

“Miz Louisa, she believed in God with all her soul. But she don’t subscribe to church much. She say the way some folk run they’s churches, it take God right out cha heart.’ - Eugene Randall”
― David Baldacci

“I will never forget that the passing down of memories is the strongest link in the gossamer bridge that binds up as people. I plan to devote my live to doing just that. And if you've taught me anything, it's that what we hold in our hearts is truly the fierest component of our humanity.”
― David Baldacci, Wish You Well

“It would actually constitute more than a miracle, he realised. It would take divine intervention plus luck, plus some unknown element of cosmic wizardry.”
― David Baldacci, The Whole Truth

“Why are trains so popular at Christmas? People get on to meet their country over the holidays.”
― David Baldacci, The Christmas Train

“And he goes round with a fat roll of dollar bills, and got this nice farm, and all them fancy machines, and man let his family starve.’ - Louisa Mae Cardinal”
― David Baldacci, Wish You Well

“Lou looked at Davis there praying like God was in his heart and home, while his family remained behind in rags and fear and would have starved except for the kindness of Louisa Cardinal. She could only shake her head.”
― David Baldacci, Wish You Well