False Dawn Quotes

“I'm a burger and brew guy in a paté and Chardonnay world. I'm as health conscious as the next guy, as long as the next guy is sitting on a bar stool. FALSE DAWN http://tinyurl.com/64qngk5”
― Paul Levine, False Dawn

“A wise man states as true nothing he cannot prove,”
― Paul Levine, False Dawn

“Do you have any regrets?” Still, I looked at the sea. Regrets. Who hasn’t looked back and considered the road not taken? We’re not handed an itinerary when we start out. Most of us get where we’re going by accident. A kind word from a math teacher, and the student aims, knowingly or not, toward engineering. A thoughtless rebuke and the young violinist surrenders his dream. If we’re lucky, we take a path where we can do some good along the way. My first career had little social utility, other than providing televised entertainment interrupted by sixty-second accolades to the glory of various beers, cars, and insurance companies. My second career has even less. Now, I’m one of the players in a game where justice is dispensed nearly as often as the Red Sea is parted. Regrets. I wish I’d been faster then, smarter now. I wish I could paint a picture or build a bridge. I wish there was a woman—just one— who had lasted. A best friend and only lover, a soulmate, not a cellmate. After a moment, I said, “We all have our regrets.”
― Paul Levine, False Dawn

“falling”
― Paul Levine, False Dawn

“I believe anybody with guts and brains who’s willing to work hard can make it.”
― Paul Levine, False Dawn

“What do you think it’s worth, Lassiter, finding and returning the priceless heritage of a nation?” “How about a Boy Scout merit badge and a thank-you note from Yeltsin?” Above us,”
― Paul Levine, False Dawn

“You are consistently dishonorable and therefore immensely trustworthy. You always eschew principle and reward venality.”
― Paul Levine, False Dawn

“In Russia, everything is a secret, but nothing is a mystery.”
― Paul Levine, False Dawn

“good lawyer is part con man, part priest—promising riches, threatening hell. The rainmakers are the best paid among us and have coined a remarkably candid phrase: We eat what we kill. Hey, they don’t call us sharks for our ability to swim.”
― Paul Levine, False Dawn

“American beer is weak and watery, and like network television, is calculated to appeal to the most folks while offending the fewest. It’s the lowest common denominator of brew.”
― Paul Levine, False Dawn

“Sometimes silence is the best question.”
― Paul Levine, False Dawn

“Right. Bribes aren’t deductible.”
― Paul Levine, False Dawn

“Our prejudices and self-interest shape the world into what we want it to be, or fear it is.”
― Paul Levine, False Dawn

“Jakie,”
― Paul Levine, False Dawn

“Knowledge of self is a precious commodity, dearer than the finest gemstone. The mirror I held before me now was not laced with gold filigree. It was cold and flat and bared every shadow on my soul.”
― Paul Levine, False Dawn