In High Places Quotes

“... there is nothing so tedious like the self-righteousness of a young man.”
― Arthur Hailey, In High Places

“But then I get to thinking of our mortality and human weakness, remembering there has never been power with purity—anywhere. If you want to be pure, you must stand alone. If you seek to do positive things, achieve something, leave the world a mite better than you found it, then you must choose power and throw some of your purity away. There’s no other choice.”
― Arthur Hailey, In High Places

“We are a strange people, Howden thought: an unpredictable admixture of mediocrity and genius, with now and then a flash of greatness.”
― Arthur Hailey, In High Places