Total Control Quotes

“Give an economist a result you want, and he’ll find the numbers to justify it.”
― David Baldacci, Total Control

“significant;”
― David Baldacci, Total Control

“It’s hard to argue with the success you two have had … Right. The great measuring stick of money”
― David Baldacci, Total Control

“If there’s anything I’ve learned being a lawyer, it’s how to use a lot of words and never really say anything”
― David Baldacci, Total Control

“Right. It’s not true, not one bit of it, but people will tell you it is, fervently believe that it is, simply because they’ve read about it or heard it, especially if they’ve heard it from more than one person.”
― David Baldacci, Total Control

“But human beings committed atrocities every minute of every day; the only living things who killed with malice.”
― David Baldacci, Total Control

“to a small room. Set up as a home office with computer, filing cabinets, wood desk and two small bookcases, the space was cramped but tidy. One small window looked out onto the darkness. Jason closed the door to his office, took a key from his desk drawer and unlocked the top drawer of the filing cabinet. He stopped and listened for any sound. This had become habitual even in the confines of his own house. That revelation was suddenly profoundly disturbing to him. His wife had gone back to sleep. Amy was sleeping soundly two doors down. He reached in the drawer and carefully pulled out a large old-fashioned leather briefcase with double straps, brass buckles and a worn, glossy finish. Jason opened the briefcase and pulled out a blank floppy disk. The instructions he had been given were precise. Put everything he had on one floppy disk, make one hard copy of the documents and then destroy everything else.”
― David Baldacci, Total Control

“damn”
― David Baldacci, Total Control

“face as the old man tensed again while the plane bumped along. “George, it’s all right. Just a little turbulence.” He took a deep breath and finally eyed her squarely. “I’m on a couple of boards of companies headquartered in New York. Have to go up twice a year.” Sidney glanced back at her documents, suddenly remembering something. She frowned. There was a mistake on the fourth page. That would need to be corrected when she got into”
― David Baldacci, Total Control

“sofa. She looked around, her eyes taking in a wall of French doors that was visible on the ocean side. The room was huge, with ceilings that soared at least twenty feet high. An interior second-story balcony ran across one side of the room. Another wall held a collection of finely bound books. Comfortable furnishings were placed throughout.”
― David Baldacci, Total Control

“Between bites Jackson said, “So what’s our next move?” Sawyer looked”
― David Baldacci, Total Control

“There’s a phrase that critics of economic forecasting like to use: Give an economist a result you want, and he’ll find the numbers to justify it. This entire city is filled with number crunchers who look at the exact same data and interpret it in widely disparate ways on everything from the federal budget deficit to the Social Security surplus.” “Meaning that data can be manipulated.” “Of course it can, depending on who’s paying the meter and whose political agenda is being furthered,”
― David Baldacci, Total Control

“When the Fed raises or lowers interest rates, for instance, then that affects the entire economy. Contracts or expands it.”
― David Baldacci, Total Control

“few governmental institutions are more misunderstood and feared out of ignorance than the Federal Reserve Board.”
― David Baldacci, Total Control

“As accustomed as he was to the ever-expanding muscle of technology, even Jason Archer had to shake his head occasionally over what was really out there. Iris scanners were also used to closely monitor worker productivity. Jason grimaced. Truth be known, Orwell had actually underestimated.”
― David Baldacci, Total Control

“Triton has lost the use of the money while BankTrust sorts things out and”
― David Baldacci, Total Control