Powdered Gold Quotes

“In ancient times the days before the winter solstice were the most frightening time of the year—the sun was dropping lower and lower in the sky and the days getting shorter and shorter, not to mention colder and colder. If the sun continued its descent, life would end. The people truly feared this. But by the twenty-fifth or so of December they would have been able to ascertain that the days were getting longer again, that the sun was ascending. That’s what the original Christmas celebration was for—the earth had been saved, or reborn, for another year.”
― David S. Brody, Powdered Gold: Templars and the American Ark of the Covenant

“It’s not paranoia if everyone really is out to get you.”
― David S. Brody, Powdered Gold: Templars and the American Ark of the Covenant

“He grinned back at her as she closed the door. Men were easy. Even those destined for greatness. Give them beer and sex, and they were happy.”
― David S. Brody, Powdered Gold: Templars and the American Ark of the Covenant

“The white powder of gold stuff?” Cam asked. “Yes. I was in the lab all night working with it.”
― David S. Brody, Powdered Gold: Templars and the American Ark of the Covenant

“Well, Cam was telling me more about the Ark of the Covenant. Did you know it may have been a power source, some kind of capacitor?”
― David S. Brody, Powdered Gold: Templars and the American Ark of the Covenant

“No doubt the Phoenicians had a stone temple to honor Baal as well.”
― David S. Brody, Powdered Gold: Templars and the American Ark of the Covenant

“Reminds me of a joke. A cowboy lost his Bible in the desert. A couple of months later a cow wanders over with a book in its mouth. The cowboy takes the book—it’s his lost Bible. ‘What a miracle; praise the Lord!’ the cowboy exclaims. ‘Not really,’ says the cow. ‘Your name is on the inside cover.”
― David S. Brody, Powdered Gold: Templars and the American Ark of the Covenant

“Government in America no longer served the populace but rather had become a living, voracious being itself—it existed to serve the vast numbers of people who worked for it. And to ensure that the electorate never turned on it, it handed out entitlement payments—bribes, really—to a huge percentage of the population. Life in America had become an Ayn Rand novel.”
― David S. Brody, Powdered Gold: Templars and the American Ark of the Covenant

“Perhaps five thousand miles of desert and mountains and ocean separated him from his family. But sometimes their faces were so real he felt he could reach out and tousle their hair….”
― David S. Brody, Powdered Gold: Templars and the American Ark of the Covenant

“I think Einstein was the one who said coincidences were God’s way of remaining anonymous.”
― David S. Brody, Powdered Gold: Templars and the American Ark of the Covenant

“Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.”
― David S. Brody, Powdered Gold: Templars and the American Ark of the Covenant

“Everyone deserved a chance at a better life. And shame on his government for treating these people like criminals.”
― David S. Brody, Powdered Gold: Templars and the American Ark of the Covenant

“Over the past decade or so we have witnessed a fundamental change in the way our government sees itself. We have become a mirror-image of the old Soviet Union and China models, where the people exist to serve the state. Today, in America, our leaders do not believe they work for us—rather, they see themselves as queen bees, ensconced in Washington, while we workers devote our lives to paying taxes. We are nothing more than pollen collectors to them. And, if need be, we are disposable.”
― David S. Brody, Powdered Gold: Templars and the American Ark of the Covenant