Walk the Wire Quotes

“long time, and he gets the balance just right.” “And it sounds like he taught you well,” commented Jamison. Dawson brightened. “He has taught me well. Sometimes too well, such that I’m sitting in a restaurant with two strangers talking about cow pens and nitrogen levels.” Jamison said, “The closest I’ve ever gotten to livestock is at a petting zoo.” “What else did Hal Parker tell you about finding the body?” asked Decker. “That he threw up. That he’d never seen anything that awful in his life. And he fought in the Middle East.” “But he couldn’t have known it was Irene Cramer. She was identified after she was brought in.” Dawson sat back and looked at Decker in a new, perhaps sobering light. “I’m good friends with Liz Southern. She told me. But I don’t want her to get into trouble. I was just curious after Hal told me he’d found a body of a woman.” “That’s okay,” said Jamison. “It’s a small town and news was bound to get around.” “Got any suspects?” “None that we can talk about,” advised Decker quickly. “Did you know Ms. Cramer?” “No. But I knew that she taught school over at the Brothers’ Colony.” “Do you know the folks there?” “I can’t say I really know them all that well.” She glanced at Decker. “So, Stan also told me that you’re his brother-in-law.” “Soon to be ex-brother-in-law, as I’m sure he also told you.” “I wouldn’t be seeing him if he were still happily married,” she said firmly. “That’s good to know,” replied Decker. “I have to admit that I went to the OK Corral Saloon and watched you two dancing. Frankly, I don’t think I’ve ever seen him more uncomfortable.” Dawson smiled. “He is very”
― David Baldacci, Walk the Wire

“my sister Renee. They live in California.” He”
― David Baldacci, Walk the Wire

“It would have been truly catastrophic and beyond this country’s capability to adequately respond.”
― David Baldacci, Walk the Wire

“People need to have faith in their government.” Decker said, “Well, maybe the government might want to consider earning that faith.”
― David Baldacci, Walk the Wire

“Fall was nearly here, but summer was still hanging on, dragging its heat-flamed and moisture-rich knuckles across the stark tundra.”
― David Baldacci, Walk the Wire

“Not in the press, no. It would cause more trouble than is warranted. People need to have faith in their government.”
― David Baldacci, Walk the Wire

“My needs are simple, my salary more than ample.”
― David Baldacci, Walk the Wire

“But a dictator doesn’t need supporters, he just needs followers”
― David Baldacci, Walk the Wire

“nothing”
― David Baldacci, Walk the Wire

“community”
― David Baldacci, Walk the Wire

“Williston isn’t that far from here,” said Kelly.”
― David Baldacci, Walk the Wire

“sixty-four-thousand-dollar question”
― David Baldacci, Walk the Wire

“government leaders made decisions that would have massive impact on millions of people, all without their knowledge or consent.”
― David Baldacci, Walk the Wire

“It now costs about thirteen million dollars per prisoner.”
― David Baldacci, Walk the Wire

“And I can sell you the Brooklyn Bridge.”
― David Baldacci, Walk the Wire

“antiwar pacifists.”
― David Baldacci, Walk the Wire

“column of tanker”
― David Baldacci, Walk the Wire

“hot and humid,”
― David Baldacci, Walk the Wire

“you ran when it was fifty degrees below zero, your lungs would hemorrhage and you’d drown in your own engorged corpuscles.”
― David Baldacci, Walk the Wire

“You’ve been in this game long enough to know that when it doesn’t, those who ducked their responsibilities will point fingers at others. That apparently qualifies as leadership in certain places.” “Don’t you get tired of this shit, sir?” “I became tired of it my first day on the job.” Blue Man leaned forward. “But if all of us who hate the status quo were to leave, then the status quo would not only remain, it would become intractable.” “Meaning evil only wins—” “—when good men and women do nothing. I choose to do something.”
― David Baldacci, Walk the Wire

“WHAT ARE THOSE?” asked Jamison as they neared their destination. She indicated fiery gold plumes that winked in the darkness like ghoulish holiday lights as they zipped past. “Gas flares,” said Decker. “Coming off the oil wells. Natural gas is found with oil. They drill for both up here. But they sometimes vent the gas off and ignite it at the end of the oil wellhead. I guess it costs too much to do anything else with it in certain situations and they don’t necessarily have the infrastructure to pipe it out of here.” Jamison looked stunned. “Do you know how much gas we’re talking about?” “One stat I read said each month the gas they burn off could heat four million homes.”
― David Baldacci, Walk the Wire

“chimed”
― David Baldacci, Walk the Wire

“Meaning evil only wins—” “—when good men and women do nothing.”
― David Baldacci, Walk the Wire

“It’s like Mark Twain said, everybody complains about the weather, but no one ever does a damn thing about it.”
― David Baldacci, Walk the Wire

“any type of nearby threat. Finally, he opened his eyes”
― David Baldacci, Walk the Wire

“obfuscation”
― David Baldacci, Walk the Wire

“In other words, they wanted to make a synthetic plague that was actually far deadlier than the original version.”
― David Baldacci, Walk the Wire

“an answer. Thought I’d tee it up again.” “You think I’m supposed”
― David Baldacci, Walk the Wire

“Life is hard for everybody, Alex. Anybody who says otherwise has just decided to ignore all the shit that comes with waking up every day and walking out the door.”
― David Baldacci, Walk the Wire

“Busy day and I’m not getting any younger. And Irene Cramer’s not getting any older. And somebody has to answer for that.”
― David Baldacci, Walk the Wire