A Gambling Man Quotes

“You have to give it thought when you’re changing your whole life.”
― David Baldacci, A Gambling Man

“wearing a black top hat, and a long coat the”
― David Baldacci, A Gambling Man

“WITH A NEW DECADE LOOMING, Aloysius Archer was on a creaky bus headed west to California to seek as much of a life as someone like him could reasonably expect. A roof over his head, three squares a day, a pint of decent liquor every now and then, and a steady supply of his Lucky Strikes to keep his mouth supple and amused. And a job. Actually, more of a profession. He needed that right now. It was like seeking water while in a desert, you just required it and didn’t care how you got it. Otherwise, he’d be a chump, and there was no future in that”
― David Baldacci, A Gambling Man

“never been”
― David Baldacci, A Gambling Man

“questioned”
― David Baldacci, A Gambling Man

“his”
― David Baldacci, A Gambling Man

“Free speech is not really free if it costs you all that you have.”
― David Baldacci, A Gambling Man

“It was like seeking water while in a desert, you just required it and didn’t care how you got it.”
― David Baldacci, A Gambling Man

“military”
― David Baldacci, A Gambling Man

“Archer there was room for him if he didn’t mind sharing a table. “Works for me,” Archer said amiably. He was led to a table that was nestled right next to the stage, where a man in his fifties sat.”
― David Baldacci, A Gambling Man

“Kemper?”
― David Baldacci, A Gambling Man

“Nice thing about science. It is what it is.”
― David Baldacci, A Gambling Man

“Fame and influence are both often fickle and localized.”
― David Baldacci, A Gambling Man

“Listen, ask questions, don’t believe anything is true unless you can corroborate it, and don’t trust anyone.”
― David Baldacci, A Gambling Man

“Well, that’s my problem, isn’t it? J’ai perdu la beauté de ma culture. Je suis américaine maintentant.”
― David Baldacci, A Gambling Man

“You know, technically to be called ‘bourbon,’ it has to be made in Kentucky”
― David Baldacci, A Gambling Man

“Franklin Roosevelt was pretty good.” “He was already rich. Nobody could touch him.”
― David Baldacci, A Gambling Man

“How can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You can’t scare him—he has known a fear beyond every other.”
― David Baldacci, A Gambling Man