“he also discovered a correlation between their opinions and the conviction with which they stated them. It seemed that the less someone knew, the more forcefully he tried to state his case.”
― Vince Flynn, quote from Transfer of Power
“instead of fighting the system, it was often better to say yes and then go off and do whatever you thought was best.”
― Vince Flynn, quote from Transfer of Power
“As a military historian Flood knew all too well the pitfalls of taking the easy road in times of crisis, of negotiating for today without an eye to the future.”
― Vince Flynn, quote from Transfer of Power
“door and said, “Let’s get that thing open, and then”
― Vince Flynn, quote from Transfer of Power
“moving down the stairs. “What’s our best guess?” he whispered. There was some discussion on”
― Vince Flynn, quote from Transfer of Power
“Safety and Security Instruments out of San Diego.”
― Vince Flynn, quote from Transfer of Power
“Women are very complicated, even if you are a psychiatrist.”
― François Lelord, quote from Hector and the Search for Happiness
“Okay, dumbass. Perspective time," Gordon muttered as he ripped the greasy bag open. He would force himself to eat. He was not going to become an obsessed basketcase. He wasn't.
"First of all," he said, yanking the utensil drawer open." He is capable of murdering a huge juicer in the middle of the street and then disappearing with the body within seconds."
He removed one of the cartons and shoved his fork into the mound of noodles. "Two, he is probably a sociopath. Three, he thinks I'm a complete ballsack of a moron.”
― Santino Hassell, quote from After Midnight
“11The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, And his glory is to overlook a transgression.”
― quote from The MacArthur Daily Bible: Read through the Bible in one year, with notes from John MacArthur
“The objective level is not words, and cannot be reached by words alone. We must point our finger and be silent, or we will never reach this level.”
― Alfred Korzybski, quote from Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics
“That night longer than all my life before it. No scale or measure in this world can ever be held constant. We are always slipping.”
― David Vann, quote from Goat Mountain
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