Top 25 Quotes by David Baldacci of 59 - Page 3

In every thriller written about Washington, particularly after 9/11, there are good guys and there are bad guys, and there's no gray area at all.

In every thriller written about Washington, particularly after 9/11, there are good guys and there are bad guys, and there's no gray area at all.

David Baldacci

Guy, Thrillers, Gray Area

The military is a very cool world to write about. I went down to Ft. Benning, Ga., for military training, and I learned a lot about soldiers and officers and why they joined up and what their life has been like.

David Baldacci

Military, Writing, Soldier

I'm scattered, and then that last hundred pages, bam, I'm a laser.

David Baldacci

Pages, Lasers, Lasts

See, that why I ain’t go to church. Figger I got me a church wherever I be. Want’a talk to God, well I say, ‘howdy-howdy, God,’ and we jaw fer a bit.’ - Jimmy ‘Diamond’ Skinner

David Baldacci

Church, Want, Skinner

A young man's ambition, can there be a more fleeting prospect?

David Baldacci

Ambition, Men, Fleeting

"Stone Cold". Book by David Baldacci, 2007.

It's hard, Cotton. To let yourself love something you know you may never have.

David Baldacci

May, Cotton, Knows

David Baldacci (2011). “Wish You Well”, p.260, Pan Macmillan

Half truths were a wonderful way to inspire credibility.

David Baldacci

Truth, Inspire, Half

David Baldacci (2011). “The Winner”, p.277, Pan Macmillan

Life was not fair. If you wanted something you had to take it. Before someone else took it from you. Neatly dissected down to its essence, life was one long series of lily pad hoppings. The quick and the resourceful were able to adapt and survive; all others were simply crushed as a more nimble creature landed on the lily pad they had occupied for too long.

David Baldacci

Life, Essence, Long

David Baldacci (2002). “The Winner”, p.473, Hachette UK