John Sandford Quotes

Most people who are trying to write kind of sit in their basements and pull it out of their imaginations.

John Sandford

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PeopleTryingKindWriteOutSit

I wanted to sail when I was in grammar school and well remember memorizing the names of the sails from the Merriam-Webster's ponderous dictionary in the library. Now I am actually at sea - as a passenger, of course, but at sea nevertheless - and bound for Ecuador.

Jim Elliot

SeaSchoolI AmSailLibrarySails

The Federal Reserve and other central banks have adopted broad public policy objectives to guide the development and oversight of the payments system. At the Fed, we have identified efficiency and safety as our most fundamental objectives, as set forth in our Policy on Payment System Risk.

Jerome Powell

SafetyEfficiencyDevelopmentRisk

The truth is, every single rocket launch off of planet Earth is risky.

John M. Grunsfeld

TruthTruth IsEarthSingleRocket

I'm not taking any interest in politics. I'm not involved in politics in any way. My life is in writing now.

Jeffrey Archer

LifePoliticsWritingMy LifeWay

You take away the handicap of obesity, and this person becomes someone else. Take a jolly fat man for instance. You talk to him, and his heart is breaking. He wants to be thin.

Jean Nidetch

HeartManFatSomeoneYouPerson

June Carter Cash is probably my all-time favorite member of the Carter Family.

Trixie Mattel

FamilyCashJuneFavoriteMember

There's nothing wrong with being driven. And there's nothing wrong with putting yourself first to reach your goals.

Shonda Rhimes

GoalsYourselfReachWrongNothing

But look, I was born in 1956, the peak year for births in US history. I think I'm very representative of many of the thought processes my generation have been through and, by and large, people of my age have had their imprint planted on the consciousness of western society for a long time.

Tom Hanks

AgeHistoryTimePeopleSociety

The 'conspiracy theorist' is no longer a crazy person with a tinfoil hat, but they are the Edward Snowdens and the WikiLeaks that bring down major institutions and are the catalysts for social change.

Dean Haglund

ChangeHatCrazyDownPersonBring

The thing about being black in a mostly white industry, particularly as a black male, is you can't lose your temper in the same way. Essentially, you are an angry black man losing his temper in a way that's unprofessional, as opposed to an industry that has protected unprofessional white males in perpetua.

Cheo Hodari Coker

ManAngryLosingBlackYouLose

Most Americans are unaware that Thomas Jefferson was the first American president to go to war against radical Islam. Jefferson was very concerned with Islam's war-like doctrine and its inability to separate mosque and state.

Brad Thor

WarAmericanGoIslamFirstAgainst

Let me make this very clear: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, our digital exhaust is being sucked up by the government. It is being compiled on big server farms and it's being analyzed by different computer programs, looking for any hint that you and I are up to no good.

Brad Thor

GoodDayGovernmentMeLookingYou

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