W. E. B. Griffin Quotes

Dogs are animals that poop in public and you're supposed to pick it up. After a week of doing this, you've got to ask yourself, "Who's the real master in this relationship?"

No, I love Montreal... I think I love Montreal more than Montreal loves me... I love the food there.

Some people are so poor, all they have is their money.

I also love Mole, the unsung hero of reality programming.

You always want to be better than you are. No matter what, I think that's important.

To oppose corruption in government is the highest obligation of patriotism.

People can't measure the amount of heart you have and how much you're willing to fight for something.

You have to fall in love with the process of becoming great.

Reading is fundamental - fun to mental.

I think if you're a good high school player that you have the ability to be a good college football player. If you're a good college football then you have the ability to be a great NFL player.

Although there was a screenplay, the actors never knew what questions I was going to ask them, and all of my character's voice-over narration and scenes were added after the fact.

I like to think I'm pretty smart with what I was able to do academically, but whenever I get on the field I turn into the Incredible Hulk and I am unstoppable.

It's always been my philosophy: Turn the page. If something falls through, turn the page. It's over with, get used to it, get on with it. Very simple. It's always worked for me.

Football is football and talent is talent. But the mindset of your team makes all the difference.

A story is told as much by silence as by speech.

Audiences forget facts, but they remember stories. Once you get past the jargon, the corporate world is an endless source of fascinating stories.

Jazz is music made by and for people who have chosen to feel good in spite of conditions.

Documentaries have always inspired me in narrative filmmaking.

I love to make fun of fashion because it is just so silly.

Hard work pays off - hard work beats talent any day, but if you're talented and work hard, it's hard to be beat.

And if the professional rapist is to be separated from the average dominant heterosexual (male), it may be mainly a quantitative difference.

Energy is something you can control, in everything you do, you're going to face people more talented than you. I set myself apart by bringing more energy than they do.

If you love the game and you love playing, just have fun and enjoy it. Work hard and don't get bogged down by it.

The sincerity with which you do things, that's what shapes your life.

The ladies kept telling me I wasn't good in bed, so I figured if I wasn't a lover then I must be a fighter

I believe God wrote the Word in your essence. That's the genius of my Father. You are born knowing right from wrong. You don't need a book to tell you that!

I'm thankful for some of bad experiences I've had. They helped me with the way I view people and see them for who they really are.

I have no limits, no filter, no class, no poise. No decorum. Just fun.

Collectivism and freedom are mortal enemies. Only one will survive

In one sense I feel that my book is a one-woman argument against determinism.

Guns are dangerous. The only thing more dangerous is not having them.

New York means so much to people. If you're inclined to leave the nest, New York is where most people think they have to go, and it's been that way since the first skyscraper.

In the face of adversity, you find out if you're a fighter or a quitter. It's all about getting up after you've been knocked down.

In a land of freedom we are held hostage by the tyranny of political correctness.

You will find that success in life comes far easier when you maintain a cool head and a warm heart, rather than a hot head and cold feet.

Unless it's an emergency, don't bother me after 6:00 p.m. and on weekends.

My philosophy on getting knocked out is that it renders you unconscious and numb, so why worry about it.

If bribery is good enough for Congress, it's good enough for me.

Genius is insanity right up until it works.

Do things that make your body and mind scream at you to quit, but don't.

Fame is a can of worms I haven't really had to contend with.

Philosophy means nothing unless it is connected to birth, death, and the continuance of life. Anytime you are going to build a society that works, you have to begin from nature and the body.

Argentina has the best bird shooting in the world.

There's a couple things you don't talk about in life, and that's race, religion and politics. I try to make sure I don't talk about politics at all.

I'm always listening and watching; my ear is like a boom mike. And judging, frankly. Constantly judging.

Those who are not interested in politics will be forever ruled by those who are.

One plus one equals three. When a man and woman marry they become one never two.

Poetry is a good medium for revolutionary hope.

Rights and responsibilities are ... different sides of the same coin.

There's two things you need to know. One, that you won't quit on yourself, and two, that I've done the work.