Feeney Quotes

Instinct tells me to close my eyes and I plunge myself back into the darkness, back to my world of being seen but not heard. ~ Alice Feeney

Life is like a game of chess; you just have to play it backwards and work out all the moves you need to make in advance, to get where you need to be. ~ Alice Feeney

I'm programming us a couple of spinach smoothies"
"I'll pass. For the rest of my natural life."
"Just what you need," he insisted, tapped buttons manually. And came out with two cups of coffee. ~ J.D. Robb

I happen to enjoy grilled cheese and tomato sandwiches. ~ Chuck Feeney

I'm starting to think that life is little more than a series of doors; every day we have to choose which ones to open, which to walk through, and which to close behind us, leaving them forever locked. ~ Alice Feeney

When you are 81 years old, you don't really need a lot of the trappings of wealth. ~ Chuck Feeney

There's nobody on the job, nobody with a badge I respect more than you." - Eve
"You never were a rookie," he told her in a voice roughened with emotion. "So I saw good, solid cop the minute I laid eyes on you. I gave you a hell of a foundation, kid, a lot of seasoning and pushed you hard because I knew you could take it. You put yourself here. And I'm proud." - Feeney ~ J.D. Robb

There has to be a balance in life. A balance of business, family, and the opportunity to learn and teach. ~ Chuck Feeney

I'd be the last guy to tell a wealthy person what to do with their money. They're entitled to do whatever they want. ~ Chuck Feeney

Tag Feeney," Eve ordered when she was behind the wheel. "Have him run like crimes in and around London."
"It would be my honor, Mrs. Lieutenant Dallas Roarke." At Eve's burning look, Peabody only grinned. "Sorry. I just had to do it once. I'm over it. ~ J.D. Robb

Books can be mirrors, too, offering a reflection of our worst selves for appraisal; lessons tucked between the pages, just waiting to be learned. ~ Alice Feeney

And how does my aide come by this information before I do?"

"Well, you know . . . pillow talk. See, sex - in this case - is an advantage to you. McNab said they'd get through faster, but at data clubs like that, the units are totally clogged. But he's on it and it's his top priority."

She cleared her throat when Eve made no comment. "Should I still contact Captain Feeney?"

"Oh, Feeney and I appear to be superfluous at this point. You and McPecker can fill us in whenever you feel it's appropriate."

"McPecker." Peabody snorted. "That's a good one. I'm going to use it on him."

"Happy to help." She shot Peabody a deceptively friendly look. "Perhaps I'm wasting my time going to the lab. Have you and Dickie also had a liaison?"

" Eeeuw."

"My faith in you is, at least, partially restored. ~ J.D. Robb

Everyone you meet is inevitably flawed... I don't avoid broken people because I think I'm better than them. I just don't like looking at my own reflection. ~ Alice Feeney

...Lies don't come with gift receipts, you can't take them back. ~ Alice Feeney

Most large companies structure their affairs so that they minimize their tax payments. As long as you do it within the law, it's OK. ~ Chuck Feeney

A man's got to know his limitations."
Inspector Harry Callahan. ~ David Feeney

With a sigh, he pulled out his link.
"What are you doing?"
"Ordering pizza
for your division
and more for the E and B team. And don't give me any bloody grief about it. I'm a bit on edge here as I couldn't get through the bloody, buggering door for more than five minutes
and that was after Feeney started on it before me. And my wife about to be blown to bits on the other side."
She knew the fear, the soul-emptying terror of it. She'd felt it for him a time or two. All she could do now was try to ease it.
"I wasn't going to let that happen."
"Weren't you now?"
"Nope. I wasn't going to let the last words I said to you be 'Later, honey.'"
Since it made him laugh, she sat back, closed her eyes for one blessed moment while she heard him ordering twenty-five (good God!) large pies with a variety of toppings. ~ J.D. Robb

...but nightmares are dreams too. ~ Alice Feeney

People who get to know the real me are the ones I need to learn to hide from the most. ~ Alice Feeney

I cannot think of a more personally rewarding and appropriate use of wealth than to give while one is living. ~ Chuck Feeney

Sometimes I think it's best to say nothing at all, silence cannot be misquoted. ~ Alice Feeney

It is logical for a U.S. person to give their money away while they are alive, as the government will take it from you when you die in taxes. ~ Chuck Feeney

Sometimes you have to fall hard enough for it to hurt to know when to pick yourself up. You can't start to put yourself back together if you don't even know that you're broken. ~ Alice Feeney

I believe strongly in 'giving while living.' I see little reason to delay giving when so much good can be achieved through supporting worthwhile causes today. Besides, it's a lot more fun to give while you live than to give while you are dead. ~ Chuck Feeney

When you've got the money, you spend it. When you've spent it all, let someone else get going and spend theirs. ~ Chuck Feeney

History is a mirror and we're all just older versions of ourselves; children disguised
as adults. ~ Alice Feeney

On why he has donated $600 million to selected charities. I simply decided I had enough money. ~ Chuck Feeney

Even if I could remember my way back to normal, I don't think I'd recognise myself when I got there. ~ Alice Feeney

Sometimes I think I am the unreliable narrator of my own life. Sometimes I think we all are. ~ Alice Feeney

The lyrics about trying to fix someone you love pull me back in time. Even back then he wanted to fix me, when I didn't know I was broken. He's still trying. ~ Alice Feeney

If we do, I want to be the bad cop." "You're a lousy bad cop, Feeney. Face it." He gave her a mournful look. "I outrank you, Dallas." "I'm primary, and I'm better at bad cop. Live with it." "I always have to be the good cop," he muttered as they stepped into a well-lighted hallway with more marble, more gilt. ~ J.D. Robb

Someone more broken than I am has come along. Even good people get tired of trying to mend what can't be fixed. ~ Alice Feeney

I think when we finally get what we think we want, it loses its value. It's the secret nobody ever shares, because if they did, we would all stop trying. ~ Alice Feeney

I don't dislike money, but there's only so much money you can use. ~ Chuck Feeney

Lots of people think things would be better some other way. That's why the world's lousy with theme parks.
Feeney in Naked in Death ~ J.D. Robb

The version of me you knew is several years out of date. ~ Alice Feeney

People used to ask me how I got my jollies, and I guess I'm happy when what I'm doing is helping people and unhappy when what I'm doing isn't helping people. ~ Chuck Feeney

I want the last cheque I write to bounce. ~ Chuck Feeney

It's just a memory of another time and place. Memories can't hurt anyone, unless they are shared. ~ Alice Feeney

I had one idea that never changed in my mind - that you should use your wealth to help people. ~ Chuck Feeney

It can be dangerous to ask a question when you already know the answer. ~ Alice Feeney

People who have money have an obligation. I wouldn't say I'm entitled to tell them what to do with it but to use it wisely. ~ Chuck Feeney

Youth fools us into thinking there are infinite paths to choose from in life; maturity tricks us into thinking there is only one. ~ Alice Feeney

I don't know where to start. How to start. It's like trying to navigate a maze in the dark, and . . ." Then the cat sprawled weightily over her feet. And that was it, the start. "I miss home. Roarke had you bring the cat, because the cat's home. I never had anything, didn't want anything until that cat. I don't even know why I took him, exactly, but I made him mine."
She took a long, slow drink of wine. "I missed him. I miss Peabody and her smart mouth and steady ways. I miss Feeney and Mavis and my bullpen. Hell, it's so bad I even miss Summerset."
When Roarke made some sound, she turned narrowed eyes on him. "If you ever tell him I said that, I'll shave you bald in your sleep, dress you in frilly pink panties, and take a vid that I'll auction and sell for huge amounts of money."
"So noted," he said, and thought: There's Eve. There she is. ~ J.D. Robb

The world keeps on spinning, repeating itself over and over until something changes, which it doesn't because we can't. ~ Alice Feeney

I was with a special services unit in the Korean war, and when I got out, the biggest thing I got was a GI scholarship. ~ Chuck Feeney

I've hidden memories in boxes inside my head before. Sometimes it's the only way to deal with things. ~ Alice Feeney

Nana used to say that if you don't let the tears out of you they can turn to poison. ~ Alice Feeney

I set out to work hard, not to get rich. ~ Chuck Feeney

I'm a competitive type of person, whether it's playing a game of basketball or playing business games. ~ Chuck Feeney

I was raised as a Catholic, but I got up to go to church because I thought I'd be hit by a bolt of lightning if I didn't. ~ Chuck Feeney

I became convinced that there was greater satisfaction from giving my money away and seeing something come out of the ground, like a hospital or a university. ~ Chuck Feeney

Some people build invisible walls around themselves in the name of self-preservation. Hers were always tall, solid, and impenetrable. ~ Alice Feeney

Patience is the answer to so many of life's questions. ~ Alice Feeney

People think that good and bad are opposites but they're wrong, they're just a mirror image of one another in broken glass. ~ Alice Feeney

Sometimes the right thing to do is wrong, but that's just life. ~ Alice Feeney

For once, I believe that PETA, at least on the level of logic, is correct. If the NCAA has to protect offended Native Americans ... by God, PETA ought to advocate for the protection of every organism in the animal kingdom. ~ Tom Feeney

No taxation without respiration. ~ Tom Feeney

[Feeney] "Nearly blew ourselves up about an hour ago, right, Roarke?"
Roarke rose and tucked his hands in his pockets. "I never doubted you for an instant Captain."
"Like hell." In tune with his man, Feeney grinned. "If you weren't saying your prayers, boyo, I was saying mine. Still, I can't think of many others I'd be pleased to be blown to hell with."
"The feeling's nearly mutual."
"If you two have finished your little male bonding dance, would you care to explain what the hell I'm supposed to be looking at here?" [Eve] ~ J.D. Robb

Every phrase had to be captured on paper or it wasn't real, it slipped away. I'd see the words hanging in midair
Camille, pass the milk
and anxiety coiled up in me as they began to fade, like jet exhaust. Writing them down, though, I had them. No worries that they'd become extinct. I was a lingual conservationist. I was the class freak, a tight, nervous eighth-grader frenziedly copying down phrases ("Mr. Feeney is totally gay," "Jamie Dobson is ugly," "They never have chocolate milk") with a keenness bordering on the religious. ~ Gillian Flynn