Scott Sigler Quotes

Our symbols aren't supposed to matter, but that's wishful thinking - symbols always matter. ~ Scott Sigler

A millennium's worth of lies leads to a single truth - the future belongs to the young, if the old would kindly die and get the hell out of the way. ~ Scott Sigler

Birds fly overhead--well, not the birds I know [...], but brightly colored animals about the same size. Instead of feathered, flapping wings, these things have two sets of stiff, buzzing membranes. The membranes move so fast they are a blur.

Blurds--that's what I will call these creatures. ~ Scott Sigler

We don't have to be bad forever. We can fight our urges. We can choose to be good. ~ Scott Sigler

Do you know the difference between a hero and a martyr?" Quentin shook his head. "A hero is alive," Father Harry said. "A martyr is not. ~ Scott Sigler

But is that what life is like for everyone? Can a person truly make a life of their own, or can they only continue the culture into which they are born? ~ Scott Sigler

He's trying to control me, and he wants to use his religion to do that. Religion isn't just a power word- the word is power itself. ~ Scott Sigler

That sure as fuck ain't no cow ~ Scott Sigler

I've never been this dirty. I've never been this sweaty and disgusting. I've never been this afraid, this thirsty, this alone".
"I haven't been a good leader, but
people are counting on me to take them to safety. I don't know if I'm twelve or twenty or if I'm twenty and I don't think age matters anymore
There is a way out. I will find a way out. ~ Scott Sigler

A print book is really a kind of tree zombie. ~ Scott Sigler

This isn't D.C., Murrary, this is Ann Arbor, Michigan. This is a long-haired, pot-smoking little college town. ~ Scott Sigler

In a life where waking hours are draped in the costume of horrid nightmare, where reality has suddenly become questionable, it's easy to be scared by dreams. ~ Scott Sigler

You can fuck your math teacher but you can't fuck math. ~ Scott Sigler

Yes...blood is the price of all things. ~ Scott Sigler

Great art is in the eye of the beholder, but great football is in the record books. ~ Scott Sigler

Don't base reality on what you have seen when you have seen very little. ~ Scott Sigler

When you're winning, everyone is a fan. ~ Scott Sigler

Ju smiled condescendingly. I understand. I mean, I just got here. As long as we keep winning, the team will keep following your lead, right? ~ Scott Sigler

Sometimes courage is carried by a roar - sometimes it is hidden within a wavering voice. ~ Scott Sigler

We will not be used. We will not let them change us. They think we are property? They are mistaken. ~ Scott Sigler

I produced audio editions of 'Beneath' and 'Kronos' primarily to grow my audience. I'd seen it work for guys like Scott Sigler and J.C. Hutchins and thought their audience might enjoy my books as well. The goal was to get them hooked on the audio and hope they would migrate to the print books. ~ Jeremy Robinson

Those that don't know history aren't poisoned by it. ~ Scott Sigler

Choices have consequences. ~ Scott Sigler

Life wasn't about deserving anything. It was about earning everything. ~ Scott Sigler

When a room at the CIA headquarters is secret, a secret from people who spend their lives creating and breaking secrets, that's some pretty serious black-ops shit. ~ Scott Sigler

If you run, your enemy will hunt you. Kill your enemy, and you are forever free. ~ Scott Sigler

Her attraction to him hadn't dulled in the least. She stared at him. He stared right back with those beautiful distant green eyes.
"Guys," Pookie said, "I know yal have a bit of backstory to work out, but can we lay off the wistful gazing? This ain't a Joan Wilder novel, if ya dig what I'm saying." ... ~ Scott Sigler

I'm sorry, but this isn't a movie or a play - there is no convenient third-act rescue that gives us an easy solution. This is real life. ~ Scott Sigler

Since I was a kid, music has been a huge part of my life. My parents had a pretty solid vinyl collection and exposed me to some amazing artists. ~ Reid Scott

As a rule, if you insist on speaking your mind, you will inevitably find yourself somewhere where everyone hates you. ~ Scott Berkun

Depose him,' said Will Scott, astonished.

'The Grand Master's holy office terminates with his life.'

'And can nobody think of an answer to that?' said Will Scott. ~ Dorothy Dunnett

My bedroom was plastered with pictures of Van Damme. My mother was worried about me. Most teenage boys have half-naked women on their walls, and I had Jean-Claude. ~ Scott Adkins

I grew up on hip-hop. I grew up on Run-D.M.C., Whodini, LL when I was in college, so I'm more of a music fan. I probably have the most eclectic collection of music in my Grand Cherokee. Literally, in a span of a week, I'll go from 2Pac to Boyz II Men to Sister Hazel, right down to West Side Story or the Wiz. I love show tunes. ~ Stuart Scott

The cacophony in my head is completely unmanageable, and it's out of the failure to blend all those dissonant voices smoothly that whatever individuality I might have has managed to emerge. Imitation is the condition of originality. Or, to put it another way: imitation is the shortest route to and the truest test of proficiency. To mimic a master requires skill and practice, which become the sources of your own mastery. ~ A.O. Scott

Q: What do you call a sleeping bull? A: A bulldozer. ~ Scott McNeely

Your first most typical figure in any new place turns out to be a bluff or a local nuisance. ~ F Scott Fitzgerald

Hey, Ms. P," Tad called, "what's going on?"
She let out a slow breath before she answered. "You won't believe this ... Brian Murrey tried to eat Scott Morgan."
Nick's eyes widened at the unexpected explanation. Had he heard that right? ~ Sherrilyn Kenyon

They were smiling at each other as if this was the beginning of the world. ~ F Scott Fitzgerald

He would have considered entering the leather business because the intensity of the competition would have kept him from unhappiness. ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

My mind to me a kingdom is. I am rightful monarch; and, God to aid, I will not be dethroned by any rebellious passion that may rear its standard against me. ~ Walter Scott

Why are you the way that you are? Honestly, every time I try to do something fun or exciting, you make it not that way. I hate so much about the things that you choose to be. ~ Michael Scott

The heart is heaviest when it's empty
and lightest when it's full ~ Helen Scott Taylor

I was so excited to work with Ridley Scott. Who wouldn't be? ~ Natalie Dormer

That's where the money is in publishing - people who don't read. ~ Scott Westerfeld

Feeling a little emotional, huh? I petted his hair. That's okay. It was an emotional blow job. ~ Kylie Scott

You might not think you're an early-morning person. I didn't think I was either. But once you get used to it, you might never want to go back. You can accomplish more by the time other people wake up than most people accomplish all day. ~ Scott Adams

Anytime you've got a good running back, it will help your passing game. ~ Scott Tolzien

On top of this was the official indigenous Egyptian government that, though it was quite toothless, various British officials periodically felt the need to pretend to consult in order to maintain the appearance that the wishes of the actual inhabitants of Egypt somehow mattered. ~ Scott Anderson

I am through fucking around. Maybe this is going to complicate the hell out of things. So what? You're the complication I want more than anything else. You're my favorite complication. No matter what sort of holes you poke in my trust. ~ Scott Lynch

But since I'm single, it's nice to get a kiss where I can. ~ Scott Wolf

Theoretically, great opportunities lay ahead of a young man of energy in that day and place, but Carl Miller had been incapable of establishing either with his superiors or his subordinates the reputation for approximate immutability which is essential to success in a hierarchic industry. ~ F Scott Fitzgerald

My God,' he gasped, 'you're fun to kiss. ~ F Scott Fitzgerald

I panicked when my son, Jett, stopped eating baby food. He's only two, but his food vocabulary is fantastic. He likes my baked tilapia and string beans with chopped garlic. But he really likes pizza. Sometimes every inanimate object to him is pizza. ~ Jill Scott

I married you, Evelyn, because you made sense to me. We make sense. We're a whole lot better together than apart. ~ Kylie Scott

The visual team of 'Blade Runner' - one of the last big fantasy movies to be made without much computer graphics finery - worked directly for Scott, who sketched each of his prolific ideas on paper (they were called 'Ridley-grams'). ~ Richard Corliss

Some people, were born to sit by a river. Some get struck by lightning. Some have an ear for music. Some are artists. Some swim. Some know buttons. Some know Shakespeare. Some are mothers. And some people, dance. ~ F Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald believed inserting exclamation points was the literary equivalent of an author laughing at his own jokes, but that's not the case in the modern age; now, the exclamation point signifies creative confusion. All it illustrates is that even the writer can't tell if what they're creating is supposed to be meaningful, frivolous, or cruel. It's an attempt to insert humor where none exists, on the off chance that a potential reader will only be pleased if they suspect they're being entertained. Of course, the reader isn't really sure, either. They just want to know when they're supposed to pretend to be amused. ~ Chuck Klosterman

the kind of person on whom you could put all your hopes, who could carry all your fears, and he would not let you down, would not betray you. I ~ Orson Scott Card

Find people who can handle your darkest truths, who don't change the subject when you share your pain, or try to make you feel bad for feeling bad. Find people who understand we all struggle, some of us more than others, and that there's no weakness in admitting it. Find people who want to be real, however that looks and feels, and who want you to be real, too. Find people who get that life is hard, and who get that life is also beautiful, and who aren't afraid to honor both of those realities. Find people who help you feel more at home in your heart, mind and body, and who take joy in your joy. Find people who love you, for real, and who accept you, for real. Just as you are. They're out there, these people. Your tribe is waiting for you. Don't stop searching until you find them. ~ Scott Stabile

The idea of a slow approach to the luxury of leisure drove him wild. He was, of course, progressing toward it, but, like a child eating his ice cream so slowly that he couldn't taste it at all. ~ F Scott Fitzgerald

I built private sector jobs all my life. ~ Rick Scott

Ah. So he's forgotten the most important rule of warfare.
Which is ...
That nothing ever goes to plan. ~ Scott Westerfeld

Kick him when he's down, he's easier to reach. ~ Scott Hall

No one cares about us but ourselves, Anthony," she said one day. "It'd be ridiculous for me to go about pretending I felt any obligations toward the world, and as for worrying what people think about me, I simply don't, that's all. ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

It's nice to be asked to do good projects. ~ Dougray Scott

To be free people we must assume total responsibility for ourselves, but I doing so must possess the capacity to reject responsibility that is ot truly ours. To be organized and efficient, to live wisely, we must daily delay gratification and keep an eye on the future; yet to live joyously we must also possess the capacity, when it is not destructive, to live in the present and act spontaneously. In other words, discipline itself must be disciplined. The type of discipline required to discipline discipline is what I call balancing ... ~ M. Scott Peck

You can have my time, and you can have my attention," he said, words slow and deliberate. "Sweetheart, you can have whatever the fuck you want, I promise. Whatever you need. No more holding back, no more fear. And if you still feel you have to get on that plane tonight, then we're doing it together. ~ Kylie Scott

The Heimlich maneuver works on house pets. My pit bull was choking on his dinner. I squeezed his stomach and the neighbor's cat shot right out. ~ Scott Wood

I swallowed my screams whole. They went down my throat as sharp-cornered and cold as ice cubes. ~ Scott Westerfeld

All the stories are fictions. What matters is which fiction you believe. ~ Orson Scott Card

Outside, with the exception of the occasional horny bug sending out its booty call, ~ Kylie Scott

I filmed an interstitial with Allisyn Ashley Arm and Matthew Scott Montgomery one day. And we made up this weird thing 'cause we had to lay in the grass for, like, ten hours, and it was really itchy. So we call ourselves The Grass Gang. ~ Tiffany Thornton

You should be able to do anything you can afford as an adult. ~ Gil Scott-Heron

- If I tell you, will you let met go?
- You bet, partner. [ ... ]
- You promised!
- Nope. I said "you bet." You did ... and you lost. ~ Scott Snyder

I go to McDonald's at least once a week. I always get a No. 2. ~ Willard Scott

I love seeing women looking great in my clothes. I don't care who they are. I don't quantify people by celebrity. ~ L'Wren Scott

You see I usually find myself among strangers because I drift here and there trying to forget the sad things that happened to me. ~ F Scott Fitzgerald