Jason Carter Eaton Quotes & Sayings

For every thing that we are, there are a million things that we're not. And usually, those million things are what we really want but can never have. — Jason Carter Eaton

If they think it's the truth, then they believe it, and if they believe it long enough, then it becomes the truth. — Jason Carter Eaton

The true test of a society isn't how many lies it has; it's how many it believes. — Jason Carter Eaton

It's extremely easy to be mean to people you don't really know. — Jason Carter Eaton

When nothing worked, he decided the least he could do was pick the yam bits out of his beard. But even the proved fruitless since the bits seemed to find their way into the deepest recesses of the beard, and the just small enough boy quickly grew squeamish. Judge if you must, but if you've ever had to pick yam bits out of an old man's bushy beard, I'm sure you'd forgive him. — Jason Carter Eaton

Maybe it's better not to know some things. Mysteries make us tick more than just about anything else. — Jason Carter Eaton

Ah, but surely you must now be saying, "waitaminute, tuna fish would go bad if you kept it in your pocket for weeks and weeks without refrigerating it."
To that I simply say: You obviously haven't read Professor P.S. Schackman's informative book How to Keep Tuna Fish in Your Pocket for Weeks and Weeks Without it Going Bad. I suggest you read it before complaining about the tuna situation again. — Jason Carter Eaton

So let's just forget about the whole thing and agree never to speak of it again. And I promise I'll never lie to you again.
Ah, but surely you must be saying, "Hey! Isn't this entire story a work of fiction and therefore one big lie?"
Perhaps. But we already agreed never to speak of it again. — Jason Carter Eaton

The journey had been long and dangerous, and along the way he had met countless travelers, many of whom were so amazing that they must certainly rank among the most original and memorable characters in the history of recorded literature. Which is why it's so sad that there's no time to describe them. — Jason Carter Eaton