Gobbet Quotes & Sayings

I have been thinking a lot about what we see in villains, how we relate to villains, and what it is about certain villains that we actually empathize with. Like Macbeth. We're not supposed to like a guy who kills the king and takes over, but there's something about him we're really fascinated by. — Finn Wittrock

We don't have selfish guys here, which sometimes leads to problems. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

When you're a crime reporter, you see the nub of what life's about, and you don't have much patience for the falsity of politics. — Heather Brooke

Working in a prison, is, to my mind, similar in ways to working in a coal mine. It's going to scare away a lot of people. — Jennifer Haigh

I remember going to see my dad pitch against other coal-mining teams, and he was successful with the knuckleball. I saw how bad guys would look like swinging, and how guys talked about how he could throw every day and didn't hurt his arm. That's how I grew up learning. — Phil Niekro

I've been saying this for years: There is no longer such a thing as a safe and secure job. — Robert Kiyosaki

Make something. Sell it. Become rich. Proven formula that works best. — Phillip Hale

Prince," says I, "it will go down the easier if you Chew."
He did not respond; so I repeated my Instructions.
Said he, "We take in the Flesh of other Beasts. We pack ourselves full of them. We are their Burial Ground."
The Rest of us- his Mess- gaped.
He reached into his Mouth, & removed the Gobbet; and placed the Gobbet on his Plate. He regarded the Plate balanced upon his skinny Knees; & all the life left him as he beheld that Mound of Flesh.
Poor, unspeaking, tormented Creature. — M T Anderson

When I first read the story 'Guts' in workshop - my fellow writers that I've been meeting with for almost 20 years - they laughed; they didn't have any kind of shock reaction. — Chuck Palahniuk