Knebel Quotes & Sayings

A decision is what a man makes when he can't find anybody to serve on a committee. — Fletcher Knebel

But we'll stumble on, she and I, into our messy future. And we'll have each other — Sophie Hannah

A heart never breaks in the same pattern of pieces — John Geddes

WE all have to play as a team to make the world a better place — Magic Johnson

We see neither justice nor injustice which does not change its nature with change in climate. Three degrees of latitude reverse all jurisprudence; a meridian decides the truth. — Blaise Pascal

True hope is based on the energy of character. A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope, because it knows the mutability of human affairs, and how slight a circumstance may change the whole course of events. Such a spirit, too, rests upon itself; it is not confined to partial views or to one particular object. And if at last all should be lost, it has saved itself. — Karl Ludwig Von Knebel

Jack Kennedy very much enjoyed Fletcher Knebel's thriller 'Seven Days in May,' later a film. The story: a jingo based on the real-life Admiral Arthur Radford plans a military coup to take over the White House. — Gore Vidal

The sceptic only stumbles at matter of fact. — Karl Ludwig Von Knebel

There is a way the truth hits you, both hard and gentle at the same time. It punches you in the stomach as it puts its loving arm around your shoulder. Yes, I am terrible to behold, the truth says. But you suspected it all along, didn't you? And isn't better, now that you know? Now, at least, it all makes sense. — Anne Ursu

To start with, there's the alien accent. "Tree" is the number between two and four. "Jeintz" is the name of the New York professional football team. A "fit" is a bottle measuring seven ounces less than a quart. This exotic tongue has no relationship to any of the approved languages at the United Nations, and is only slightly less difficult to master than Urdu. — Fletcher Knebel

Hope awakens courage. He who can implant courage in the human soul is the best physician. — Karl Ludwig Von Knebel

The convention is the voice, the bone and the sinews of a political party-and sometimes it even nominates an Abraham Lincoln. — Fletcher Knebel

Finally it has penetrated my thick skull. This life-this moment-is no dress rehearsal. This is it. — Fletcher Knebel

But being without a mother is like being stripped naked and thrown into the snow. — Nadia Hashimi

I channel surf like probably most people. — Ed O'Neill

Our forefathers made one mistake. What they should have fought for was representation without taxation. — Fletcher Knebel

Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians. — Fletcher Knebel

Never give up. For fifty years they said the horse was through. Now look at him - a status symbol. — Fletcher Knebel

Hollywood, to hear some writers tell it, is the place where they take an author's steak tartare and make cheeseburger out of it. Upon seeing the film, they say, the author promptly cuts his throat, bleeding to death in a pool of money. — Fletcher Knebel

Sceptics are generally ready to believe anything, provided it is sufficiently improbable. — Karl Ludwig Von Knebel

Find a man with both feet firmly on the ground and you've found a man about to make a difficult putt. — Fletcher Knebel

True hope is based on energy of character. A strong mind always hopes!! — Karl Ludwig Von Knebel

No other city in the U.S. can divest the visitor of so much money with so little enthusiasm. In Dallas, they take away with gusto; in New Orleans, with a bow; in San Francisco, with a wink and a grin. In New York, you're lucky if you get a grunt. — Fletcher Knebel

Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics. — Fletcher Knebel

Does the owner of the restaurant own his restaurant? Or does the government own his restaurant? — Rand Paul