61 Quotes by Dan O'Brien

The gyrfalcon Dan flew that day was a bird of the year who was just learning to hunt. When he brought her out, I shook my head at the size of her. She was massive; Dan had aptly named her Jabba the Hut. As with all falcons, female gyrfalcons are a third larger than the males. ... She thought that she was a person and treated Dan as her mate.This gave new meaning to the term "henpecked.

These are good people out here,' he said. 'Most honest people in the world. They wouldn't lie to you for anything.' He shook his head. 'But they'll lie to themselves every time.

You can only look forward to a South Dakota winter if, as with childbirth, remodeling a house, or writing a novel, you're able to forget how bad it was the last time.

The final payment for America's cheap food of the last century is still outstanding.

The decathlon includes ten separate events and they all matter. You can't work on just one of them.

If you never give up, you'll be successful.

You have to be able to be a good loser. You have to be okay knowing you're going to fail every day in something without getting mad and upset.

When I was little, I wasn't allowed to put sugar on my breakfast cereal because it made me so hyper.

I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little.