1,151 Quotes by James Patterson

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    You have to respect your enemy. Never, ever underestimate them. The second you do, they’ll squash you. Be smart about them. Respect their abilities, even if they don’t respect yours.

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    I won’t lie to you – it was hilarious. Yes, we were in trouble, yes, this was a disaster, and so one and so forth, but I have to say, seeing those upturned faces, the looks, was bout the best thing that happened to us since we’d come to New York.

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    Give a guy with an inferiority complex some power and watch out.” I.

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    I love Nudge, Nudge is a great kid, but that motormouth of hers could have turned Mother Teresa into an ax murderer.

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    I’ll just ask now: What is it about my persona that draws every insane, power-hungry nutcase to me like a magnet?

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    Angel: What’s sauerkraut? Max: You don’t want it. Trust me.

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    We’re all on death row, ultimately. Are you so stupid that don’t see that? Sure, you kids in here, as enemies of the system, will assuredly die earlier than most. As well you should. But all of us everywhere have a one-way ticket to death.

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