Top 120 Douglas Preston Quotes (2024 Update)
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Douglas Preston Quote: “Retribution is just outstanding.”

101. “Retribution is just outstanding.”

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Douglas Preston Quote: “A series of droughts between AD 760 and 800 seem to have been the trigger for famine that hit the common people disproportionately hard. It was the last straw for a society teetering on the edge of alienation and conflict.”

102. “A series of droughts between AD 760 and 800 seem to have been the trigger for famine that hit the common people disproportionately hard. It was the last straw for a society teetering on the edge of alienation and conflict.”

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Douglas Preston Quote: “The dangers of exploring Mosquitia go beyond the natural deterrents. Honduras has one of the highest murder rates in the world. Eighty percent of the cocaine from South America destined for the United States is shipped through Honduras, most of it via Mosquitia.”

103. “The dangers of exploring Mosquitia go beyond the natural deterrents. Honduras has one of the highest murder rates in the world. Eighty percent of the cocaine from South America destined for the United States is shipped through Honduras, most of it via Mosquitia.”

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Douglas Preston Quote: “Did you know that research on gorillas has shown that they communicate using gestures? Now listen to this. An ASL-like language may very well have preceded spoken language in human development. A kind of language with gestures and vocalizations. Gradually the vocalizations took over from the gestures, because it’s so much more convenient to speak than gesture.”

104. “Did you know that research on gorillas has shown that they communicate using gestures? Now listen to this. An ASL-like language may very well have preceded spoken language in human development. A kind of language with gestures and vocalizations. Gradually the vocalizations took over from the gestures, because it’s so much more convenient to speak than gesture.”

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Douglas Preston Quote: “My idle curiosity might lead to something more official, if the lieutenant feels his work is being hindered by an officious, small-minded, self-important bureaucrat. Not you, of course. I speak in general terms only.”

105. “My idle curiosity might lead to something more official, if the lieutenant feels his work is being hindered by an officious, small-minded, self-important bureaucrat. Not you, of course. I speak in general terms only.”

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Douglas Preston Quote: “Incidents of Travel.”

106. “Incidents of Travel.”

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Douglas Preston Quote: “She created a new world for herself. It blew my mind to see this animal acquire language. And then literally reshape her world with it.”

107. “She created a new world for herself. It blew my mind to see this animal acquire language. And then literally reshape her world with it.”

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Douglas Preston Quote: “The ultimate offense was the idea that Europeans “discovered” the New World to begin with, as if the people living here didn’t exist before Europeans saw them.”

108. “The ultimate offense was the idea that Europeans “discovered” the New World to begin with, as if the people living here didn’t exist before Europeans saw them.”

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Douglas Preston Quote: “The fact is, you lied about hearing something because you didn’t want the management to know you were drunk on duty. Isn’t that right?”

109. “The fact is, you lied about hearing something because you didn’t want the management to know you were drunk on duty. Isn’t that right?”

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Douglas Preston Quote: “When I walk to the pulpit on a Sunday and see my parishioners seated so properly in their rows, so neatly dressed, so assured and expectant, I am filled with a sense of panic. I have not done what I set out to do. In forty years, what have I given these people? Only a sense of complacency?”

110. “When I walk to the pulpit on a Sunday and see my parishioners seated so properly in their rows, so neatly dressed, so assured and expectant, I am filled with a sense of panic. I have not done what I set out to do. In forty years, what have I given these people? Only a sense of complacency?”

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Douglas Preston Quote: “He was glad to see the agent back in form, at least superficially, his finely chiseled face so pale that it might have been crafted from marble, his eyes especially bright in the cool wash of natural light that filled the space. He was, however, as thin as a damn scarecrow.”

111. “He was glad to see the agent back in form, at least superficially, his finely chiseled face so pale that it might have been crafted from marble, his eyes especially bright in the cool wash of natural light that filled the space. He was, however, as thin as a damn scarecrow.”

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Douglas Preston Quote: “I wish you’d told me I was going to be piloting a Yellow Submarine.” “To what end? It would only have worried you. These DSVs are idiotproof.”

112. “I wish you’d told me I was going to be piloting a Yellow Submarine.” “To what end? It would only have worried you. These DSVs are idiotproof.”

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Douglas Preston Quote: “He had reached an age where he found the best way to deal with unpleasantness was to pretend it didn’t exist.”

113. “He had reached an age where he found the best way to deal with unpleasantness was to pretend it didn’t exist.”

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Douglas Preston Quote: “The third board popped off. The opening was now big enough to squeeze through. The dogs in town were barking hysterically.”

114. “The third board popped off. The opening was now big enough to squeeze through. The dogs in town were barking hysterically.”

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Douglas Preston Quote: “Even the charms of paradise can pale with time.”

115. “Even the charms of paradise can pale with time.”

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Douglas Preston Quote: “Zero-sum games deal with resources that neither increase nor decrease in amount – they only shift from one player to the other. Given your present frame of mind, were you to speak now, I’m afraid you might say something rash. I would feel it incumbent to offer a rejoinder. As a result of this exchange, you would be mortified and humiliated, which – as dictated by the rules of game theory – would increase my influence and status at your expense.”

116. “Zero-sum games deal with resources that neither increase nor decrease in amount – they only shift from one player to the other. Given your present frame of mind, were you to speak now, I’m afraid you might say something rash. I would feel it incumbent to offer a rejoinder. As a result of this exchange, you would be mortified and humiliated, which – as dictated by the rules of game theory – would increase my influence and status at your expense.”

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Douglas Preston Quote: “Angels and ministers of grace defend us,” Pendergast murmured.”

117. “Angels and ministers of grace defend us,” Pendergast murmured.”

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Douglas Preston Quote: “Sherlock Holmes used the process of induction – not deduction.”

118. “Sherlock Holmes used the process of induction – not deduction.”

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Douglas Preston Quote: “Given the two six-packs of Pabst Blue Ribbon you drank, I’d say that by midshift your blood alcohol concentration must have been around 0.2 percent, leaving you in no condition to notice any disturbance, much less investigate it.”

119. “Given the two six-packs of Pabst Blue Ribbon you drank, I’d say that by midshift your blood alcohol concentration must have been around 0.2 percent, leaving you in no condition to notice any disturbance, much less investigate it.”

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Douglas Preston Quote: “What? This cleric wants to give Jennie religious instruction? How peverse!” I explained that he was really a harmless old man who Jennie was quite fond of. Dr. Prentiss found the whole idea diabolical. It would ruin her experiment! Well, I thought about that for all of two seconds and decided that what was right for Jennie was not necessarily right for Dr. Prentiss and her experiments. There are times, you know, when a mother simply has to do what she thinks is right.”

120. “What? This cleric wants to give Jennie religious instruction? How peverse!” I explained that he was really a harmless old man who Jennie was quite fond of. Dr. Prentiss found the whole idea diabolical. It would ruin her experiment! Well, I thought about that for all of two seconds and decided that what was right for Jennie was not necessarily right for Dr. Prentiss and her experiments. There are times, you know, when a mother simply has to do what she thinks is right.”

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Douglas Preston Quote: “Sleep is an unfortunate biological requirement that both wastes time and leaves one vulnerable.”

121. “Sleep is an unfortunate biological requirement that both wastes time and leaves one vulnerable.”

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Douglas Preston Quote: “Not in my swamp, with my alligators. -Pendergast.”

122. “Not in my swamp, with my alligators. -Pendergast.”

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Douglas Preston Quote: “There is more in the world than is dreamt of in your philosophy, Doctor – or in the Merck Manual.”

123. “There is more in the world than is dreamt of in your philosophy, Doctor – or in the Merck Manual.”

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Douglas Preston Quote: “When all else has been discarded, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”

124. “When all else has been discarded, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”

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