"Sometimes a Great Notion" Quotes
Family dynamics and the clash between individualism and unionization take center stage in this multi-generational tale set against the backdrop of the Pacific Northwest timber industry.
fiction | 640 pages | Published in 2006
Quotes
Maybe you were hit by a moose on the way up, but we want a loan of money from you.
Never give a woman what she wants. If you do, you'll never see her happy again.
It ain't what a man don't know that makes him a fool, but what he does know that ain't so.
There ain't nothin' in the world that beats a good sleep.
A man ain't nothing more than his word.
A man's got to be boss of his own soul, or he ain't got nothing.
You can't clear up a problem with the same thinking that created it.
It ain't about who's right or wrong. It's about what's right or wrong.
Sometimes you've got to look at things sideways to see them straight.
People don't change. They just get more of who they really are.
