"The Mosquito Coast" Quotes

If the whole human race lay in one grave, the epitaph on its headstone might well be: 'It seemed like a good idea at the time.'

The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.

You can't eat money.

There are a lot of ways to be dead, but only one way to be alive.

If you don't have a decent bone in your body, the only thing to do is to put a lot of them around.

I hate the American character. I think it's cruel and superficial.

We eat when we're not hungry, drink when we're not thirsty, buy what we don't need, and throw away everything that's useful. Why sell a man what he wants? Sell him what he doesn't need. You might as well be pushing dope.

I began to see that all the real things, the authentic things, the honest things, are dying. I began to see that the world is being run by fools. I didn't like what I saw.

The world is a composite of many islands, and the only way the islands can be governed is by the people who live on them.

Some people like to listen to the truth. They're not afraid. They know that even a painful truth is better than a reassuring lie.