22 Quotes & Sayings By Richard Diaz

Richard Diaz is the New York Times bestselling author of seven novels, including The Scent of Shadows, A Godforsaken Place, and The Dragon's Path. His work has been translated into seventeen languages. He is a former U.S. Marine Corps officer who served in Iraq and Afghanistan Read more

His fiction has been called "a kind of American version of Homer's epics."

If you can't tolerate the truth, never ask me a...
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If you can't tolerate the truth, never ask me a question. Richard Diaz
Most doctors are prisoners of their education and shackled by...
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Most doctors are prisoners of their education and shackled by their profession. Richard Diaz
Science is a tool of Common Sense. When we insist...
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Science is a tool of Common Sense. When we insist that all valid information come from science or doctors, Common Sense becomes uncommon or lost forever. Richard Diaz
Without Freedom or Liberty, creativity can not exist.
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Without Freedom or Liberty, creativity can not exist. Richard Diaz
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Anyone can follow a crowd. It's the leader that follows the facts. Richard Diaz
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That which is good for the society is not necessarily good for the individual. That which is good for the individual is good for the society. Richard Diaz
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The details of life have a tendency to interfere with the actual living of life. Richard Diaz
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Books deliver information so that experience has a chance to exercise creativity. Richard Diaz
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Everybody listens to me with a focus on my words. This is a mistake. The words are the vehicle to deliver an idea. Always listen to the idea, it's more valid then any words that I can use. Richard Diaz
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For every question, there is an answer. Where everybody fails is by asking the wrong question. Richard Diaz
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If we don't learn from each others experience, we are forced to listen to people who have economic reasons to withhold critical information from us all. The other option is to wait for the government to tell us what their financial supporters want us to know. Richard Diaz
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Regaining health is more difficult an objective then becoming ill. Becoming ill is a random act of ignorance and regaining health is an intentional effort in frustration. Richard Diaz
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-Speaking about Vaccinations - "If you accept the truth after the fact, the pain will last a life time. Richard Diaz
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A good Policeman/woman looks for crimes. A bad policeman/woman looks for opportunity. Richard Diaz
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There has always been an elegance to the application of excellence. Richard Diaz
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There is no effort in time wasted by remembering the truth. A lie requires an effort of life and wasted time to remember because one lie tends to become a lifestyle that destroys. Richard Diaz
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Medicine is a golden goose that has to be killed because every time the goose lays a golden egg, someone gets sick or dead. Richard Diaz
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Those who do scientific or medical studies and have conclusions are reflecting the results preferred by those who pay them. Richard Diaz
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With certainty, I can predict that there will never be a cure to cancer. The only hope for any of us is to concentrate on cause and prevent the misery. Richard Diaz
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Facts are a strange thing .. . when you know the facts to be true, they turn you into a revolutionary. Richard Diaz
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When you have the means and information to cure a disease and don't .. . you are the disease. Richard Diaz