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Tom Clancy quotes

Ocupation: Novelist

Life: April 12, 1947 - October 1, 2013

Birthday: April 12

Death: October 1


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The good old days are now.

source: - "Vonnegut and Clancy on Technology". Interview with Sarah Schafer, www.inc.com. December 15, 1995.

Topics: Old Days, Good Old Days

quote fix your eyes forward on what you can do not back on what you cannot change tom clancy Quotes

Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things cannot be changed.

source: - Tom Clancy (1995). “Debt of Honor”, p.579, Penguin

Topics: Change, Hope, Men

Life is about learning; when you stop learning, you die.

source: - "The Appraiser's Handbook: A Guide for Doctors". Book by Nick Lyons, Susanne Caesar, Abayomi McEwen, and John Denham, p. 11, 2006.

Topics: Life Is

The smaller the mind, the greater the ego.

source: - Tom Clancy (1994). “Without Remorse”, p.254, Penguin

Topics: Conceited, Ego, Mind

If you want to kick the tiger in his ass you'd better have a plan for dealing with his teeth

source: - Tom Clancy (2004). “The Teeth Of The Tiger”, p.101, Penguin

Topics: Inspirational, Teeth, Want

Once you stop believing in Santa Claus, the whole world just goes downhill.

source: - Tom Clancy (1994). “Three Complete Novels”, Putnam Adult

Topics: Believe, World, Santa

Well, It's a Communist country, and the Communists do not reward personal initiative...except by execution.

source: - Tom Clancy, Martin Greenberg (2000). “Tom Clancy SSN”, p.265, Penguin

Topics: Country, Politics, Rewards

Victory comes only to those prepared to make it, and take it.

source: - Tom Clancy (2010). “Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan”, p.1574, Penguin

Topics: Victory, Prepared

Fighting wars is not so much about killing people as it is about finding things out. The more you know, the more likely you are to win a battle.

source: - "Vonnegut and Clancy on Technology". Interview with Sarah Schafer, www.inc.com. December 15, 1995.

Topics: War, Fighting, Winning

We cannot fail to win unless we fail to try.

source: - Tom Clancy (2010). “Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan”, p.691, Penguin

Topics: Success, Sports, Winning

That's the ultimate pornography. There's nothing more pornographic than glorifying war.

source: - "Tom Clancy, General Chuck Horner return to Desert Storm". Interview with Jamie Allen, edition.cnn.com. May 12, 1999.

Topics: War, Pornography, Ultimate

It was one thing to use computers as a tool, quite another to let them do your thinking for you.

source: - Tom Clancy (1992). “The Hunt for Red October”, p.80, Penguin

Topics: Thinking, Tools, Use

Success will ruin your life.

source: - "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Topics: Memorable, Ruins

The difference between me and you is that I do good fiction.

source: - Tom Clancy's Speech at the National Press Club, May 18,1999.

Topics: Differences, Fiction

Privacy and loneliness were the traditional luxuries accorded to a skipper.

source: - Tom Clancy (2010). “Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan”, p.2420, Penguin

Topics: Loneliness, Luxury, Privacy, Skipper

The human condition today is better than it's ever been, and technology is one of the reasons for that.

source: - "Vonnegut and Clancy on Technology". Interview with Sarah Schafer, www.inc.com. December 15, 1995.

Topics: Memorable, Technology, Today

Civilians listened to officers, which said a lot about the intelligence of civilians.

source: - Tom Clancy (1994). “Without Remorse”, p.53, Penguin

Topics: Said, Officers, Civilians

I'm a spy. It's not really... I worked for the CIA 15 years. The cover was I worked for the insurance business.

source: - "What Do 'The Eyes of Tammy Faye' See?". "Larry King Live Weekend", transcripts.cnn.com. August 27, 2000.

Topics: Years, Spy, Cia

It is a principle of diplomacy that one must know something of the truth in order to lie convincingly.

source: - Tom Clancy (1992). “The Hunt for Red October”, p.158, Penguin

Topics: Lying, Order, Principles

I'd rather talk to people who do things than complain about other people who do things. I say they're idiots.

source: - "Vonnegut and Clancy on Technology". Interview with Sarah Schafer, www.inc.com. December 15, 1995.

Topics: People, Complaining, Idiot

In the Soviet Union it was illegal to take a photograph of a train station. Look what happened to them. They tried to classify everything.

source: - "Vonnegut and Clancy on Technology". Interview with Sarah Schafer, www.inc.com. December 15, 1995.

Topics: Photography, Looks, Unions, Train Stations

Ice hockey is the closest thing to religion permitted by the Soviet Union.

source: - Tom Clancy (1989). “The Cardinal of the Kremlin”, p.175, Penguin

Topics: Hockey, Ice, Unions

Surviving is much more painful than death.

source: - Tom Clancy, Mark Greaney (2013). “Command Authority”, p.306, Penguin

Topics: Painful, Surviving

Probably what pushed the Russians over the edge was SDI... They realized they couldn't beat us...

source: - "Vonnegut and Clancy on Technology". Interview with Sarah Schafer, www.inc.com. December 15, 1995.

Topics: Memorable, Beats, Over The Edge

The first rumors about Zenith came from the Czechoslovakians.

source: - Tom Clancy, Mark Greaney (2013). “Command Authority”, p.298, Penguin

Topics: Rumor, Zenith, Firsts

There used to be this country called the Soviet Union; it's not there anymore. Our technology was better than theirs.

source: - "Vonnegut and Clancy on Technology". Interview with Sarah Schafer, www.inc.com. December 15, 1995.

Topics: Country, Memorable, Technology

I was one of the first generations to watch television. TV exposes people to news, to information, to knowledge, to entertainment. How is it bad?

source: - "Vonnegut and Clancy on Technology". Interview with Sarah Schafer, www.inc.com. December 15, 1995.

Topics: People, Watches, Generations

I don't discuss works in progress.

source: - Interview with Sacha A. Howells, CheckOut.com, June 27, 2004.

Topics: Progress, Work In Progress


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