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

Fix your eyes forward on what you can do, not back on what you cannot change.
Topics: Inspirational, Motivation, Eye
source: - "Kudlow & Cramer" Interview, September 02, 2003.
Topics: Government, People, Liberty, Libertarian Party
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
source: - "Vonnegut and Clancy on Technology". Interview with Sarah Schafer, www.inc.com. December 15, 1995.
Topics: Government, People, Political, Information Knowledge, Power Of Knowledge
source: - "Vonnegut and Clancy on Technology". Interview with Sarah Schafer, www.inc.com. December 15, 1995.
Topics: Ideas, Brilliant Ideas, Come Up
source: - "Writers". Book by A. Deutsch, 1995.
Topics: Dream, Real, Responsibility, Ultimate Success, Dream World
The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.
Topics: Life, Witty, Truth, Creative Writing, Fiction And Reality
Topics: Writing, Simple, Trying, Keep It Simple
Topics: Home, Gun, Law, Machine Guns
Fundamentally, I think of myself as a storyteller, not a writer.
Topics: Memorable, Thinking, Storyteller
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 point of life was to press on, to do the best you can, to make the world a better place.
Topics: World
The smaller the mind, the greater the ego.
source: - Tom Clancy (1994). “Without Remorse”, p.254, Penguin
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
Every person you meet - and everything you do in life - is an opportunity to learn something.
Topics: Opportunity, Opportunities To Learn, Life Is
source: - "O'Reilly Factor", www.freerepublic.com. September 21, 2001.
Topics: Bridges, Differences, People, Pretty Picture
source: - Tom Clancy (1994). “Without Remorse”, p.180, Penguin
Topics: Reality, Names, Differences
Once you stop believing in Santa Claus, the whole world just goes downhill.
source: - Tom Clancy (1994). “Three Complete Novels”, Putnam Adult
Remember, for every shot you fire, someone, somewhere, is making money.
Topics: Inspirational, Fire, Remember
source: - Tom Clancy, Martin Greenberg (2000). “Tom Clancy SSN”, p.265, Penguin
source: - "Executive Orders". Book by Tom Clancy, p. 613, 1996.
Topics: Sex, Taken, Mean, Overcrowding, Cruel And Unusual Punishment
source: - Tom Clancy (2004). “The Teeth Of The Tiger”, p.157, Penguin
Victory comes only to those prepared to make it, and take it.
source: - Tom Clancy (2010). “Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan”, p.1574, Penguin
source: - "Vonnegut and Clancy on Technology". Interview with Sarah Schafer, www.inc.com. December 15, 1995.
Topics: Thinking, Intellectual, Duty, Free Society
source: - "Vonnegut and Clancy on Technology". Interview with Sarah Schafer, www.inc.com. December 15, 1995.
We cannot fail to win unless we fail to try.
source: - Tom Clancy (2010). “Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan”, p.691, Penguin
source: - Tom Clancy (2003). “Red Rabbit”, p.47, Penguin
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
I just finished reading the Koran, and there's nothing in there I didn't hear in Sunday school.
Topics: Reading, School, Sunday, Sunday School
Helicopters don't fly, they vibrate so badly the ground rejects them.
source: - Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
Topics: Memorable, Helicopters, Rejects, Vibrate
Bill Clinton is a man who thinks international affairs means dating a girl from out of town.
Topics: Girl, Mean, Men, International Affairs
source: - Tom Clancy (2001). “The Bear and the Dragon”, p.13, Penguin
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: Philosophy, Men, Order, Political Philosophy
source: - Tom Clancy (1990). “Clear and Present Danger”, p.201, Penguin
Topics: Wise, Real, Mistake, Serious Mistakes
source: - Tom Clancy (1995). “Debt of Honor”, p.134, Penguin
Topics: Fire, Doubt, Common, Lamentation
Topics: People, Imagination, Stereotype
Topics: Philosophy, Self Pity, Contradiction
source: - "Kudlow & Cramer", September 2, 2003.
Topics: Years, People, United States
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
source: - Tom Clancy (1992). “The Hunt for Red October”, p.136, Penguin
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
source: - "Vonnegut and Clancy on Technology". Interview with Sarah Schafer, www.inc.com. December 15, 1995.
Topics: Memorable, Technology, Today
source: - Tom Clancy (1990). “Clear and Present Danger”, p.459, Penguin
Topics: Ideas, Important, Principles, Important Words
source: - Tom Clancy (1995). “Debt of Honor”, p.88, Penguin
Topics: Art, Real, Lying, Manipulator
Civilians listened to officers, which said a lot about the intelligence of civilians.
source: - Tom Clancy (1994). “Without Remorse”, p.53, Penguin
source: - "What Do 'The Eyes of Tammy Faye' See?". "Larry King Live Weekend", transcripts.cnn.com. August 27, 2000.
source: - Tom Clancy (1992). “The Hunt for Red October”, p.158, Penguin
Topics: Lying, Order, Principles
source: - "Clancy Speaks Again, Briefly". Tom Clancy's post, clancyfaq.com, February 12, 2000.
Topics: Smart, People, Information, Classified Information, Connecting The Dots
source: - Tom Clancy (1992). “The Hunt for Red October”, p.42, Penguin
source: - Tom Clancy (2010). “Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan”, p.2366, Penguin
Topics: Believe, Hero, Fighting, Common Ground
source: - "Vonnegut and Clancy on Technology". Interview with Sarah Schafer, www.inc.com. December 15, 1995.
Topics: People, Complaining, Idiot
Topics: Loss, Lost Friendship, Vietnam
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
source: - Tom Clancy (1990). “Clear and Present Danger”, p.448, Penguin
Topics: Country, America, People, Spires, Connecticut
Morituri non cognant, perhaps. Those who are about to die — just don't know.
source: - "Without Remorse".
source: - "Vonnegut and Clancy on Technology". Interview with Sarah Schafer, www.inc.com. December 15, 1995.
Topics: Country, Memorable, America, Access To Information
Topics: Simple, Trying, Stories, Keep It Simple
Topics: Kgb, People, Signatures, Termination
source: - Tom Clancy (1996). “Marine: A Guided Tour of a Marine Expeditionary Unit”, p.2, Penguin
Topics: Military, Character, Marine, Battlefields
Surviving is much more painful than death.
source: - Tom Clancy, Mark Greaney (2013). “Command Authority”, p.306, Penguin
source: - Tom Clancy (1992). “The Hunt for Red October”, p.41, Penguin
Topics: Reading, Sunday, Lessons To Be Learned, Political Awareness, Editorials
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
source: - Tom Clancy (2010). “Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan”, p.2389, Penguin
Topics: Morning, Moving, People, Finish Line
source: - "Vonnegut and Clancy on Technology". Interview with Sarah Schafer, www.inc.com. December 15, 1995.
Topics: Technology, People, Nails
Topics: School, Years, Literature, High School Students
Topics: Character, Writing, Information
source: - "Marine". Book by Tom Clancy, 1996.
Topics: War, Marine, Fighting, Bahamas, Revolutionary War
I write strictly for fun... as long as it stays fun I'll continue to do it.
source: - Interview with Don Swaim, 1986.
source: - "Vonnegut and Clancy on Technology". Interview with Sarah Schafer, www.inc.com. December 15, 1995.
Topics: Country, Memorable, Technology
source: - "Tom Clancy, General Chuck Horner return to Desert Storm". Interview with Jamie Allen, edition.cnn.com. May 12, 1999.
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
Topics: Smart, Confusion, Leaving, Happy Thoughts
source: - Tom Clancy (2010). “Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan”, p.1394, Penguin
Topics: Art, Book, Different, Books And Movies