Whenever somebody comes up with a good idea, there's somebody else who has never had a good idea in his life who stands up and says, "Oh, you can't do that..." Tom Clancy More Quotes by Tom Clancy More Quotes From Tom Clancy I am a politician which means I am a liar and a crook. When I am not kissing babies I am stealing their lollypops. Tom Clancy liars baby mean The U.S. Military is us. There is no truer representation of a country than the people that it sends into the field to fight for it. The people who wear our uniform and carry our rifles into combat are our kids, and our job is to support them, because they're protecting us. Tom Clancy military jobs country I've made up stuff that's turned out to be real, that's the spooky part. Tom Clancy real memorable stuff I do not over-intellectualize the production process. I try to keep it simple: Tell the damned story. Tom Clancy simple writing trying The point of life was to press on, to do the best you can, to make the world a better place. Tom Clancy do-the-best better-place world The smaller the mind, the greater the ego. Tom Clancy ego conceited mind Morituri non cognant, perhaps. Those who are about to die — just don't know. Tom Clancy dies knows A lawyer is just like an attack dog, only without a conscience. Tom Clancy lawyer dog funny If you want to kick the tiger in his ass you'd better have a plan for dealing with his teeth Tom Clancy teeth want inspirational That's the ultimate pornography. There's nothing more pornographic than glorifying war. Tom Clancy pornography ultimate war Success is a finished book, a stack of pages each of which is filled with words. If you reach that point, you have won a victory over yourself no less impressive than sailing single-handed around the world. Tom Clancy sailing writing book You learn to write the same way you learn to play golf... You do it, and keep doing it until you get it right. A lot of people think something mystical happens to you, that maybe the muse kisses you on the ear. But writing isn’t divinely inspired – it’s hard work. Tom Clancy kissing hard-work writing Never ask what sort of computer a guy drives. If he's a Mac user, he'll tell you. If not, why embarrass him? Tom Clancy computer guy memorable People live longer today than they ever have. They live happier lives, have more knowledge, more information. All this is the result of communications technology. How is any of that bad? Tom Clancy communication technology memorable Of all human lamentations, without doubt, the most common is if only I had known. But we can't know, and so days of death and fire so often begin no differently than those of love and warmth. Tom Clancy fire doubt common Being a victim is more palatable than having to recognize the intrinsic contradictions of one's own governing philosophy. Tom Clancy self-pity contradiction philosophy The most wounding insult to an educated Russian was to be called nekulturny-uncultured-yet the same men who sat in the gilt boxes at the Moscow State Opera weeping at the end of a performance of Boris Gudunov could immediately turn around and order the execution or imprisonment of a hundred men without blinking. A strange people, made more strange by their political philosophy. Tom Clancy men philosophy order The Good of the People was a laudable enough goal, but in denying a man's soul, an enduring part of his being, Marxism stripped away the foundation of human dignity and individual value. It also cast aside the objective measure of justice and ethics which, he decided, was the principal legacy of religion to civilized life. Tom Clancy goal justice men I think it's an intellectual duty for a person who lives in a free society to read material not only with which you agree, but with which you disagree. Because every so often somebody you think is wrong will actually turn out to be right. Tom Clancy duty intellectual thinking 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. Tom Clancy fighting winning war
