Quotes by Tom Clancy

About Tom Clancy:

Thomas Leo was an American novelist best known for his technically detailed espionage and military science storylines set during and after the Cold War. Seventeen of his novels were bestsellers, and more than 100 million copies of his books are in print. His name was also used on movie scripts written by ghost writers, non-fiction books on military subjects, and video games. He was a part-owner of the Baltimore Orioles and Vice Chairman of their Community Activities and Public Affairs committees.
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The only real difference between a wise man and a fool, Moore knew, was that the wise man tended to make more serious mistakes—and only because no one trusted a fool with really crucial decisions; only the wise had the opportunity to lose battles, ...

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Jack looked out the window as they passed the Mormon temple, just outside the beltway near Connecticut Avenue. A decidedly odd-looking building, it had grandeur with its marble columns and gilt spires. The beliefs represented by that impressive struc...

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The point of life was to press on, to do the best you can, to make the world a better place.

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I understand why we do that now. It’s a help, not a threat. It’s something to remind you how important words are. Ideas are important. Principles are important. Words are important. Your word is the most important of all. Your word is who you are...

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There is no seamen in the world who prefers a slow ship to a fast one. The painters painted better, the cooks took a little more time with the meals, and the technicians tightened the bolts just a little more. Their ship was no longer a cripple, and ...

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

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Poor people have poor options. Chavez found the Army almost by accident, and had found it a true open of security and opportunity and fellowship and respect.

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The President was trapped – and with nearly every president, it had come about from his own words. Presidential promises and statements… The people had this annoying way of remembering them. And even if they didn't, there were journalists and pol...

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One presidential advisor to another: "If the world made sense, we'd all have to find honest work.

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The assistant commander at any post is supposed to be a ruthless son of a bitch.

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So few people were left who knew what combat was like. People were so easy to frighten. Combat taught a man what to fear – and what to ignore.

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Clancy comments that the subtleties of national character can impact the world stage by making espionage more difficult. Americans were quirky by nature, making the sorts of eccentric moves that had to be followed up on as potential espionage cues. R...

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

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Intelligence people are no different from anybody else. They have preconceptions, and when they see them in real life, it reinforces how brilliant they think they are.

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He had to do so many things and make each appear as though it were the only thing he had to do. He had to compartmentalize everything, when on one task to pretend that the others didn't exist.

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A lively discussion is usually helpful, because the hottest fire makes the hardest steel.

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Books and movies are different art forms with different rules. And because of that, they never translate exactly.

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There are only two ways we can be beaten: we die or we give up. And we're not giving up.

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Danger confronted properly is not something a man must fear.

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Sunday was the normal day for the political awareness session at sea. Ordinarily Putin would have officiated, reading some Pravada editorials, followed by selected quotations from the works of Lenin and a discussion of the lessons to be learned from ...

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Author Bio

  • NameTom Clancy
  • DescriptionAmerican author
  • AliasesThomas Leo Clancy, Jr.
  • BornApril 12, 1947
  • DiedOctober 1, 2013
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist
  • WorksThreat Vector; The Hunt For Red October
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship