Tom Clancy quotes

The difference between reality and fiction? Fiction has to make sense. (Tom Clancy)
That's the ultimate pornography... There's nothing more pornographic than glorifying war.
Tom Clancy
Helicopters don't fly, they vibrate so badly the ground rejects them.
Tom Clancy
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
Life is about learning; when you stop learning, you die.
Tom Clancy
Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things cannot be changed.
Tom Clancy
There are two kinds of people: the ones who need to be told and the ones who figure it out all by themselves.
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I've made up stuff that's turned out to be real, that's the spooky part.
Tom Clancy
What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It's not good at much else.
Tom Clancy
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
I write strictly for fun... as long as it stays fun I'll continue to do it. (Tom Clancy)
I'm a spy... I worked for the CIA 15 years. The cover was I worked for the insurance business.
Tom Clancy
I don't discuss works in progress...
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If a hero must have an unmarked grave, it should at least be close to where his comrades fell." "Comrades?" "One way or another we all fight for the things we believe in. Doesn't that give us some common ground?
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The control of information is something the elite always does, particularly in a despotic form of government. Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people.
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The good old days are now.
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The thing you have to understand about fighter pilots is they never quite grow past the stage of little boys buzzing past girls on their bicycles.
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The only way to do all the things you'd like to do is to read.
Tom Clancy
Fix your eyes forward on what you can do, not back on what you cannot change.
Tom Clancy
I'd rather talk to people who do things than complain about other people who do things. I say they're idiots.
Tom Clancy
Victory comes only to those prepared to make it, and take it. (Tom Clancy)
People, I am actually fairly smart. Why has this not occurred to anyone? The information is all out there, if you go looking for it, and the classified stuff just comes from analyzing the unclassified stuff and connecting the dots...
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Things rarely happen for a single reason. Even the cleverest and most skilled manipulators recognize that their real art lies in making use of that which they cannot predict.
Tom Clancy
I've been telling people for 12 years that if you want to get a nuclear device into the United States, just bring it through the port of Miami disguised as cocaine.
Tom Clancy
The difference between me and you is that I do good fiction.
Tom Clancy