Quotes from Tom Clancy

No matter what you or anyone else does, there will be someone who says that there's something bad about it.

What do I know about sex? I'm a married man.

Show me an elitist, and I'll show you a loser.

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.

Wars are begun by frightened men.

Remember, for every shot you fire, someone, somewhere, is making money.

Being a victim is more palatable than having to recognize the intrinsic contradictions of one's own governing philosophy.

I am a politician which means I am a liar and a crook. When I am not kissing babies I am stealing their lollypops.

When I go to peoples' houses I like to sneak into their bedrooms and try on their underwear.

The only person who has artistic control is the director, and 'director' is how you spell God in Hollywood.

The good old days are now.

(Stereotyping) is only for those without the imagination to see people as they are instead of being like someone else they understand.

Fix your eyes forward on what you can do, not back on what you cannot change.

Learn to write the same way you learn to play golf. You do it and keep doing it until you get it right.

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

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.

Ebola is a nasty disease to get. It's scary. But as a weapon, it is probably not likely. Ebola is a difficult malady to weaponize and deliver efficiently.

When I was doing 'Executive Orders,' I talked about Ebola to people who know about infectious diseases and their use as weapons of war, and guys told me that these weapons are more psychological than physical.

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.

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..."

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

Never ask what sort of computer a guy drives. If he's a Mac user, he'll tell you. If not, why embarrass him?

The objective of a terrorist is to create political change in the society he targets.

In battle, you forgive a man anything except an unwillingness to take risks. Sometimes you have to put it on the line.