Quotes from David Archer

The basis of any attempt to take over the world is always going to be a philosophy, and the philosophy in this case is one that has been around for centuries. It's based on the idea that the majority of the people are simply too stupid to know what's good for them, so they need a government that's going to make those decisions on their behalf. As long as there are politicians being voted into office, this philosophy is not going to die out.

She had learned long ago that when something wouldn't make itself clear to her, what she needed to do was walk away from it for a short time.

there is always a better choice than cowardice, if you have business to take care of." Then he laughed and shook his head. "One day, long ago, my life was shaped and my fate was fixed. Fearlessness is better than a faint heart for any man who puts his nose out of doors. The length of my life and the day of my death were fated long ago. But how I live, and how I die, that is my choice.

She didn't drop below fifty, and taught that little Fiesta things Ford never intended it to know.

We live in time where more and more countries are governed not by governments, but by men. Like in old times. And if you are not crazy when you take the throne, you will for sure be crazy if, after ten years, you have not left! Because personal political power make you crazy!

Barking dogs, Sam knew from sad experience, weren't regarded with the same respect they once had been. There was a time when a barking dog would cause the homeowner to get up and look out the windows, just to make sure no one was prowling around the yard. Nowadays, though, most people simply wished the dog would shut up.

That is not how you do it. Think about all your problems at the same time, you might as well cut your veins and climb in the bath. You'll just be completely overwhelmed. We take one problem at a time.

no matter how much we want to believe that our world is just and fair, it isn't. At least in some cases, the only way to have justice is to leave fairness at the door on the way in.

Everything is on the table and nothing on the altar.

and see what new horrors he'd have to deal with. The past four months he'd been on loan to the DEA, and they'd made some big drug busts, shut down some of the most evil purveyors of sin and death that ever lived, but they were like the mythical hydra—as soon as you cut off one of its heads, three more grew back to take its place. Sam wanted to stop cutting off heads and

Was it not Jean-Paul Sartre who said, 'Man is condemned to be free! Because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does!

Neil shook hands with Marco, and then Sarah followed suit. "Just don't start with the tall jokes, okay?" Neil asked. "Let's leave that behind us." Marco grinned. "No problem," he said. "I never make jokes about a man I always look up to.

Odin One Eye," she said as she dialed. "The god of war and magic.

Do you always have to keep your claws out and sharp? Has it ever occurred to you that some of us might just want to be friendly?

He said we had become redundant to ourselves

has a square head. It reminds Peter of the square watermelons they grow in North Africa. They grow them in wooden crates so that as the fruit stretches out during growth it forms the shape of its container. He wonders whether Mathers was grown in a wooden crate.

Today visionaries have access to the technology to upgrade humanity, and terminate the race in the process. Yesterday's visionaries are today's messiahs and angels of death.

Nothing, however, lasts forever. Two weeks can seem like a lifetime when you are just beginning it, but the last day always seems to have come too quickly. It was finally time to head back to the real world,

wasn't as pleasant lately, Sam thought, as he made his way through the back entry to the detectives' division. There weren't so many people there

Westerners think with their stomachs, Jews think with their hearts, Muslims think what they are told to think.

you know what the word 'Islam' means in Arabic, Mr. Mason?" ?"Subjugation." ?"Good." He nodded approval. "Very good. Islam is extraordinarily clever at making people feel good about being obedient. If I may paraphrase John, greater obedience hath no man than this, that he will lay down his life for his master.

Dialogue with an AK47 always ends the same way. The AK47 is always right.

with three extra bedrooms upstairs

True freedom is freedom from the illusion of morality, from the belief that there is good and evil. There is only power, Mr. Mason.