Tom Clancy

The first rumors about Zenith came from the Czechoslovakians.

— Tom Clancy

“Only evil of my shadow is my enemy,well die of darkness of life!”

— Tom Clancy

Once you stop believing in Santa Claus, the whole world just goes downhill.

— Tom Clancy

“Time is something that fills the empty spaces of life”

— Tom Clancy

That's the ultimate pornography There's nothing more pornographic than glorifying war.

— Tom Clancy

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

— Tom Clancy

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

— Tom Clancy

“The noblest of ideas have always been protected by warriors.”

— Tom Clancy

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

— Tom Clancy

Probably what pushed the Russians over the edge was SDI. They realized they couldn't beat us.

— Tom Clancy

I'm a spy. It's not really... I worked for the CIA 15 years. The cover was I worked for the insurance business.

— Tom Clancy

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

— Tom Clancy

“The nice thing about enemies is you know where they stand. This is not always true of friends." --General Sergey Voloshin”

— Tom Clancy

Fighting wars is not so much about killing people as it is about finding things out. The more you know, the more…

— Tom Clancy

“thing, most deadly of all to those who hold it in their earthly hands. For yourself, you must decide. What sort of…

— Tom Clancy

One thing about flying that he never got used to was that no matter how awful the weather was on the ground,…

— Tom Clancy

“For the Marines, it validated their claim of “first to fight.” They were the first Allied ground force to take the offensive…

— Tom Clancy

If a hero must have an unmarked grave, it should at least be close to where his comrades fell." "Comrades?" "One way…

— Tom Clancy

There is more to military units than hardware. There is the character of the unit's personnel: their strengths, experience, and knowledge, their…

— Tom Clancy

“It was realism that told Kelly he couldn’t fix all the problems of the world; it was idealism that told him his…

— Tom Clancy

Of all human lamentations, without doubt, the most common is if only I had known. But we can't know, and so days…

— Tom Clancy

Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change about you, but your dream will not. It will always be…

— Tom Clancy

“The Good of the People was a laudable enough goal, but in denying a man's soul, an enduring part of his being,…

— Tom Clancy

“The Kealty administration had promised more “openness” and “transparency” in the clandestine CIA. Jack Junior’s father had written an op-ed in The…

— Tom Clancy

They fought their first action in March of 1775. Embarked on eight small ships, they sailed to the Bahamas and captured a…

— Tom Clancy

For over two weeks, the defenders of Wake Island held off a vastly superior force of Japanese ships and troops, inspiring the…

— Tom Clancy

The most wounding insult to an educated Russian was to be called nekulturny-uncultured-yet the same men who sat in the gilt boxes…

— Tom Clancy

All field agents have some cowboy in them – even the ones from New York.

— Tom Clancy

“the motto of the whole intelligence community: ‘We bet your life.”

— Tom Clancy

When you have stopped learning you have begun to die.

— Tom Clancy

Speak your dialogue out loud. If it sounds like the way people talk, then write it down.

— Tom Clancy

A lawyer is just like an attack dog, only without a conscience.

— Tom Clancy

“They were wheels-up in less than fifteen minutes.”

— Tom Clancy

If you don't write the book, the book ain't gonna get written.

— Tom Clancy

Giving your book to Hollywood is like turning your daughter over to a pimp,

— Tom Clancy

The difference between me and you is that I do good fiction.

— Tom Clancy

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

— Tom Clancy

An overnight success is ten years in the making.

— Tom Clancy

“There was reality, and then there was perception, and rarely the two shall meet.”

— Tom Clancy

Victory comes only to those prepared to make it, and take it.

— Tom Clancy