--- title: "4 Driven Quotes By Dean Koontz" description: "4 Driven quotes by Dean Koontz. Plus more from Dean Koontz and more Driven sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f8/dean-koontz-118_addict_in-real-life-during-the-last-decade-of-t_1397567.jpg" --- > [In real life during the last decade of the twentieth century, Rumpelstiltskin would probably get the queen's daughter. He would no doubt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/in-real-life-during-the-last-decade-of-the-twentieth-century/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f8/dean-koontz-118_addict_in-real-life-during-the-last-decade-of-t_1397567.jpg) > [Anger is a violent emotion, vindictive, and as dangerous to he who is driven by it as to anyone on whom it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/anger-is-a-violent-emotion-vindictive-and-as-dangerous-to-he-who-is/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/dean-koontz-118_anger_anger-is-a-violent-emotion-vindictive-an_1607218.jpg) > [In my books, I never portray violence as a reasonable solution to a problem. If the lead characters in the story are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/in-my-books-i-never-portray-violence-as-a-reasonable-solution-to-a/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03f/dean-koontz-118_books_in-my-books-i-never-portray-violence-as_1887168.jpg) > [The answer to the mystery of existence is the love you shared sometimes so imperfectly, and when the loss wakes you to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/the-answer-to-the-mystery-of-existence-is-the-love-you-shared/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b2/dean-koontz-118_answers_the-answer-to-the-mystery-of-existence-i_2974236.jpg) ## Other authors on Driven - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-neil-degrasse-tyson-70683.jpg) Neil deGrasse Tyson 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/driven/neil-degrasse-tyson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/driven/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-giroux-41521.jpg) Henry Giroux 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/driven/henry-giroux/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-narendra-modi-70220.jpg) Narendra Modi 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/driven/narendra-modi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-freeman-dyson-36286.jpg) Freeman Dyson 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/driven/freeman-dyson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-faulkner-95400.jpg) William Faulkner 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/driven/william-faulkner/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-mitt-romney-68672.jpg) Mitt Romney 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/driven/mitt-romney/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-w-bush-38036.jpg) George W. Bush 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/driven/george-w-bush/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-geoff-johns-37372.jpg) Geoff Johns 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/driven/geoff-johns/) - [Craig D. Lounsbrough 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/driven/craig-d-lounsbrough/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-cornel-west-25169.jpg) Cornel West 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/driven/cornel-west/) ## More by Dean Koontz > [“This kind of derangement is emblematic of humankind. Grave faults are said to be only eccentricities, and imperfections are routinely celebrated as mere differences…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/this-kind-of-derangement-is-emblematic-of-humankind-grave-faults-are/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) > [“He often remembered his dad's admonition that envy was mental theft. If you coveted another man's possessions, Dad said, then you should be willing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/he-often-remembered-his-dad-s-admonition-that-envy-was-mental-theft/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) > [But victimhood was seductive, a release from responsibility and caring. Fear would be transmuted into weary resignation; failure would no longer generate guilt but,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/but-victimhood-was-seductive-a-release-from-responsibility-and-caring/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) > [What really holds their marriage together are mutual respect of an awesome depth, a shared sense of humor, faith that they were brought together…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/what-really-holds-their-marriage-together-are-mutual-respect-of-an/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) > [“Her mother said that three great powers kept the universe going. The first and the strongest was God. Each of the two additional powers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/her-mother-said-that-three-great-powers-kept-the-universe-going-the/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) > [“I stopped keeping an eye out for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve because, when I was five, my mother told me that Santa was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/i-stopped-keeping-an-eye-out-for-santa-claus-on-christmas-eve-because/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) > [“To one degree or another, I have been happy most of my life, in part because the world has infinite charms if you wish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/to-one-degree-or-another-i-have-been-happy-most-of-my-life-in-part/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) > [“This life is just a bootcamp, to test and toughen us, to prepare us for the next life of service in some great adventure.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/this-life-is-just-a-bootcamp-to-test-and-toughen-us-to-prepare-us-for/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) > [“A madman should have a madman’s laugh, not the warm chuckle of a favorite uncle.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/a-madman-should-have-a-madman-s-laugh-not-the-warm-chuckle-of-a/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) > [“Anger was a reliable defense, but one that allowed no chance of final victory. Anger was a medicine but never a cure, briefly numbing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/anger-was-a-reliable-defense-but-one-that-allowed-no-chance-of-final/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) > [“Nothing is predetermined for us, and yet all our possible choices are threads in the vast weave of things, so that we have free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/nothing-is-predetermined-for-us-and-yet-all-our-possible-choices-are/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) > [“In fact, time teaches us that the musical score of life oscillates between that of Psycho and that of The Sound of Music, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/in-fact-time-teaches-us-that-the-musical-score-of-life-oscillates/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) > [“Some will accuse me of being judgmental. Thank you. And proud of it. You wreck a kid's life, I have no pity for you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/some-will-accuse-me-of-being-judgmental-thank-you-and-proud-of-it-you/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) > [“Waiting is one of the things that humans beings cannot do well, though it is one of the essential things we must do successfully…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/waiting-is-one-of-the-things-that-humans-beings-cannot-do-well-though/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) > [“Dogs know we need to give affection as much as they need to receive it. They were the first therapists; they've been in practice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/dogs-know-we-need-to-give-affection-as-much-as-they-need-to-receive/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/driven/dean-koontz/#itemlist", "name": "4 Driven Quotes By Dean Koontz", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In real life during the last decade of the twentieth century, Rumpelstiltskin would probably get the queen's daughter. 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