--- title: "1 Following orders Quotes By Simon R. Green" description: "1 Following orders quotes by Simon R. Green. Plus more from Simon R. Green and more Following orders sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b37/simon-r-green-6185_following-orders_too-many-people-live-the-lives-other-peo_1229255.jpg" --- > [“Too many people live the lives other people think they ought to, following orders they don't agree with, for causes they don't believe in. They live lives that don't matter, that touch no one and change nothing. For better or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-r-green/too-many-people-live-the-lives-other-people-think-they-ought-to/) [Simon R. Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-r-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b37/simon-r-green-6185_following-orders_too-many-people-live-the-lives-other-peo_1229255.jpg) ## More by Simon R. Green > [“Worship Me Like the Goddess I Am or There Will Be Some Serious Smiting." Jubilee”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-r-green/worship-me-like-the-goddess-i-am-or-there-will-be-some-serious/) [Simon R. Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-r-green/) > [“Don’t you dare try to out-gloom me. I’m the only one here entitled to indulge in deep dark existential brooding.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-r-green/don-t-you-dare-try-to-out-gloom-me-i-m-the-only-one-here-entitled-to/) [Simon R. Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-r-green/) > [“He has also worked as a shop assistant, bicycle-repair mechanic, journalist, actor, eccentric dancer, and mail-order bride. He has never worked for MI5. Don’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-r-green/he-has-also-worked-as-a-shop-assistant-bicycle-repair-mechanic/) [Simon R. Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-r-green/) > [“Families – can’t live with them – can’t take them down to the river and drown them all in sacks.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-r-green/families-can-t-live-with-them-can-t-take-them-down-to-the-river-and/) [Simon R. Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-r-green/) > [“I am the scalpel that cuts out infection, and the heartbreak that makes men wiser.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-r-green/i-am-the-scalpel-that-cuts-out-infection-and-the-heartbreak-that/) [Simon R. Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-r-green/) > [“You’re the only man I know who makes the sign of the cross when confronted with broccoli.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-r-green/you-re-the-only-man-i-know-who-makes-the-sign-of-the-cross-when/) [Simon R. Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-r-green/) > [“Every day there’s something which makes me think ‘I’d better ask Dad about that, I wonder what Mother would say…’ and then I remember,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-r-green/every-day-there-s-something-which-makes-me-think-i-d-better-ask-dad/) [Simon R. Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-r-green/) > [“CHAPTER SIX Dangerous Lab Interns”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-r-green/chapter-six-dangerous-lab-interns/) [Simon R. Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-r-green/) > [Books can be terrible snobs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-r-green/books-can-be-terrible-snobs/) [Simon R. Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-r-green/) > [“Never look back,” I said wisely. “All you’ll ever see are lost opportunities creeping up on you with bad intent.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-r-green/never-look-back-i-said-wisely-all-you-ll-ever-see-are-lost/) [Simon R. Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-r-green/) > [“I’m exempt from anything I damned will feel like on the grounds that I’ll kick anyone’s ass who says otherwise.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-r-green/i-m-exempt-from-anything-i-damned-will-feel-like-on-the-grounds-that/) [Simon R. Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-r-green/) > [We are in the dark places of the earth," said Madman. "Where all the ancient and most dangerous secrets are kept. There are Old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-r-green/we-are-in-the-dark-places-of-the-earth-said-madman-where-all-the/) [Simon R. Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-r-green/) > [“I’m not crazy. I know what I’m doing. You’re just jealous because the voices only speak to me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-r-green/i-m-not-crazy-i-know-what-i-m-doing-you-re-just-jealous-because-the/) [Simon R. 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