Quotes by Tom Clancy

“They loved their country largely because they controlled it.”

“There was a time when nails were high-tech. There was a time when people had to be told how to use a telephone. Technology is just a tool. People use tools to improve their lives.”

“The good old days are now.”

“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.”

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

“I was one of the first generations to watch television. TV exposes people to news, to information, to knowledge, to entertainment. How is it bad?”

“Books and movies are different art forms with different rules. And because of that, they never translate exactly.”

“The human condition today is better than it's ever been, and technology is one of the reasons for that.”

“There used to be this country called the Soviet Union it's not there anymore. Our technology was better than theirs. ”

“Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Your life may change, but your dream doesn't have to. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not ob...”

“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...”

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

“Intelligence people are no different from anybody else. They have preconceptions, and when they see them in real life, it reinforces how brilliant they think they are.”

“The assistant commander at any post is supposed to be a ruthless son of a bitch.”

“Comrade, you can deceive us. Anyone canfor a time. But not a very long time.”

“He had to do so many things and make each appear as though it were the only thing he had to do. He had to compartmentalize everything, when on one task to pretend that the others didn't exist.”

“Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things cannot be changed.”

“Courage is being the only only one who knows how terrified you are.”

“The extraneous duties, in a sense, were the job.”

“You couldn't allow yourself to get bored. THAT would be a fight.”