179 Quotes by James Clavell

Damn what you like, Pieterzoon. But don’t damn liquor. It’s the stuff of life!

Secrets never leave you in peace, however much you wish or pray.

They put me with a blind monk who taught me how to massage and to see again with my fingers. Now my fingers tell me more than my eyes used to, I think.

A new era requires clear thinking about the meaning of honor.

They’re devils who pretend to serve the Church and Christ, but they serve only themselves. They lust for power, power at any cost. They hide behind a net of poverty and piousness, but underneath, they feed like kings and amass fortunes.

When a man’s pride is injured, death is a small price to repay the insult.

It is not wise to notice another man’s woman.

Vietnam’s going to be a big problem for your government unless it’s very smart.” Bartlett said confidently, “Thank God it is. JFK handled Cuba. He’ll handle Vietnam too. He made the Big K back off there and he can do it again. We won that time. The Soviets took their missiles out.