316 Quotes by Tom Clancy

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

I think it's an intellectual duty for a person who lives in a free society to read material not only with which you agree, but with which you disagree. Because every so often somebody you think is wrong will actually turn out to be right.

The role of fiction is supposed to be divorced from the role of reality.

Switzerland is a land where crime is virtually unknown, yet most Swiss males are required by law to keep in their homes what amounts to a portable, personal machine gun.

When I was doing 'Executive Orders,' I talked about Ebola to people who know about infectious diseases and their use as weapons of war, and guys told me that these weapons are more psychological than physical.

What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It's not good at much else.

Before, it was always, 'Oh, no, here comes Clancy, that insurance agent.' Now it's, 'Oh, here comes Tom Clancy, bestselling author.' But I'm still the same basic middle-class slob.

Fix your eyes forward on what you can do, not back on what you cannot change.

My wife will tell you I'm practically addicted to the History Channel, ... And I read a lot of history.