316 Quotes by Tom Clancy

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Never ask what sort of computer a guy drives. If he’s a Mac user, he’ll tell you. If not, why embarrass him?

Whenever somebody comes up with a good idea, there’s somebody else who has never had a good idea in his life who stands up and says, Oh, you can’t do that.

If the shortest distance to any man’s heart is his stomach, then one of the better compliments a man can give a woman is to ask for seconds.

There is a long and honorable tradition of citizens in service to their nation that goes back at least as far as Cincinnatus, the Roman citizen who, more than once answered his country’s call, then returned to his farm and his family and his work.

It’s not right to say that our loss in Vietnam turned out to be a gain. But lessons were learned. And they were the right lessons.

Every person you meet – and everything you do in life – is an opportunity to learn something.

Comrade, you can deceive us. Anyone can – for a time. But not a very long time.

My life is a very simple life thank you.