Jack Patterson > Quotes

“what?”
― Jack Patterson, To Catch a Spy

“right side of history because God knows as a German you could use some help in that category.”
― Jack Patterson, Siege

“It’s quite odd how money is no object to them, yet in the end, it’s the only object they fancy.”
― Jack Patterson, Siege

“COVER”
― Jack Patterson, First Strike

“you’ve simply proven yourself to be another example of Washington’s wastefulness. Now, perhaps we can move along so you can stop contributing to global warming with all that hot air you’re spouting off.”
― Jack Patterson, Siege

“Courage when facing men with nothing to lose required a loose adherence to the rules of engagement. In Hawk’s line of work, success was measured through results, not the means by which he took to get them. No family holding the bloodied and lifeless body of a loved one would care if he followed a litany of prescribed rules.”
― Jack Patterson, First Strike

“ground, and Hawk put”
― Jack Patterson, Point of Impact

“You’re a smart kid with a bright future”
― Jack Patterson, First Strike

“She wanted him to see The Chamber’s reach as well as assuage his fears about the future.”
― Jack Patterson, State of Play

“We’re going to hang them both in the court of public opinion.”
― Jack Patterson, State of Play

“Now that theoretical concepts are turning into concrete realities, I sense some of you might be afraid. But we cannot be governed by our fear, for it is our faith that drives us. The very thing that threatens our mission is the antithesis of why we are here.”
― Jack Patterson, Point of Impact

“don’t need a lecture right now. I need a solution”
― Jack Patterson, State of Play

“It’s also going to make you a superstar in the world of journalism,”
― Jack Patterson, State of Play

“hit”
― Jack Patterson, Full Blast / Target Zero / Fury

“SAD—self-assured destruction”
― Jack Patterson, Into the Shadows

“Got my start in elementary school by writing notes from my mom to cover all the times I played hooky.”
― Jack Patterson, Deep Cover

“But mostly, the comforts of home were what people missed most—familiar food, television they could understand, music they appreciated, friends they loved.”
― Jack Patterson, Into the Shadows

“while the rest of the poor sots on the mainland would be left as martyrs for the cause.”
― Jack Patterson, Siege

“the Russians are going to pull the rug out from underneath our entire country.”
― Jack Patterson, Seek and Destroy

“You know I live my life without regret.”
― Jack Patterson, Into the Shadows

“Alex Duncan, Hawk’s sassy handler. She was a CIA reject, an analyst-turned-handler who lost her job a year ago because she bucked the system one too many times.”
― Jack Patterson, First Strike

“I’ll come up with something. Besides, it shouldn’t take much. If President Clinton could beat a hearing by clarifying the definition of the word ‘is,’ I figure I should be all right.”
― Jack Patterson, Siege

“collected a few thick branches and piled them to the side of the steps leading up to the house. “I’m not sure starting a fire is a good idea,” Samuels said. “They’re for whittling,” Hawk said. “In case we get bored. Blunt isn’t exactly the type to install an entertainment system here.”
― Jack Patterson, Siege

“When he decided to first engage with The Chamber and become their inside guy in D.C., he knew this was a possible eventual outcome, though he never wanted to admit it. The money proved to be a helpful perk, but the power intoxicated him. He’d been around D.C. long enough to know that whoever sat in the Oval Office was nothing more than a puppet. Democrat, Republican—it didn’t”
― Jack Patterson, Deep Cover

“My call to arms didn’t work,” Hawk said. “I had to try a different tact.”
― Jack Patterson, Into the Shadows

“The day these millennial snowflakes take over the country, it’s over.”
― Jack Patterson, First Strike

“didn’t want to legitimize them by even talking about them.”
― Jack Patterson, Siege

“matter. Those leaders immortalized in the history books did the bidding of special interest groups. Blunt learned it was all an illusion. The real power rested with those who operated outside the bounds of archaic documents and tired unified organizations like the U.S. Constitution and the U.N. Security Council. And Blunt enjoyed exercising such power.”
― Jack Patterson, Deep Cover

“phones”
― Jack Patterson, The Warren Omissions

“when I’m focused on doing what’s best for the people as opposed to trying to appease the rabble-rousers.”
― Jack Patterson, Seek and Destroy