Chris Ryan > Quotes

“.'If things get on top of you', my mum always used to say, 'have a good cry.'.”
― Chris Ryan, The One That Got Away: My SAS Mission Behind Enemy Lines

“But what if it's a trap?' she repeated.
Joe gave her a hard stare.'Of course it's a fucking trap,' he said.”
― Chris Ryan, Osama: The First Casualty of War is the Truth, the Second is Your Soul

“ You stand out more than Victoria Beckham would in the local Primark!”
― Chris Ryan, Who Dares Wins

“If you believe in light, it's because of the darkness.
If you believe in the truth, it's because of their lies.
If you believe in God, you must believe in the Devil.”
― Chris Ryan

“seconds”
― Chris Ryan, Circle of Death

“The following biological toxins are known by the security services to have been weaponised:   Smallpox Anthrax Plague Pneumonic Tularemia Viral Equine Encephalitis Botulinum Ricin T-2 Mycatoxin   It is not known how many terrorist organisations are in possession of these weapons.”
― Chris Ryan, Hellfire

“to catch his breath. It was filled to the brim with fifty-euro notes. The man lifted one of the bundles, to reveal more below. ‘Can’t be easy,’ he said. ‘You’re damaged goods for your terrorist mates back in Algiers, so they don’t want anything to do with you. You’ve got no job. A family.’ Hakim stared into the middle distance. The man slowly closed the rucksack. ‘This is yours,’ he said. ‘But only if you do something for us.”
― Chris Ryan, Masters of War

“announced.”
― Chris Ryan, Agent 21: Codebreaker

“The drug lord’s eyes were suddenly shining with pride.”
― Chris Ryan, Agent 21

“audience”
― Chris Ryan, Hunter Killer

“DON’T RAPE WOMEN. YOU MAY GET AIDS.”
― Chris Ryan, Shadow Kill

“they’ve got another think coming”
― Chris Ryan, Agent 21: Reloaded

“take up”
― Chris Ryan, Manhunter

“him.”
― Chris Ryan, Manhunter

“know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.’ — Albert Einstein”
― Chris Ryan, Hellfire

“What is it they say about an organisation being like a tree full of monkeys? The ones at the top look down and see a lot of smiling faces, the ones at the bottom look up and see a bunch of arseholes?”
― Chris Ryan, Hunter Killer

“These guys might have been hardened ex-SEALs. But I’m the fucking SAS.”
― Chris Ryan, Circle of Death

“towards”
― Chris Ryan, Blackout

“Like I said earlier, it sounds like I’ll need a plan B, said Porter. Because I can’t see them going for any of that bollocks. They’ve had more peace plans than I’ve had bottles of vodka, and if they wanted money, they would have asked for it by now.”
― Chris Ryan, Strike Back