Steve Berry > Quotes

“It's been my experience, Langford, that the past always has a way of returning. Those who don't learn, or can't remember it, are doomed to repeat it.”
― Steve Berry, The Charlemagne Pursuit

“Study the past if you would define the future. --CONFUCIUS”
― Steve Berry, The Emperor's Tomb

“If all my friends jumped off a bridge, I wouldn't jump with them. I'd be at the bottom, hoping to catch them.”
― Steve Berry, The Paris Vendetta

“Say it, do it, preach it, shout it, but never, absolutely never, believe your own bullshit.”
― Steve Berry, The Templar Legacy

“He that endureth to the end, shall be saved.”
― Steve Berry, The Romanov Prophecy

“If you want to live your whole life free from pain,you must either be a god or a corpse.”
― Steve Berry, The Venetian Betrayal

“But heroes, at times, had to be fools.”
― Steve Berry, The Venetian Betrayal

“It's the circumstances that create fear. How you respond is all you can control. Concentrate on that, and you'll always succeed.”
― Steve Berry, The Paris Vendetta

“I detest those who deceive me...”
― Steve Berry

“The people can be forced to fear, but not to love.”
― Steve Berry, The Romanov Prophecy

“Follow your heart. It rarely leads you astray. It's thinking that gets us into trouble.”
― Steve Berry, The Jefferson Key

“I don't think my mum ever understood my love of Doctor Who. Surely her strongest memory would have been me, standing at the top of the stairs, crying about how the "jelly men" were going to get me? Sorry, Mum, for those sleepless nights, but it was with good reason they called it Terror of the Zygons.”
― Steve Berry, Behind The Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who

“Everybody loves a thing more if it has cost him trouble.”
― Steve Berry, The Venetian Betrayal

“They’re like chocolate-chip cookies, though. Can’t have just one.”
― Steve Berry, The Romanov Prophecy

“It's true that the early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.”
― Steve Berry, The Charlemagne Pursuit

“Words are the true weapons of mass destruction”
― Steve Berry

“He'd read once that in everyone's life there was somebody who touched a spot so deep, so precious, that the mind always retreated, in time of need, to that cherished place, seeking comfort within memories that never seemed to disappoint.”
― Steve Berry, The Third Secret

“Dictators never accepted failure. They preferred to have their mistakes forgotten, overshadowed with spectacle.”
― Steve Berry, The Malta Exchange

“The greatest enemy of truth is often not the lie—deliberate, contrived and dishonest—but the myth—persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.”
― Steve Berry, The Lincoln Myth

“The lot of man is to suffer and die.What's gone is of no consequence.”
― Steve Berry, The Venetian Betrayal

“Don’t argue with an idiot, he’ll only beat you with experience.”
― Steve Berry, The 14th Colony

“We find what we search for.”
― Steve Berry, The Charlemagne Pursuit

“Lord. Do not doubt His power.” Only the starets was allowed to address her with such informality. She was the Matushka, Little Mother; her husband, Nicholas II, the Batiushka, Little Father. It was how the peasantry viewed them—as stern parents. Everyone around her said Rasputin was a mere peasant himself. Perhaps so. But he alone could relieve Alexie’s suffering. This peasant from Siberia with his tangled beard, stinking body, and long greasy hair was heaven’s emissary. “God has refused to listen to my prayers, Father. He”
― Steve Berry, The Romanov Prophecy

“you don’t need a parachute to skydive. You need a parachute to skydive twice.”
― Steve Berry, The 14th Colony

“We write because we have to, not because we want to”
― Steve Berry

“And what of failure?"
He shrugged."The consequence of not succeesing.Remember what Homer said.Circumstances rule men,not men circumstances.”
― Steve Berry

“I will check the hall to see if all is clear.
He lightly grasped her arm. thanks. For everything.
You are welcome, Miles Lord. You brought interest to an otherwise boring ride.”
― Steve Berry, The Romanov Prophecy

“how many shots were left in the clip.”
― Steve Berry, The Amber Room

“The soviets were terrified of God.
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The less a government deifies itself, the more it should be respected.”
― Steve Berry , The Romanov Prophecy

“A man can accomplish much when the woman he loves supports him, even if she believes that what he does is foolishness.”
― Steve Berry, The Templar Legacy