James Rollins > Quotes

“Books are keys that open many doors.”
― James Rollins

“It ain't always rocket science, sometimes a door is just a door.”
― James Rollins, The Judas Strain

“Often-times it's madness, not genius that moves the world forward. Who else but the mad would reach so far, stretching for the impossible and, in so doing, prove the impossible possible!”
― James Rollins, Black Order

“Always respect Mother Nature. Especially when she weighs 400 pounds and is guarding her baby.”
― James Rollins, Ice Hunt

“The truth is often one's best shield.”
― James Rollins, The Devil Colony

“Wringin' your hands only stops you from rollin' up your sleeves.”
― James Rollins, Black Order

“Are you sure, Gray?'
He lifted his eyes. 'No . . . I'm not. I'm not sure of a damn thing.' He slipped his hands free of the monsignor's and peeled the battery off the phone, cutting the last ring in half. 'But that doesn't mean I won't act.”
― James Rollins, The Judas Strain

“They wanted them to look like the Gods.
God doesn't look like this.”
― James Rollins, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

“Oh... It's a thing.”
― James Rollins, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

“Whenever I start a novel, I'm always looking for two things: a bit of science that makes me go 'what if?' and a piece of history that ends in a question mark.”
― James Rollins

“The strong were always eating the weak.”
― James Rollins, Deep Fathom

“it sucks to get old...but there's always beer”
― James Rollins, Map of Bones

“That’s the beauty of the universe. There’s always a new mystery.”
― James Rollins, The Eye of God

“Guns, grendels, or nuclear bombs; take your pick.”
― James Rollins, Ice Hunt

“So we’re damned if we do and damned if we don’t.” She shrugged. “That pretty much sums up quantum physics.”
― James Rollins, The Eye of God

“Gray imagined Kat scolding her husband in an operatic duet that has been going on between husbands and wives for ages, that eternal mix of exasperation and love." -- James Rollins”
― James Rollins

“Biblical references about knowledge and good and evil often get tangled up.”
― James Rollins, The Blood Gospel

“When someone is always looking over their shoulder, they’re more likely to trip.”
― James Rollins, Sandstorm

“Though it was undeclared, there was a new world war being waged, where fundamental decency and respect for human rights were under assault by forces of intolerance, despotism, and blind fervor. And while its battles were sometimes waged in plain sight-- in New York City, in Iraq-- its greater struggle was carried on invisibly, fought in secret, its heroes unknown, its villains hidden.”
― James Rollins, Sandstorm

“He counted his steps. That was how you got through tough things. You counted. Once you said, "one," then you knew "two" was coming, and "three" right after that.”
― James Rollins, The Blood Gospel

“When mankind pushes, natures sometimes pushes back”
― James Rollins

“In the real world, few plans proceeded as planned. For a mission to succeed, a plan had to be liquid, capable of changing at a moment’s notice.”
― James Rollins, Deep Fathom: A New York Times Bestselling Undersea Adventure of Lost Civilizations and Breathtaking Suspense

“Throughout history, knowledge rises and falls, ebbs and flows. What once was known is forgotten again, lost in time, sometimes for centuries, only to be rediscovered ages later.”
― James Rollins, The 6th Extinction

“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change. —ALBERT EINSTEIN”
― James Rollins, The Bone Labyrinth

“There are a thousand paths into the future, forks after forks in the road ahead. Who knows, if one road closes, maybe another opens in another universe . . . and your soul, your consciousness, leaps over to continue that journey ever forward, always finding the right path.”
― James Rollins, The Eye of God

“She handed him her gun. “Down,” she ordered. “Shoot anybody that comes into view.” “What about you?” “No, don’t shoot me.” “I mean where are you going?”
― James Rollins, Map of Bones

“Choices have to be made…before we are left with none.”
― James Rollins, Sandstorm

“We need religion, government, and laws to force a level of control over our baser natures. I intend to strip away the disease that is intelligence, to rip away the deception that allows humanity to believe itself mightier and more deserving of this planet.”
― James Rollins, The 6th Extinction

“Time did indeed heal all wounds, but it left a nasty, unforgiving scar”
― James Rollins, Amazonia

“...when it came to explosives and radios, bad things sometimes happened to good engineers.”
― James Rollins, The Eye of God