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

“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

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

“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

“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

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

“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

“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

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

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

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

“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

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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“If you don't talk about it, it didn't happen.”
― James Rollins, Altar of Eden

“If it’s worth doing, I guess it’s worth overdoing.”
― James Rollins, Blood Infernal

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

“We are star-stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.”
― James Rollins, The Eye of God