Steve Alten > Quotes

“Ah, how the seeds of cockiness blossom when soiled in ignorance.”
― Steve Alten, The Loch

“None of us have any control over the deck or the hand we've been dealt. What we do have is total responibility as to how we play the hand.”
― Steve Alten, Domain

“For the record, I take no satisfaction in being right. For the record, I pray to God that I'm wrong.
I'm not wrong...”
― Steve Alten, Domain

“An older, inebriated Scot who looked like he'd been sitting on his barstool all day looked me up and down, then smelled the air. "Heh, neebr, goat a deid an'mal in yer bac'pac, or iz it ye tha' bloody stinks?"
My brain took a moment to translate. "Actually, yes, there is a dead animal in my backpack, but I probably stink, too.”
― Steve Alten, The Loch

“if you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. But if you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. Do you understand?” “I don’t”
― Steve Alten, Meg

“Good God, man! That’s more than half the length of the Challenger. A creature that size… we’d need a bigger boat.”
― Steve Alten, Meg

“Three lights should be fine." - Zachary

"Aye, well if it wis me, I'd want a bloody lighthoose beacon comin' oot o' my arse." - True MacDonald”
― Steve Alten, The Loch

“For the starship's inhabitants, time now stands still.
For planet Earth, the clock has begun ticking...”
― Steve Alten, Domain

“That's easy. Any man who cannae keep his balls oot o' the water needs tae get laid. Come on, let's find my sister.”
― Steve Alten, The Loch

“...it takes exactly eighteen shots tae polish off a fifth o' a bottle o' Scotch, thus, a game o' golf equates tae eighteen holes...”
― Steve Alten, The Loch

“More bloodshed followed, as brother fought brother and religion battled religion in the age-old nonsense of settling whose method of worship was the holiest to our Creator, who, for all our murderous efforts, most likely despises the lot of us.”
― Steve Alten, The Loch

“Life. The amount and variety within the trenches had shocked scientists, who had incorrectly theorized that no life form could exist on the planet without sunlight.”
― Steve Alten, Meg

“To be paralyzed is to feel powerless. Feeling powerless, your life becomes overwhelmed with chaos. Chaos leads to fear . . . fear turns you into a victim. A victim is someone who allows the outside world or their inner thoughts to control their consciousness.”
― Steve Alten, Sharkman

“Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism—how passionately I hate them.”
― Steve Alten, Vostok

“Sheriff, are you suggestin' the victom was kidnapped?"
"I'm only statin' that, at this time, we have no body, only nonvital body parts...”
― Steve Alten, The Loch

“This is an upper tooth. As you can see, the tooth has a chevron, or scar, above the root, identifying it as a Megalodon.”
― Steve Alten, Meg

“A decimated population doesn’t necessarily equate to extinction.”
― Steve Alten, Meg

“the most desolate location on the planet, nature had found a way to allow life to not only exist, but to thrive.”
― Steve Alten, Meg

“The female heard every sound, registered every movement, tasted every trail, and saw every sight, for Carcharodon megalodon does not just move through the sea, the sea moves through the Megalodon.”
― Steve Alten, Meg

“... Will ye be there for him in his time of need, or do you prefer to take your anger with you to the grave?”
― Steve Alten, The Loch

“Visualize the outcome you desire and these positive thoughts will connect you to the place where real miracles come from.”
― Steve Alten, Sharkman

“Mac, do you think we’re going to make it?” “I don’t know, kid. Keeping that shark alive is going to be a real challenge. Forget the millions of dollars needed just to finish the facility; I was watching a special on Megs … they said a full-grown Megalodon required twenty-five hundred pounds of food a day to live. Where the hell are we going to come up with the resources to bring in that much food?” “Mac, I was talking about me and Jonas.”
― Steve Alten, MEG: Angel of Death: Survival

“Ted, calm down—”
― Steve Alten, Hell's Aquarium

“When you’re afraid or angry or anxiety-ridden you’ve essentially shut yourself off from God. That’s the negative energy at work.” “What”
― Steve Alten, Sharkman

“A velvet night sky hovers like a glistening cathedral over the imposing presence of the Pacific, each silent swell rolling through the darkness unabated until it crashes in a dull roar that echoes across the deserted shoreline. The arena is empty, too—save for four armed security guards and two lone figures seated high up in the western bleachers.”
― Steve Alten, Hell's Aquarium

“Encompassing sixty million square miles, the Pacific Ocean is the largest and oldest body of water on our planet, and with an average depth of fourteen thousand feet, it is also the deepest, possessing some of the most biologically diverse creatures ever to inhabit the Earth. The Pacific is all that remains of the Panthalassa, an ancient”
― Steve Alten, Hell's Aquarium

“The male’s body spasmed as it rose through the hydrothermal plume. The female escorted it up, the hot blood of her mate bathing her in a soothing thick river of warmth as she rose out of the depths. Free of the plume, she continued to feed, her murderous jaws entrenched deep within the wound, her teeth shredding the spleen and duodenum as hundreds of gallons of warm blood rushed into her open mouth and over her torso, insulating her from the cold.”
― Steve Alten, Meg

“End”
― Steve Alten, Hell's Aquarium

“sparing only those species that could adapt to”
― Steve Alten, Hell's Aquarium

“Philippine Sea, Pacific Ocean”
― Steve Alten, Hell's Aquarium