Tom Clancy Quotes

I find that people... very few people think that what they're doing is bad, and usually the people who think what they're doing is bad it has more to do with guilt.

↑ top up position down The fact that I suspect I'm an asshole means I probably am not, because a real asshole doesn't think he's an asshole, does he? Therefore, by realizing that I'm an asshole, I am in fact negating that very realization, am I not? Descartes's Asshole Axiom: I think I am; therefor I'm not one.

Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.

You've got to demand the truth from yourself.

Whatever one of us blames in another, each one will find in his own heart.

I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.

I know that I'm deeply, spiritually, profoundly philosophical and I also know that I'm about the flakiest person you're gonna meet.

When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself.

I'm the last one who would do self-analysis.

Some of us have become so addicted to pointing fingers at others for all the wrong that happens in our lives that self-assessment has become synonymous with blaming the victim.

Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others.

I think that fans are always looking for someone to blame. Wouldn't it be nice if they looked in the mirror?

Find fault with thyself rather than with others.

Stop blaming the world—look inside!

I think I wear my hypocrisy on my sleeve. I would never say I'm not a complete hypocrite.

Some of the things I've said, I don't even agree with.

I love playing women, and I think that this is a throughline to a lot of the characters I've played - they all have this aspect of being wronged. And I think, a lot of the time, the characters are actually wronged by themselves, and they find someone else to blame it on.

It's easy for us to look at another country or another political party and say, 'Enough! Do better!'. It is a tougher conversation when the problem is in our own tent.

I'm a person, when something's not going right, I'm looking at myself and seeing how I can improve and what I can do better.

I'd rather point a finger at myself than others.

The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it usually does not know what he thinks.

My greatest strength is to have a great capacity to confront myself no matter how unpleasant. My greatest weakness is that I don't. I know that's enigmatic, but that's sort of a general formula for anyone, actually.

The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.

In the first place, you’re way off when you start railing at things and people instead of at yourself.

Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.