Jack Reacher's Rules Quotes

“Keeping your mouth shut is a devastating weapon. Your silence will make your opponent want to babble.”
― Lee Child, Jack Reacher's Rules

“War isn’t about dying for your country. It’s about making the enemy die for his.” Gen. George S. Patton”
― Lee Child, Jack Reacher's Rules

“Try to look unimportant. They may be low on ammo.”
― Lee Child, Jack Reacher's Rules

“Never hit a woman unless she’s trying to kill you.”
― Lee Child, Jack Reacher's Rules

“Don’t worry about why it went wrong. Just damn well put it right.”
― Lee Child, Jack Reacher's Rules

“If in doubt, say nothing.”
― Lee Child, Jack Reacher's Rules

“The basis of any scam is telling people what they want to hear. If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.”
― Lee Child, Jack Reacher's Rules

“When you’ve knocked someone unconscious, put him into the recovery position. If you want him to recover.”
― Lee Child, Jack Reacher's Rules

“In order to win, you must be prepared to lose.”
― Lee Child, Jack Reacher's Rules

“Attacking me was like pushing open a forbidden door. What waited on the other side was his problem.”
― Lee Child, Jack Reacher's Rules

“Dealing with morons … is like teaching Hindu to a beagle.”
― Lee Child, Jack Reacher's Rules

“Older women … are worth it.”
― Lee Child, Jack Reacher's Rules

“Aim for the side of the skull, which is softer and displaces the brain more.”
― Lee Child, Jack Reacher's Rules

“The most unbearable type of anger is a woman’s—do anything to avoid it.”
― Lee Child, Jack Reacher's Rules

“There’s nothing shameful about taking orders from a woman of superior rank.”
― Lee Child, Jack Reacher's Rules

“A brave woman is one who stands up when she hears gunshots. She doesn’t dive under the desk.”
― Lee Child, Jack Reacher's Rules

“We don’t teach them to fight fair, and we don’t start a fight.”
― Lee Child, Jack Reacher's Rules

“Don’t aim for the middle of the body, which is easier to defend; aim high for the head or low for the knees.”
― Lee Child, Jack Reacher's Rules

“Be friendly with the cookhouse detail.”
― Lee Child, Jack Reacher's Rules

“His eyes were closed, which made it not much of a fair fight, but those are always my favorite kind.”
― Lee Child, Jack Reacher's Rules

“Be on as few pieces of paper as it is possible for a human being to be.”
― Lee Child, Jack Reacher's Rules

“People don’t look for complications. You hear hoofbeats, you look for horses, not zebras.”
― Lee Child, Jack Reacher's Rules

“If somebody’s got money outside of his salary, it shows up somewhere.”
― Lee Child, Jack Reacher's Rules

“He knew people with houses. He had talked to them, with the same kind of detached interest he would talk to a person who kept snakes as pets or entered ballroom dancing competitions.”
― Lee Child, Jack Reacher's Rules

“Never count on anything except surprise and unpredictability and danger. Ring doorbells with your knuckles or elbows to avoid leaving fingerprints.”
― Lee Child, Jack Reacher's Rules