The Year of the Locust Quotes

“Never confuse education with intelligence—you can have a PhD and still be an idiot.”
― Terry Hayes, The Year of the Locust

“The future we get is decided by what we do now—moment by moment, step by step, life by life.”
― Terry Hayes, The Year of the Locust

“Never confuse education with intelligence – you can have a Ph.D. and still be an idiot.”
― Terry Hayes, The Year of the Locust

“Glory belongs not to the fallen but to those who have fallen and risen again.”
― Terry Hayes, The Year of the Locust

“Twelve hundred years ago, there was a Chinese alchemist,” he continued, his eyes fixed on the weapons. I had no idea where he was going, but I was happy to let him run. “The alchemist was trying to create the mythical elixir of life, so he combined three elements into what he believed was a remarkable medicinal compound. In a way he was right—it was remarkable, just not medicinal.” He smiled, but there was no humor in it—more in sorrow, I thought. “What the alchemist had done, completely by accident, was invent the first chemical explosive. Within a few decades, bows and arrows had been abandoned, clubs and spears forgotten—all replaced by bombs or projectiles fired from some tube or other. The compound he had created was gunpowder, and warfare would never be the same. There was no turning back for humanity either; overnight the world had become a different place.”
― Terry Hayes, The Year of the Locust

“Over a hundred highly dangerous chemical agents are used in manufacturing in this country, and they are stored somewhere—no, strike that; they are stored everywhere.”
― Terry Hayes, The Year of the Locust

“exhaustion”
― Terry Hayes, The Year of the Locust

“As one historian has said – citing uncontrolled viruses, climate change, catastrophic hurricanes, massive floods and endless terrorism – truly, this is the Age of Panic.”
― Terry Hayes, The Year of the Locust

“Once you hold a baby in your arms, I think you’re going to change your mind—there’s a reason DNA is built like a chain.”
― Terry Hayes, The Year of the Locust

“I’m glad you know what you’re doing,” I said. “I wouldn’t say that,” he replied. “Oh yeah,” I answered. “I heard you had a Nobel Prize and half a dozen degrees.” “Don’t let that fool you,” he responded. “A fellow winner once said: ‘Never confuse education with intelligence—you can have a PhD and still be an idiot.’ ”
― Terry Hayes, The Year of the Locust

“if the only tool you’ve got is a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail.”
― Terry Hayes, The Year of the Locust

“Kaplan’s”
― Terry Hayes, The Year of the Locust