Firing Point Quotes

“A liar is a self-interested man, which means he is a rational man. He lies because he knows the honest truth bears a cost he's not willing to pay. But the honest man? He's the dangerous man. He's the one who insists on telling the truth no matter the cost. Such a man is an irrational man that cannot be reasoned or bargained with. An honest man is either your best friend or your worst enemy. Usually your enemy. Most people can't handle the truth. If you tell them the real reasons why they're fat or poor or stupid or unsuccessful in life, generally they will hate you for it.”
― Mike Maden, Tom Clancy Firing Point (A Jack Ryan Jr. Novel

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies,”
― Mike Maden, Firing Point

“Thanks to Snowden, everybody knew that the Intelligence Community had secured the cooperation of many of the technology firms early on. Companies like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft had billions of dollars’ worth of contracts with the federal government, including the agencies of the Intelligence Community and the Department of Defense.”
― Mike Maden, Firing Point

“On the other hand, Silicon Valley made perfect sense as a CIA station. Google, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and the other giant social media networks constituted the most successful intelligence-gathering operation the world had ever seen. They collected and dissected terabytes of personal data from their billons of users around the world—almost always provided by the users themselves, and with their own consent.”
― Mike Maden, Firing Point

“Preferably in a manner worthy of his cowardice. Bykov would”
― Mike Maden, Firing Point

“When the people believe the justice system is no longer just, that the politicians are above the laws they make, that the government serves the interests of the ruling class instead of the middle and working classes; and when the history and culture and language of the people are denigrated and denied—these are the conditions that make a society ripe for civil war.”
― Mike Maden, Firing Point

“When the people believe the justice system is no longer just, that the politicians are above the laws they make, that the government serves the interests of the ruling class instead of the middle and working classes; and when the history and culture and language of the people are denigrated and denied—these are the conditions that make a society ripe for civil war.” “You have just described the feelings of millions of Catalonians,” Brossa said as she took her”
― Mike Maden, Firing Point

“modern politics was only about emotions in the Western world these days, including here.”
― Mike Maden, Firing Point

“depending upon one’s metaphysical”
― Mike Maden, Firing Point

“Checklists and routines- doing the same things the same way every time- were drilled into him.”
― Mike Maden (author), Tom Clancy Firing Point (A Jack Ryan Jr. Novel

“Diplomacy is the art of leaving some things unsaid.”
― Mike Maden (author), Tom Clancy Firing Point (A Jack Ryan Jr. Novel

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
― Mike Maden, Firing Point

“genius is seeing the obvious.”
― Mike Maden, Firing Point

“famous dictum”
― Mike Maden, Firing Point

“67”
― Mike Maden, Tom Clancy’s Firing Point

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence”
― Mike Maden, Tom Clancy’s Firing Point