Lee Child Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Lee Child
Lee Child Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Lee Child on Wise Famous Quotes.
Handguns were in-room weapons. Under expert control in high-pressure situations the average range for a successful engagement was about eleven feet.
When you've knocked someone unconscious, put him into the recovery position. If you want him to recover.
Lone women shouldn't stop in the middle of nowhere for giant unkempt strangers with duct tape on their faces.
The day guy was an aquiline black man about seven feet tall, but slender as a pencil, folded into a desk chair that was far too small for him.
The Reacher brothers' need for caffeine makes heroin addiction look like an amusing little take-it-or-leave-it sideline.
Rule two: watch his eyes. If they stayed up, he was going to swing. If they dropped down, he was going to kick.
I have three desks. One empty for paperwork, one for the internet and email, and one for the writing computer.
What's the best place to hide a car? In an airport long-term lot. Like where's the best place to hide a grain of sand? On the beach
You ever notice how the folks who talk loudest about small government always seem to live in the states with the biggest subsidies?
He's worth having. All I got was two fake lawsuits." "Seems like Morgan's value just went down, as part of a credible
You were trained to play a game, and you're not even good enough to do that. I was trained to kill people, and I was the best at it.
I love Italian food but that's too generic a term for what's available now: you have to narrow it down to Tuscan, Sicilian, and so on.
We're your legal advisors.'
Which they weren't, obviously. Reacher knew that. Army lawyers don't travel in pairs and breathe through their mouths.
Which they weren't, obviously. Reacher knew that. Army lawyers don't travel in pairs and breathe through their mouths.
This is why we need more women officers. For us it's enough to win. For you, the other guy has to know he lost.
Reacher said, So here's the thing Brett. Either you take your hand off my chest, or I'll take it off your wrist.
The basis of any scam is telling people what they want to hear. If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
People live, and then they die. And as long as they do both things properly, there's nothing much to regret.
Tony Swan, Jorge Sanchez, Calvin Franz, Frances Neagley, Stanley Lowrey, Manuel Orozco, David O'Donnell, and Karla Dixon.
Both were military. That was clear.Reacher could tell by their haircuts. No civilian barber would be as pragmatic or as brutal.
What do I miss about the UK? Sadly, almost nothing. Maybe the midnight sun, in June in the north. That's all.
You tell a lot of lies, Ms. Berenson," he said. Berenson said nothing. Neagley said, "She's Human Resources. It's what they do.
Jack Reacher ordered espresso, double, no peel, no cube, foam cup, no china, and before it arrived at his table he saw a man's life change forever.
... He also said, if you can't acquaint an opponent with tease, you must acquaint his head with the sidewalk. He was a man of sound instincts.
Don't be sad that roses have thorns.
Be glad that thorns have Roses.
Today's the day I worried about yesterday and it didn't happen.
Be glad that thorns have Roses.
Today's the day I worried about yesterday and it didn't happen.
I had to decide how to use that pressure. I had to decide whether it was going to crush me or turn me into a diamond.
I'm not really into gourmet food; I'm the kind of guy who just stops by a place that looks good rather than heading for the restaurant of the moment.
Reacher liked New York more than most places. He liked the casual indifference of it all and the frantic hustle and the total anonymity.
I said nothing. I'm good at saying nothing. I don't like talking. I could go the rest of my life without saying another word, if I had to.
I don't care about the little guy. I just hate the big guy. I hate big smug people who think they can get away with things.
Thomas Brant watched them go. He used his cell phone and called his boss, a man named Curtis Mauney.
You see something scary, you should stand up and step toward it, not away from it. Instinctively, reflexively, in a raging fury.
OK," I said. "Forget the whole thing." "Really?" "Orders are orders," I said. "The alternative is anarchy and chaos.