15 Quotes & Sayings By Steve Berry

Steve Berry was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1943. A graduate of the University of Kansas, he earned a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Berry is the author of more than 40 books, including 14 novels, as well as non-fiction books, screenplays, and short stories Read more

In addition to his writing career, Berry has been a full-time college professor since 1975 and has taught at various universities across the country for more than 30 years.

The people can be forced to fear, but not to...
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The people can be forced to fear, but not to love. Steve Berry
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It's been my experience, Langford, that the past always has a way of returning. Those who don't learn, or can't remember it, are doomed to repeat it. Steve Berry
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If you want to live your whole life free from pain, you must either be a god or a corpse. Steve Berry
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And what of failure?" He shrugged." The consequence of not succeesing. Remember what Homer said. Circumstances rule men, not men circumstances. Steve Berry
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The lot of man is to suffer and die. What's gone is of no consequence. Steve Berry
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What chilling blows we suffer-thanks to our conflicting wills-whenever we show these mortal men some kindness. Steve Berry
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People like him, who buried their past so determinedly, should not help it from the grave so easily. Steve Berry
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He'd read once that in everyone's life there was somebody who touched a spot so deep, so precious, that the mind always retreated, in time of need, to that cherished place, seeking comfort within memories that never seemed to disappoint. Steve Berry
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I don't think my mum ever understood my love of Doctor Who. Surely her strongest memory would have been me, standing at the top of the stairs, crying about how the "jelly men" were going to get me? Sorry, Mum, for those sleepless nights, but it was with good reason they called it Terror of the Zygons. Steve Berry
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They’re like chocolate-chip cookies, though. Can’t have just one. Steve Berry
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But heroes, at times, had to be fools. Steve Berry
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A concerted effort to preserve our heritage is a vital link to our cultural, educational, aesthetic, inspirational, and economic legacies - all of the things that quite literally make us who we are. Steve Berry
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I'm a morning person because I learned to write my novels while still practicing law. I would get to the office at 6:30 a.m. and write until other people arrived, around 9. Now I still do that. I start at 6:30 or 7, and I'll write until 11, then take an hour off, then work until about 2 p.m. By then my brain has had enough. Steve Berry
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When I wrote 'The Alexandria Link, ' I discovered that we are only aware of about 10 percent of the knowledge of the ancient world. In the ancient world, most of the knowledge was destroyed. Every emperor of China who came in wiped out everything that came before them, to the point that the country completely forgot its past. Steve Berry