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Steve Alten QUOTES

1 " More bloodshed followed, as brother fought brother and religion battled religion in the age-old nonsense of settling whose method of worship was the holiest to our Creator, who, for all our murderous efforts, most likely despises the lot of us. "

― Steve Alten , The Loch

2 " ... Will ye be there for him in his time of need, or do you prefer to take your anger with you to the grave? "

― Steve Alten , The Loch

3 " Ah, how the seeds of cockiness blossom when soiled in ignorance. "

― Steve Alten , The Loch

4 " None of us have any control over the deck or the hand we've been dealt. What we do have is total responibility as to how we play the hand. "

― Steve Alten , Domain (The Domain Trilogy, #1)

5 " For the record, I take no satisfaction in being right. For the record, I pray to God that I'm wrong.
I'm not wrong... "

― Steve Alten , Domain (The Domain Trilogy, #1)

6 " An older, inebriated Scot who looked like he'd been sitting on his barstool all day looked me up and down, then smelled the air. "Heh, neebr, goat a deid an'mal in yer bac'pac, or iz it ye tha' bloody stinks?"
My brain took a moment to translate. "Actually, yes, there is a dead animal in my backpack, but I probably stink, too. "

― Steve Alten , The Loch

7 " ...it takes exactly eighteen shots tae polish off a fifth o' a bottle o' Scotch, thus, a game o' golf equates tae eighteen holes... "

― Steve Alten , The Loch

8 " That's easy. Any man who cannae keep his balls oot o' the water needs tae get laid. Come on, let's find my sister. "

― Steve Alten , The Loch

9 " Good God, man! That’s more than half the length of the Challenger. A creature that size… we’d need a bigger boat. "

― Steve Alten , Meg (Meg, #1)

10 " if you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. But if you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. Do you understand?” “I don’t "

― Steve Alten , Meg (Meg, #1)

11 " For the starship's inhabitants, time now stands still.
For planet Earth, the clock has begun ticking... "

― Steve Alten , Domain (The Domain Trilogy, #1)

12 " Three lights should be fine." - Zachary

"Aye, well if it wis me, I'd want a bloody lighthoose beacon comin' oot o' my arse." - True MacDonald "

― Steve Alten , The Loch

13 " Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism—how passionately I hate them. "

― Steve Alten , Vostok

14 " The female heard every sound, registered every movement, tasted every trail, and saw every sight, for Carcharodon megalodon does not just move through the sea, the sea moves through the Megalodon. "

― Steve Alten , Meg (Meg, #1)

15 " This is an upper tooth. As you can see, the tooth has a chevron, or scar, above the root, identifying it as a Megalodon. "

― Steve Alten , Meg (Meg, #1)

16 " To be paralyzed is to feel powerless. Feeling powerless, your life becomes overwhelmed with chaos. Chaos leads to fear . . . fear turns you into a victim. A victim is someone who allows the outside world or their inner thoughts to control their consciousness. "

― Steve Alten , Sharkman

17 " Sheriff, are you suggestin' the victom was kidnapped?"
"I'm only statin' that, at this time, we have no body, only nonvital body parts... "

― Steve Alten , The Loch

18 " Philippine Sea, Pacific Ocean "

― Steve Alten , Hell's Aquarium (Meg #4)

19 " venturing "

― Steve Alten , Hell's Aquarium (Meg #4)

20 " tracking "

― Steve Alten , Hell's Aquarium (Meg #4)