Quotes from American Assassin

Vince Flynn ·  435 pages

Rating: (57.7K votes)


“If you're not busy living, you're dying.”
― Vince Flynn, quote from American Assassin


“Revenge is more wild, less calculated...deeply personal. Retribution is a punishment that is morally right and fully deserved. (Mitch Rapp)”
― Vince Flynn, quote from American Assassin


“...any form of government that required the repression, imprisonment, and execution of those who disagreed with it was certainly not a government of the people.”
― Vince Flynn, quote from American Assassin


“[He] saw communism for the sham that it was--a bunch of brutes who seized power in the name of the people, only to repress the very people they claimed to champion.”
― Vince Flynn, quote from American Assassin


“Besides, give a teacher the choice between a straight-A student who has all the answers and an earnest one who gets better over time, and they’ll pick the earnest one every time.”
― Vince Flynn, quote from American Assassin



“Luke 12:28 was a big one: “For of those to whom much is given, much is required.” Since Ohlmeyer was a”
― Vince Flynn, quote from American Assassin


“Revenge is more wild, less calculated . . . deeply personal.” “And retribution?” Rapp thought about it for a moment and then answered in a very clear voice. “Retribution is a punishment that is morally right and fully deserved.”
― Vince Flynn, quote from American Assassin


“Rapp took his pathetic self-absorbed emotion and shoved it as far down in his gut as it would go, and he plugged it with the first and only thing he had available—anger. That anger slowly metastasized into a suit of armor. For the first time since the news had hit him, he saw a way out. A faint light at the far end of the cavern. He wasn’t sure what it was, but he knew he had to head toward it. It was the only thing that offered him hope.”
― Vince Flynn, quote from American Assassin


“For of those to whom much is given, much is required.” Since Ohlmeyer was a gifted mathematician, much”
― Vince Flynn, quote from American Assassin


“There, he was a lion. Here, he could end up being someone's lunch.”
― Vince Flynn, quote from American Assassin



“any form of government that required the repression, imprisonment, and execution of those who disagreed with it was certainly not a government of the people.”
― Vince Flynn, quote from American Assassin


“all getting sick of it.” “I’m going to kick your ass!” Victor howled as he hopped from one foot to the other like a boxer. Rapp didn’t say a word. He moved to the middle of the mat and motioned for Victor to join him. Victor started whooping and hollering as he danced circles around Rapp. He was throwing shadow punches and explaining in detail what he was going to do to Rapp, when suddenly one of the instructors reappeared in the doorway. “What in hell are you ladies doing?” Victor fell silent, but it was too late. “That’s it, you dumb-asses. If you’ve got enough energy to fight then you’ve got enough energy to run. You’ve got sixty seconds to muster”
― Vince Flynn, quote from American Assassin


“He hesitated for a split second, then told himself not to think.

“I’d rather go down swinging,” he muttered as he shut the door. If he survived this little ordeal he’d have to ask Lewis if talking to yourself was a symptom of losing your mind.”
― Vince Flynn, quote from American Assassin


“into submission. No more punches. Before”
― Vince Flynn, quote from American Assassin


“that was tied to his wrists. His toes hovered only”
― Vince Flynn, quote from American Assassin



“Ohlmeyer saw communism for the sham that it was—a bunch of brutes who seized power in the name of the people, only to repress the very people they claimed to champion.”
― Vince Flynn, quote from American Assassin


“If you’re not busy living, you’re dying.”
― Vince Flynn, quote from American Assassin


“The chairs were black plastic with coarse charcoal fabric seats that could render a pair of dress pants useless in just nine months. Lewis was amazed at how ubiquitous this type of furniture had become in Washington, which in turn led him to the conclusion that the maker of this substandard furniture was more than likely headquartered in the home district of the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.”
― Vince Flynn, quote from American Assassin


“whipped up a cloud of dirty”
― Vince Flynn, quote from American Assassin


“or the trunk, taken somewhere and stripped naked,”
― Vince Flynn, quote from American Assassin



Video

About the author

Vince Flynn
Born place: in St. Paul, Minnesota, The United States
Born date April 6, 1966
See more on GoodReads

Popular quotes

“...la isla lo invadía y lo gozaba con una tal intimidad que no era capaz de pensar o elegir. (La isla a mediodía)”
― Julio Cortázar, quote from Todos los fuegos el fuego


“I know my fate. One day my name will be associated with the memory of something tremendous — a crisis without equal on earth, the most profound collision of conscience, a decision that was conjured up against everything that had been believed, demanded, hallowed so far. I am no man, I am dynamite.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, quote from Ecce Homo


“At last, he began to discourse of fortune and human affairs. "Is it meet," said he, "for him that knows he is but man, in his greatest prosperity to pride himself, and be exalted at the conquest of a city, nation, or kingdom, and not rather well to weigh this change of fortune, in which all warriors may see an example of their common frailty, and learn a lesson that there is nothing durable or constant? For what time can men select to think themselves secure, when that of victory itself forces us more than any to dread our own fortune? and a very little consideration on the law of things, and how all are hurried round, and each man's station changed, will introduce sadness in the midst of the greatest joy. Or can you, when you see before your eyes the succession of Alexander himself, who arrived at the height of power and ruled the greatest empire, in the short space of an hour trodden underfoot- when you behold a king, that was but even now surrounded with so numerous an army, receiving nourishment to support his life from the hands of his conquerors- can you, I say, believe there is any certainty in what we now possess whilst there is such a thing as chance? No, young men, cast off that vain pride and empty boast of victory; sit down with humility, looking always for what is yet to come, and the possible future reverses which the divine displeasure may eventually make the end of our present happiness.”
― Plutarch, quote from Parallel Lives


“Part of my identity for as long as I can remember is being a baseball player. If I'm not that anymore, then who am I?"

"Who do you want to be?"

"Harry Potter”
― J. Sterling, quote from The Sweetest Game


“Hansel took his little sister by the hand, and followed the pebbles which shone like newly-coined silver pieces, and showed them the way.”
― Jacob Grimm, quote from The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales


Interesting books

The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
(6.7K)
The Prize: The Epic...
by Daniel Yergin
The Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam
(4.1K)
The Sorrow of War: A...
by Bảo Ninh
On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness
(5.1K)
On the Edge of the D...
by Andrew Peterson
Sins & Needles
(21.4K)
Sins & Needles
by Karina Halle
Meet Me at the Cupcake Café
(11K)
Meet Me at the Cupca...
by Jenny Colgan
Incarnate
(20.7K)
Incarnate
by Jodi Meadows

About BookQuoters

BookQuoters is a community of passionate readers who enjoy sharing the most meaningful, memorable and interesting quotes from great books. As the world communicates more and more via texts, memes and sound bytes, short but profound quotes from books have become more relevant and important. For some of us a quote becomes a mantra, a goal or a philosophy by which we live. For all of us, quotes are a great way to remember a book and to carry with us the author’s best ideas.

We thoughtfully gather quotes from our favorite books, both classic and current, and choose the ones that are most thought-provoking. Each quote represents a book that is interesting, well written and has potential to enhance the reader’s life. We also accept submissions from our visitors and will select the quotes we feel are most appealing to the BookQuoters community.

Founded in 2023, BookQuoters has quickly become a large and vibrant community of people who share an affinity for books. Books are seen by some as a throwback to a previous world; conversely, gleaning the main ideas of a book via a quote or a quick summary is typical of the Information Age but is a habit disdained by some diehard readers. We feel that we have the best of both worlds at BookQuoters; we read books cover-to-cover but offer you some of the highlights. We hope you’ll join us.