The good old days always seemed better in distant memory than they had actually been at the time.
Steve Perry Quotes
born 1947 United States
Steve Perry (born August 31, 1947) is an American television writer and science fiction author.
- United States
- Novelists
- Science fiction authors
- Short story writers
Also known as: Steve Perry
76 quotes
Causing the union trouble was easy enough, since unions were almost always paranoid by nature.
The Albino Knife (1991)
The 97th Step (1989)
A man can only stay down so long before he rises or loses everything that he is.
The 97th Step (1989)
Everybody’s got secrets, and some of the worst ones belong to those with the most power.
The Omega Cage (1988)
The end did justify the means sometimes, otherwise nothing would ever be accomplished.
The Machiavelli Interface (1986)
“One who searches for the definition ‘devious’ can find it listed under ‘human.’”
The Ramal Extraction (2012)
Truth is the first casualty in war, but communications is the second.
The Ramal Extraction (2012)
Rich people seldom run amok; They hire somebody to do that for them.
The Ramal Extraction (2012)
Never hide from the consequences of your orders.
The Omega Cage (1988)
She loves to laugh; she loves to sing. She does everything.
The 97th Step (1989)
Old enough to look as if he knew what to do, young enough to look as if he could do it.
The Tejano Conflict (2014)
All great truths are simple, and that was both great and true itself.
The 97th Step (1989)
There are a lot of promises in the recycle bins of history.
The Ramal Extraction (2012)
A large bomb obscures a lot of evidence.
The Vastalimi Gambit (2013)
The Ramal Extraction (2012)
As it had always done, money talked, and what it said was, “Leave me alone and I’ll pay you well.”
The 97th Step (1989)
Shoot at us, we will nuke you all and let God sort out your radioactive dust.
The Ramal Extraction (2012)
Matadora (1986)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Steve Perry (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.