Top 298 Quotes & Sayings by Dan Brown - Page 2

Writing is a solitary journey, so I am always excited to go out on book tour and meet readers one-on-one.

We have plenty of technologies we could use to destroy the planet, and we don't. There's more love on this planet than hate; there's more creativity than destructive power.

I'm not trying to emulate William Faulkner. I never said I was.

I'm trying to write books that taste like ice cream but have the nutrition of vegetables.

Christianity, Judaism and Islam all share a gospel, loosely, and it's important that we all realize that.

I like mac and cheese.

Our religions are much more similar than they are different.

The challenge for a writer looking at history is to figure out what is history and what is myth. After all, what you are looking at is an interpretation of history, and so at some level, it becomes an interpretation of an interpretation.

When I wrote 'The Da Vinci Code,' I told myself that this story of Jesus makes more sense to me than the story I read in the Bible.

Our need for that exterior god that sits up there and judges us... will diminish and eventually disappear.

I have great admiration for the fact-checking team. Considering it takes me years to gather all the facts in my books, it's a daunting task for the fact-checkers to review all of that material in a matter of weeks.

Nobody has ever convinced me that ancient aliens have visited Earth. Not even close.

I personally believe that our planet would be absolutely fine without religion, and I also feel we are evolving in that direction.

Nothing is hidden that will not be made known; nothing is secret that will not come to light.

Open your minds, my friends. We all fear what we do not understand.

…In the end we are all just searching for truth, that which is greater than ourselves.

Nobody tells you what you can and can't do.

Language can be very adept at hiding the truth.

Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire.

The media is the right arm of anarchy.

It's the age-old battle between mind and heart, which seldom want the same thing.

In 325 A.D., the Roman Emperor Constantine decided to unify Rome under a single religion ... Historians still marvel at the brilliance with which Constantine converted the sun-worshipping pagans to Christianity. By fusing pagan symbols, dates, and rituals into the growing Christian tradition, he created a kind of hybrid religion that was acceptable to both parties.

There is a fine line between insanity and genius.

Today is today. But there are many tomorrows

History is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books-books which glorify their own cause and disparage the conquered foe. As Napoleon once said, 'What is history, but a fable agreed upon?

The decisions of our past are the architects of our present.

The truth can be glimpsed only through the eyes of death.

When multiple explanations exist, the simplest is usually correct.

Nothing captures human interest more than human tragedy.

Even brilliant scientists Google themselves.

One could argue that there exist certain questions that are best left unanswered.

Books make great gifts because they can unveil hidden secrets.

Each of us is now electronically connected to the globe, and yet we feel utterly alone.

Knowledge is a tool, and like all tools, its impact is in the hands of the user.

The human mind has a primitive ego defense mechanism that negates all realities that produce too much stress for the brain to handle. It’s called Denial.

Wide acceptance of an idea is not proof of its validity.

Life is filled with difficult decisions, he thought. And winners are those who make them.

There's just no substitute for the truth.

Religion has always persecuted science.

No love is greater than that of a father for His son.

Great minds are always feared by lesser minds.

Sometimes all it takes is a tiny shift of perspective to see something familiar in a totally new light.

The only difference between you and God is that you have forgotten you are divine.

the most dangerous enemy is that which no one fears!

Pure energy is the father of creation.

Anyone who said power was not addictive had never really experienced it.

Madness breeds madness.

Sometimes a change of perspective is all it takes to see the light.

The more man learned, the more he realized he did not know.

Only one form of contagion travels faster than a virus. And that's fear.

Men in power are always interested in greater power.

Google' is not a synonym for 'research'.

When a question has no correct answer, there is only one honest response. The gray area between yes and no. Silence.

genius accepts genius unconditionally

Our minds sometimes see what our hearts wish were true.

Time is a river, and books are boats.

Everything is possible. The impossible just takes longer.

Small minds have always lashed out at what they don't understand.

Stand tall, smile bright, and let 'em wonder what secret's making you laugh.

Sooner or later we've all got to let go of our past.