“Evelyn: Look, I... I may not be an explorer, or an adventurer, or a treasure-seeker, or a gunfighter, Mr. O'Connell, but I am proud of what I am. Rick: And what is that? Evelyn: I... am a librarian. The Mummy (1999)”
―
Max Allan Collins,
The Mummy
“Everyone needs help. That's the human condition.” ― Max Allan Collins, Jump Cut
“Evelyn: [drunk] You're wondering, 'What is a place like me doing in a girl like this?'Rick: Yeah, something like that.” ― Max Allan Collins, The Mummy
“Rick: Can you swim? Evelyn: Well, of course I can swim if the occasion calls for it. Rick: [throwing her overboard] Trust me. It calls for it.” ― Max Allan Collins, The Mummy
“She was a big blonde woman with more curves than the highway out front and just the right number of hills and valleys.” ― Max Allan Collins, Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe: A Centennial Celebration
“The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.” Woodrow Wilson, twenty-eighth President of the United States of America. Served 1913–1921. President during World War I, only President to be interred within Washington, DC, at the National Cathedral.” ― Max Allan Collins, Executive Order
“To get what you want, stop doing what isn't working. - Earl Warren” ― Max Allan Collins
“Fiction is largely the process of writers solving problems of their own creation.” ― Max Allan Collins
“I always turn to the sports page first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures. - Earl Warren” ― Max Allan Collins, Supreme Justice
“Beware how you take hope from another human being. - Oliver Wendell Holms Jr.,” ― Max Allan Collins
“Sometimes I wonder if I've changed so much, my wife is even gonna recognize me whenever it is I get back to her, and how I'll ever be able to, tell about days like today. Ahh, Ryan. I don't know anything about Ryan, I don't care. The man means nothing to me; he's just a name. But if, you know, if going to Rem"al, and finding him so he can go home, if that earns me the right to get back to my wife, well then, then that's my mission.” ― Max Allan Collins
“People are very quick to ridicule others for showing fear. But we rarely know the secret springboards behind human action. The man who shows great fear today may be tomorrow’s hero. Who are we to judge?” ― Max Allan Collins, Supreme Justice
“Zigzag... don't bunch up. Weave like a drunk on New Year's... Got it?” ― Max Allan Collins, Saving Private Ryan
“Law not served by power is an illusion; but power not ruled by law is a menace.” ― Max Allan Collins, Supreme Justice
“Is that where you took care of him? In a restroom?""No. I walked him out to the runway and threw him in front of a Boeing.” ― Max Allan Collins, Quarry
“She couldn’t stop herself from grinning back at” ― Max Allan Collins, Supreme Justice
“The right to revolt has sources deep in our history.” ― Max Allan Collins, Supreme Justice
“Eyes Only is more than just a voice and eyes on some cable hack...it's more like a network. People who help Eyes Only, they're all loyal, and they don't talk to anybody about anything, if you're not one of them.” ― Max Allan Collins, Before the Dawn
“Hi my name's Quarry. I'm in town to blow your favorite professor's brains out. Can you tell me whether you're planning to stop by his place this afternoon, so I can pick a time when I wouldn't have to spray your fucking brains against the wall, too? Thanks!” ― Max Allan Collins, The First Quarry
“Everyone needs help. That's the human condition.” ― Max Allan Collins, Jump Cut
“Evelyn: [drunk] You're wondering, 'What is a place like me doing in a girl like this?'Rick: Yeah, something like that.” ― Max Allan Collins, The Mummy
“Rick: Can you swim? Evelyn: Well, of course I can swim if the occasion calls for it. Rick: [throwing her overboard] Trust me. It calls for it.” ― Max Allan Collins, The Mummy
“She was a big blonde woman with more curves than the highway out front and just the right number of hills and valleys.” ― Max Allan Collins, Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe: A Centennial Celebration
“The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.” Woodrow Wilson, twenty-eighth President of the United States of America. Served 1913–1921. President during World War I, only President to be interred within Washington, DC, at the National Cathedral.” ― Max Allan Collins, Executive Order
“To get what you want, stop doing what isn't working. - Earl Warren” ― Max Allan Collins
“Fiction is largely the process of writers solving problems of their own creation.” ― Max Allan Collins
“I always turn to the sports page first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures. - Earl Warren” ― Max Allan Collins, Supreme Justice
“Beware how you take hope from another human being. - Oliver Wendell Holms Jr.,” ― Max Allan Collins
“Sometimes I wonder if I've changed so much, my wife is even gonna recognize me whenever it is I get back to her, and how I'll ever be able to, tell about days like today. Ahh, Ryan. I don't know anything about Ryan, I don't care. The man means nothing to me; he's just a name. But if, you know, if going to Rem"al, and finding him so he can go home, if that earns me the right to get back to my wife, well then, then that's my mission.” ― Max Allan Collins
“People are very quick to ridicule others for showing fear. But we rarely know the secret springboards behind human action. The man who shows great fear today may be tomorrow’s hero. Who are we to judge?” ― Max Allan Collins, Supreme Justice
“Zigzag... don't bunch up. Weave like a drunk on New Year's... Got it?” ― Max Allan Collins, Saving Private Ryan
“Law not served by power is an illusion; but power not ruled by law is a menace.” ― Max Allan Collins, Supreme Justice
“Is that where you took care of him? In a restroom?""No. I walked him out to the runway and threw him in front of a Boeing.” ― Max Allan Collins, Quarry
“She couldn’t stop herself from grinning back at” ― Max Allan Collins, Supreme Justice
“The right to revolt has sources deep in our history.” ― Max Allan Collins, Supreme Justice
“Eyes Only is more than just a voice and eyes on some cable hack...it's more like a network. People who help Eyes Only, they're all loyal, and they don't talk to anybody about anything, if you're not one of them.” ― Max Allan Collins, Before the Dawn
“Hi my name's Quarry. I'm in town to blow your favorite professor's brains out. Can you tell me whether you're planning to stop by his place this afternoon, so I can pick a time when I wouldn't have to spray your fucking brains against the wall, too? Thanks!” ― Max Allan Collins, The First Quarry
