Quotes
Rich people seldom run amok; They hire somebody to do that for them.
“One who searches for the definition ‘devious’ can find it listed under ‘human.’”
“Why would he do that?”
“Because he is insane, a fool, a man so devious they will have to guard his corpse after he dies, or he’ll steal it himself!”
If it ain’t broke, don’t break it.
There are a lot of promises in the recycle bins of history.
In the land of the unarmed, the man with a rock was king.
Never felt so alive as you did after you came out of a battle in one piece. And if you were dead? You wouldn’t feel that...
“Everybody knows that.”
“Assume for a moment that everybody is wrong.”
Truth is the first casualty in war, but communications is the second.
Civilization didn’t like surprises...
It wasn’t a death wish. It was a see-how-close-you-can-get-and-live wish.
Young soldiers had a lot of expectations and fantasies about how it would be and what they would do and feel. Invariably wrong, those expectations.
“You ready to fly, Nancy?” Jo asked.
“Honey, I’m always ready to fly.”
“Might get shot at.”
“I been shot at. Not a problem if they don’t hit me. I am allowed to dodge, right?”
“You cheated!”
“Hell yes, I did. I learned a long time ago, better you learn to fight smarter, not harder.”
“If you had not had the pistol—”
“Then I’d have used some other tool. Knife, stick, a chair, whatever. Fighting fair gets you killed unless the other guy also fights fair and you are better than him and lucky. First rule: Don’t do it.
Shoot at us, we will nuke you all and let God sort out your radioactive dust.
Nobody is a born killer. And nobody ever forgets the first time they get laid, nor the first time they spike somebody.
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