# The Ramal Extraction

- Author: [Steve Perry](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steve-perry.md)
- Quotes: 16
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/steve-perry/the-ramal-extraction

## Quotes

> Rich people seldom run amok; They hire somebody to do that for them.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steve-perry/the-ramal-extraction/rich-people-seldom.md)

> “One who searches for the definition ‘devious’ can find it listed under ‘human.’”

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steve-perry/the-ramal-extraction/one-who-searches.md)

> “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!”

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steve-perry/the-ramal-extraction/why-would-he-do-that.md)

> If it ain’t broke, don’t break it.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steve-perry/the-ramal-extraction/if-it-aint.md)

> There are a lot of promises in the recycle bins of history.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steve-perry/the-ramal-extraction/there-are-a-lot.md)

> In the land of the unarmed, the man with a rock was king.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steve-perry/the-ramal-extraction/in-the-land.md)

> 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...

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steve-perry/the-ramal-extraction/never-felt-so-alive.md)

> “Everybody knows that.”
>
> “Assume for a moment that everybody is wrong.”

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> Truth is the first casualty in war, but communications is the second.

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> Civilization didn’t like surprises...

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steve-perry/the-ramal-extraction/civilization-didnt-like.md)

> It wasn’t a death wish. It was a see-how-close-you-can-get-and-live wish.

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> 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.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steve-perry/the-ramal-extraction/young-soldiers-had.md)

> “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?”

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steve-perry/the-ramal-extraction/you-ready-to-fly.md)

> “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.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steve-perry/the-ramal-extraction/you-cheated-hell.md)

> Shoot at us, we will nuke you all and let God sort out your radioactive dust.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steve-perry/the-ramal-extraction/shoot-at-us-we-will.md)

> 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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