# Quote — Steve Perry, The Ramal Extraction

> “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.

- Author: [Steve Perry](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steve-perry.md)
- Book: [The Ramal Extraction](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steve-perry/the-ramal-extraction.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/steve-perry/the-ramal-extraction/you-cheated-hell

## More from this book

> 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)