Evan Currie Quotes

We're going to scrape her hull clear of those pests,

This was a fight the likes of which only existed in fiction, a war that was black and white and had no vagueness in where the line was drawn.

Alright, chalk it up to magic supertech, and let's move on," Morgan said.

The Corps does more with less than anyone else on the planet, so they always get less to do more with.

Eric found that his choice of lifestyle never failed to offer him challenges to keep things interesting.

I'll not ask another generation to shoulder my burden.

Why do I have a sudden urge to say I have a bad feeling about this?

Stress is for when you have options, decisions to make.

Honestly, there probably wasn't a lot of difference between them.

To each his own," Eric said, "and as my Ma used to say, among them be it.

numbers. William

There are some things in this universe that are better left unknown. Some knowledge changes you. That knowledge exact a terrible toll!

Insanity had its place, and that place was generally when all the sane options had been exhausted.

If it weren't happening, he would have sworn that their reproduction speed alone violated the laws of thermodynamics - or at least common decency. The

be an accomplishment. She was just glad

He'd always wondered what he'd do when victory wasn't an option.

The more bragging you see on the media, the faster the war is turning against the braggarts. If

Why is it that we only see short-term benefits? No one wants to invest in the future if it's more than twenty-four hours away,

what you need is a strong corps of soldiers who serve, not because they must, but because they see honor in it.

Oh my lord, I hurt," he mumbled, licking his lips and spitting out a piece of his helmet face shield. Shatterproof my ass. Slowly

Sometime you end with your god but usually the numbers were the best path. Knowing when to draw the line was the hardest skill you can master.

It was a foolish warrior who entrusted his weapons to the care of any man, save himself.

More men had died because their commander wavered in his action, too afraid of making the wrong decision to make any,

in his opinion. Masters himself was Ranger tabbed,

Evolution wasn't a blueprint; it was a series of mistakes that occasionally turned out to be beneficial.

CLEARVIEW, QUEENS

That level of irony was such that it should not exist in a sane universe, but then he had never once believed the universe to be sane.

The fun thing about insanity is that it is often so very hard to tell it apart from brilliance.

She was striking, she was unforgettable, and she was terrifying. Those were words that applied just fine to the major.

If we survive this, I'm going to have a very serious talk with the techs back home about what constitutes "need to know.

there were few things in the world more useless than an empty gun.

Warriors are never appreciated in peacetime except by those they saved during the war.

... they couldn't do it the easy way, so they cut through the problem and made another option.

There was just something very crystalizing about bullets whining over your head; it tended to put questions of morality in perspective.

Stephanos was angry, but he was still a military man, and the best path to victory was following orders. Not exacting revenge.

There were times when it was better to beg forgiveness than ask for identification. Reed

Just because the world is falling apart around me is no excuse for a lack of professionalism.

May as well have painted the walls black, she thought with some amusement.

All right, who prayed for the miracle?" he asked softly. Three guys raised their hands. "You're all promoted. Nice work.

We don't bolt, Ensign ... We advance cautiously to the front and quickly to the rear.

We go in dark, quiet, and at a crawl. We do not gravitate, transmit, or even fart in the general direction of that thing.

Fighter pilots. What idiot idea possessed me to put fighter pilots at the controls of starships?

Sometimes it was the journey that counted and every one of them had signed on for an odyssey.

They didn't fear... They were fear!

The main difference between a fighter pilot and God is that God doesn't think he was a fighter pilot.

Rookies always knew everything, which was what got them in trouble.

The military sowed a spirit of brotherhood in its members, by necessity as well as plan, and that spirit was a vengeful one when its ire was aroused.

It is always easier to curse in another language than your own!

Too bad we don't always get what we want.

The things fought and ate, and when they ate enough, they produced more of them to fight and eat.

For myself, I'll trust what I believe when my mind is calm, rational, and at peace.

Let's not worry about when we go down, Commander. Let's just worry about what kind of company we keep when we do.

All right, roger that. Don't get dead." "That's high on my list of priorities.

Hell is a state of being, not a physical place.

on the armor shut behind him, cutting the master chief off for a moment as the suit booted up. From

Deliberate motions are mistake free motions, she told herself as she angled in toward the tether. Mistake free motions are speed. Speed is life.

The difference between courage and stupidity is measured by success and survival.

I'm either starting to like these people, or I'm going to shoot them,

Orbiting a planet, or any significant source of gravity, was a lot like constantly throwing yourself at the ground and figuring out how to miss.

It's quality versus quantity, but quantity has a quality all its own,

Resistance was normal; however, it was generally futile as well. Being