William Alan Webb > Quotes

“In those far off days, legendary folk trod the glory road of sharp steel and high adventure.”
― William Alan Webb, Sharp Steel: Sharp Steel and High Adventure Volumes 1-3

“If you had to explain why the four major services could never work together,” Fleming said, “it’s because they all speak a different language. For example, if you needed to secure a building, the Navy would turn off the lights and lock the doors. The Air Force would sign a long-term lease or buy it outright. The Army would occupy the building and forbid entry to anyone else. And the Marines would assault the building and defend it to the death with suppressing fire and artillery support.”
― William Alan Webb, Standing in the Storm

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― William Alan Webb, Standing Before Hell's Gate: The Last Brigade Book 4

“upwind,”
― William Alan Webb, Standing Against All Odds

“first you have to make the money before you can distribute it. Doesn’t he know that?” Sometimes the only proper response was a smile. “He is a politician, Larry. Economics do not matter when it comes to winning elections.”
― William Alan Webb, High Mountain Hunters

“lost my friend forevermore, My friend has passed beyond the shore; Beyond the mist, beyond the moor, My friend has passed through Heaven’s Door Roman funerary inscription for Centurion Septus Sulpius Vita on Hadrian’s Wall”
― William Alan Webb, Standing the Final Watch

“Three things the wise man does not do. He does not plow the sky. He does not paint pictures on the water. And he does not argue with a woman.”
― William Alan Webb, Standing At The Edge: The Last Brigade, Book 3

“For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.” Aristotle”
― William Alan Webb, Task Force Zombie: The Nameless