Doc Spears > Quotes

“Technology worked in synergy with an operator’s acumen, not in place of it.”
― Doc Spears, Legionnaire Eternal

“To not accept a rebuke is poor character. To make excuses is impudent,’ he told me. ‘To accept a minor accusation and to admit fault—whether deserved or not—shows good character.”
― Doc Spears, Warlord: A Green Beret Conquers Mars

“Meadows struck. “It’s a turd-eating centipede, Harding. I know, because I told the witch doctor to put it there. He was going to give you a dreex claw or some other kind of clichéd crap, but when I explained how it was your spirit guide, he saw it my way.”
― Doc Spears, Angles of Attack

“Worry and anxiety were different things. Anxiety was fear. And fear never helped anything. Worry was what his kind called attention to detail. It brought focus. Calm. And control of the only thing that could be controlled—yourself.”
― Doc Spears, Legionnaire Eternal

“Kel wondered if he would ever see her again or if she would become like so many people in his life—a presence he would always feel, a face he would never see again.”
― Doc Spears, No Fail

“The hasties trotted purposefully through the underbrush, attracted to the sleds like bees to a flower, pollinating the undercarriages with neutronium pellets at the speed of thought.”
― Doc Spears, Angles of Attack

“Being simple and true to their nature. It was humanity’s duty to accommodate. Resistance was sinful. Acceptance was mandatory.”
― Doc Spears, Angles of Attack

“To not accept a rebuke is poor character. To make excuses is impudent,’ he told me. ‘To accept a minor accusation and to admit fault—whether deserved or not—shows good character. To Japanese people, an apology is accepted as sincere. And the slate is wiped clean. Knowing this, then to take responsibility whether just or not, face is kept. Americans don’t know this.”
― Doc Spears, Warlord: A Green Beret Conquers Mars

“To not accept a rebuke is poor character. To make excuses is impudent,’ he told me. ‘To accept a minor accusation and to admit fault—whether deserved or not—shows good character. To Japanese people, an apology is accepted as sincere. And the slate is wiped clean. Knowing this, then to take responsibility whether just or not, face is kept. Americans don’t know this.’” My buddy’s advice to me—that if it was for anything less than a UCMJ offense—accept the rebuke. Apologize if it’s appropriate. Only explain if someone demands an explanation. And according to him, if I knew that pearl, then the world would be my oyster”
― Doc Spears, Warlord: A Green Beret Conquers Mars