Dale Brown > Quotes

“are limited by procedure to”
― Dale Brown, Battle Born

“slogans popular with the Brothers. Nuri let him talk for a while before”
― Dale Brown, Raven Strike

“Fox three, Brewski!” Jimmy Maili shouted on the command channel. All four Chinese fighters were locked on solid on his APG-77 radar, and the fire control computer had selected the best targets. With the press of a button, the left main weapon bay door opened and an AIM-120D AMRAAM was ejected into the slipstream and homed in on its target, followed a few seconds later by another from the right-side weapons bay. He could see tiny sparkles in the distance and assumed it was the Chinese pilots ejecting flares when they got the missile launch warning.”
― Dale Brown, Tiger's Claw

“China is where America was three generations ago—mostly agrarian but becoming more urban, isolationalist, suspicious of all foreigners, but expanding rapidly and embracing change, as innovation and new ideas sweep across the frontier.”
― Dale Brown, Fatal Terrain

“Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. —WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN, AMERICAN POLITICIAN”
― Dale Brown, Iron Wolf

“goddamned”
― Dale Brown, Night of the Hawk

“they always did in times of crisis—replaying the same tired video clips, indulging in pointless speculation, and interviewing the usual groups of “experts,” none of whom could shed any useful light on events.”
― Dale Brown, The Moscow Offensive

“China is where America was three generations ago—mostly agrarian but becoming more urban, isolationalist, suspicious of all foreigners, but expanding rapidly and embracing change, as innovation and new ideas sweep across the frontier. China will not be ruled by warlords forever. We must stake our position to steer China in a direction that’s right for them and right for America. You want to be instrumental in shaping China to meet America’s needs. We cannot allow China to become isolated.”
― Dale Brown, Fatal Terrain

“then abruptly”
― Dale Brown, Black Wolf

“The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it. —Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist”
― Dale Brown, The Moscow Offensive

“A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm. —Henrik Ibsen”
― Dale Brown, A Time for Patriots

“war?” “Sent”
― Dale Brown, Shadows of Steel

“knocking on his superior’s”
― Dale Brown, Fatal Terrain

“Everything about the other man, especially the way his watchful gaze cataloged, measured, and dissected Flynn’s appearance while he walked up to join them, practically shouted senior spook.”
― Dale Brown, Weapons of Opportunity

“McLanahan thought that Elliott”
― Dale Brown, Day of the Cheetah

“In life, adversity only visits the strong. It stays forever with the weak. We have to decide whether we're going to be strong or weak.”
― Dale Brown

“THE SIMMERING STRATEGIC CLASH IN U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS—(Stratfor.com, January 20, 2011): . . . Beijing is compelled by its economic development to seek military tools to secure its vital supply lines and defend its coasts, the historic weak point where foreign states have invaded. With each Chinese move to push out from its narrow geographical confines, the United States perceives a military force gaining in ability to block or interfere with U.S. commercial and military passage and access in the region. This violates a core American strategic need—command of the seas and global reach.”
― Dale Brown, Tiger's Claw