James Rosone > Quotes

“in the absence of orders—attack without mercy.”
― James Rosone, Battlefield Ukraine

“Not all heroes wear capes. Some heroes have to wrestle around in the mud so others can stay clean.”
― James Rosone, Monroe Doctrine: Volume V

“You learn that no matter what you do, people are going to die. It’s the nature of war. Our job is to minimize the number of losses we take and increase our chances of winning.”
― James Rosone, Into the War

“General Omar Bradley famously said, ‘Amateurs talk strategy. Professionals talk logistics.”
― James Rosone, Battlefield Pacific

“Also, when it comes to the DoD, if there’s an officer or enlisted member who hasn’t served in a line unit in four years or spent more than six years at the Pentagon, I want them reassigned as a replacement to Korea or Venezuela. Get them out of the Pentagon. Reassignments are the fastest way to gut that place. The wounded that are returning from those theaters, reassign them to the Pentagon to recover and take their place. They’ll bring invaluable experience to the building.”
― James Rosone, Monroe Doctrine: Volume IV

“President Lincoln once said, ‘America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”
― James Rosone, Retribution

“no more a nationalist or fascist than his predecessor. Titles and names are thrown around because they incite people; they rile them up. It was a means we used to try and neuter the man. It clearly didn’t work, which is why we had to replace him”
― James Rosone, Vengeance

“When I was growing up, my dad told me an old saying: ‘Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.’ It was said a very long time ago by a famous boxer at the time.”
― James Rosone, Into the Battle

“God of Heaven and Earth, maker of all creation, be with my family as I embark upon this mission. Keep them safe and filled with hope. Bless our country and the soldiers fighting for her. Let our endeavors today lead us closer to a world of peace. As I step into the unknown, light my path and steady my resolve. May my actions reflect your will. Amen.”
― James Rosone, Monroe Doctrine: Volume VIII

“mean, this is what authors write about in dystopian novels,”
― James Rosone, Monroe Doctrine: Volume IV

“Ah, the smell of fresh bacon, biscuits n’gravy, and black coffee… this is the best part of being a soldier in the field,”
― James Rosone, Battlefield Pacific

“This is a test for NATO as well. If we do move to a conflict with Russia, and a member of NATO opts not to honor their obligation to the organization, then I want them removed from NATO with a five-year ban on reentry. If NATO is going to stay a relevant organization, then members will either be 100% on board, or they will be out.”
― James Rosone, Battlefield Ukraine

“Mark shook his head and smiled at what he was being told. “How are you able to do all of this without it being a privacy issue?” Adrian smiled as he replied, “It’s in the disclaimer of the game. It’s not our fault users don’t read it.”
― James Rosone, Monroe Doctrine: Volume I

“It’s a planet with a mass of 1.05 times that of Earth. Meaning the gravity on the planet is roughly five percent more powerful than on Earth, but not enough to really affect humans or cause us many problems.”
― James Rosone, Into the Stars

“You don’t become president without a lot of help and people pushing you along the way—people who you end up owing favors to down the road. People come calling for those favors once you’re in power. And if you refuse them…well, let’s just say they can make your administration grind to a halt.”
― James Rosone, Monroe Doctrine: Volume IV

“People will go about their entire lives wondering about the what-ifs until eventually they throw themselves into an early grave. Instead, what we need to do is accept the reality we’ve been handed and drive on. Don’t take the memories of their deaths with you but the memories you made with them. That’s a start, at least.”
― James Rosone, Into the Chaos

“Today’s meal-ready-to-eat consisted of beef steak, but it came with a special prize, the jalapeño cheese sauce—the most-prized condiment in any MRE. It was the most-often traded item and was treated like pure gold by those who regularly ate MREs.”
― James Rosone, Battlefield Ukraine

“He decided to go for broke. “Fire tubes four, five, and six at Master One. Set to active sonar and cut the wires!” Before the command could be echoed, Takahashi was already barking his second order. “Fire tube three at Master Two. Set to active sonar. Cut the wire. Fire Sea Wasps in tubes one and two to projected intercept course with the Chinese torpedoes and set to shallow proximity detonation!”
― James Rosone, Monroe Doctrine: Volume II

“Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty.”
― James Rosone, Monroe Doctrine

“Normally, they wouldn’t be allowed to call in an artillery strike in a densely packed part of the city unless they knew there were no civilians nearby, but with more than a dozen of his soldiers dead and half that many lying in the street wounded and calling out for help, he wasn’t about to let an arbitrary rule written by a lawyer prevent him from keeping his soldiers alive.”
― James Rosone, Battlefield Russia

“most effective way to solve the problem is to cull the herd of the sick and elderly, the ones who are no longer able to contribute to society or for whom the economic drain they impose on society outweighs what they are able to contribute.”
― James Rosone, Monroe Doctrine: Volume I

“good leaders make decisions based on the facts they have on hand. Poor leaders make decisions based on the emotions of the moment.”
― James Rosone, Monroe Doctrine: Volume V

“You work at Alibaba, so you’re using your AI to better understand consumer behavior. Like what a consumer is looking for, what are they buying—if they buy x, then they are more likely to also buy y and z, so you can build a microtargeted ad to get a product in front of them. Right?” Hank inquired. Dan nodded. “Yes. We learned a lot of this from how Amazon built their system. For instance, when Google AdSense first came out, Amazon was the largest consumer of keyword marketing. Eventually, once Amazon had built a large enough platform, they were able to start doing that themselves. At Alibaba, we replicated that system. I suppose the only real difference between our two companies is we have access to a much larger demographic of users and consumers given China’s population.” Hank explained, “The Met want my help in creating a predictive behavior analysis program. They want me to build a program that will allow them to identify people who may be about to commit a crime. This way they can move officers to intercede or be there when it happens. One, I’m not sure it’s totally possible to create something like that, and two, I’m not sure we want to create a society where we have AIs anticipating our actions before we take them.”
― James Rosone, Monroe Doctrine: Books 1 - 4

“If there is one thing the Americans are masters at in war, it’s logistics.”
― James Rosone, Battlefield Pacific

“Food is fuel, nothing more. You eat because your mind needs fuel to fight, to think, to operate…”
― James Rosone, Monroe Doctrine: Volume IV

“bring in some money to help cover the mounting medical bills. Private insurance and specialists were expensive.”
― James Rosone, Battlefield Russia

“Their attempt to take out the reactors at Fordo failed, though we are letting them believe they destroyed them. We have that weak idiot President Obama to thank for giving us the time to reinforce it beyond their capability to destroy it so many years ago,” said General Malik. “The American cruise missiles are really starting to cause some problems, aside from electricity shortages. they are attempting to destroy our infrastructure, making movement across the Republic incredibly difficult. It is making it hard to move additional reinforcements and supplies to the frontlines.”
― James Rosone, Prelude to World War III: The Rise of the Islamic Republic and the Rebirth of America

“We must come together as a people and be respectful that others have a different point of view and that different ideas don’t necessarily make a person wrong or immoral.”
― James Rosone, Retribution

“that the enemy always got a vote no matter how many times you tried to deny them one.”
― James Rosone, Into the Fire

“Just focus on one day at a time. And when that’s too big, focus on the next hour. When that’s too hard, focus on the next minute. If all else fails, just think about the one thing you have to do right then, and just keep going. Make your vision small, and you’ll get through this.”
― James Rosone, Monroe Doctrine: Volume VI