Michael Jan Friedman > Quotes

“The Romulans may rip this base in half, pal. They may even kill me. But I'll be damned if they're going to keep me from enjoying a refreshing beverage.”
― Michael Jan Friedman, Starfleet Year One

“The scientific name for an animal that doesn’t either run from or fight its own enemies is lunch. ”
― Michael Friedman

“Because there’s no such thing as a meaningless sacrifice, Mr. Hill. Because any positive act, no matter how hopeless or insignificant, is ultimately worthwhile.”
― Michael Jan Friedman, Requiem

“you sound like a hen with diarrhea. There’s only one truth, and it’s annihilation.”
― Michael Jan Friedman, The Hammer and the Horn

“all the nomad tribes would be slain, though he would be sure to call it a “cleansing.”
― Michael Jan Friedman, The Hammer and the Horn

“The Aesir will not fight you. There is no honor in slaying a woman.”
― Michael Jan Friedman, The Hammer and the Horn

“Somehow, Picard reflected, being snubbed by a Vulcan didn’t seem as objectionable as being snubbed by someone else. Maybe it was because they were so reserved to begin with. Someday, he told himself, I would like to get to know a Vulcan better. Get inside his head, as it were.”
― Michael Jan Friedman, Gauntlet

“where we found enemies, beings who would not submit to us. Alfheim, where we found sometime-allies. And Midgard, where we found worshipers and foot soldiers for our armies.”
― Michael Jan Friedman, The Hammer and the Horn

“More often than not, it was the hand of the needy and uncertain that extended the olive branch. History had shown the truth of that over and over again.”
― Michael Jan Friedman, Death in Winter

“Teachers did not give knowledge and wisdom; they merely guided those who sought those things for themselves.”
― Michael Jan Friedman, Crossover

“Surak teaches us to find order in chaos," Spock pointed out. "He does not teach us to try to eliminate chaos or impose order on it.”
― Michael Jan Friedman, Crossover

“At east, not yet.”
― Michael Jan Friedman, Double, Double

“No matter who won this battle, a race would be wiped out.”
― Michael Jan Friedman, The Hammer and the Horn