Marc Cameron > Quotes

“that which does not kill us makes us weaker for the next thing that tries to kill us.”
― Marc Cameron, Day Zero

“When two tigers fight, one is injured beyond repair—and the other one is dead.”
― Marc Cameron, Act Of Terror

“A zest for living must include a willingness to die. —ROBERT A. HEINLEIN”
― Marc Cameron, State of Emergency

“when this country falls, it will be because it rips itself to pieces from within.”
― Marc Cameron, Day Zero

“There ain’t no clean end on a turd,”
― Marc Cameron, Day Zero

“She’s the kind of girl who’d beat a guy to death with a walrus pecker if he crossed her,”
― Marc Cameron, Day Zero

“focus on the possible and let the impossible fade from your mind.”
― Marc Cameron, Brute Force

“Life in a police state is pretty good—if you are the state police.” Though”
― Marc Cameron, National Security

“Like the Hell’s Angels’ famous credo: “Three could keep a secret—if two of them were dead.”
― Marc Cameron, Bone Rattle

“People make up stories to fill the vacuum of what they do not know, and those stories are always subject to their own insecurities. It is human nature to believe the worst in others, because we know the worst about ourselves.”
― Marc Cameron, Tom Clancy Code of Honor

“President Clark rubbed his eyes with a thumb and forefinger. "This is really something," he said. " Just days until I address Congress and the nation. What am I supposed to say? 'Ladies and gentlemen, the state of the union is...infected.',”
― Marc Cameron, Time of Attack

“Four things greater than all things are,’ ” the Sikh said, again using Kipling to make his point. “ ‘. . . Women and Horses and Power and War.”
― Marc Cameron, Brute Force

“That he gave her space—but still occupied that same space himself, quietly, without demands.”
― Marc Cameron, Bone Rattle

“Don’t practice until you get it right. Practice until you don’t get it wrong.”
― Marc Cameron, Oath of Office

“It is human nature to believe the worst in others, because we know the worst about ourselves.”
― Marc Cameron, Tom Clancy Code of Honor

“Chinese proverb: When two tigers fight, one is injured beyond repair—and the other one is dead. During”
― Marc Cameron, Act Of Terror

“Human beings would believe even the most outlandish lie as long as it fell close to what they wished to be true.”
― Marc Cameron, Chain of Command

“When the great lord passes, the wise peasant bows deeply and silently farts.”
― Marc Cameron, Time of Attack

“Socialism was no better, just Communism by another name. All of them had been around the world and witnessed firsthand the damage Communist regimes rained down on the people. Voicing the notion aloud made one sound like a crazed zealot, but experience had taught everyone in the room that Communism was a fairy tale on paper, the cold reality of which brought riches to the rulers and sorrow, starvation, and death to the ruled.”
― Marc Cameron, Shadow of the Dragon

“the main problem with riding at such speeds with no helmet or goggles was the inability to see.”
― Marc Cameron, Time of Attack

“No matter what animal rights activists felt about the practice of “pig lab” training for military corpsmen and combat rescue officers, there was no mannequin or “lifelike” device that came close to working on something that was actually alive. Quivering flesh, the copper scent, and even the slickness of warm blood could be duplicated. But life, that vital essence that made animals different from sugar beets or ears of corn, was inimitable, no matter how sophisticated the tech.”
― Marc Cameron, State of Emergency

“He turned right off Tenth Street onto Egan Drive, heading northwest toward the airport. “We’re supposed to meet in three hours,” he said, loosening his tie, glancing sideways at his leggy assistant. He hoped he looked cool, nonchalant.”
― Marc Cameron, Bone Rattle

“Grumpy Cutter’s Flaky Square Buttermilk Biscuits 3 cups of all-purpose flour
2 Tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
4 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
2 sticks of butter, frozen (16 Tbsps)
1½ cups of buttermilk Preheat oven to 400°F. Prepare a baking sheet with a light spray of oil or cover with parchment. In a bowl, stir together all the dry ingredients: flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, baking soda. Grate the two sticks of butter and add to the dry ingredient mixture. Gently combine until the butter particles are coated. Next add the buttermilk and briefly fold it in. Transfer this dough to a floured spot for rolling and folding. Shape the dough into a square; then roll it out into a larger rectangle. Fold by hand into thirds using a bench scraper. Press the dough to seal it. Use the bench scraper to help shape the dough into flat edges. Turn it 90 degrees and repeat the process of rolling it out to a bigger rectangle and shaping it again. Repeat this process for a total of five times. The dough will become smoother as you go. After the last fold, and if time allows, wrap the dough in plastic wrap and let it rest in the fridge for 30 minutes. Otherwise, cut the remaining dough into squares and place 1 inch apart on the baking sheet. Brush the tops with melted butter. Bake at 400°F for 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool on a rack before serving—if you can wait that long. Tips to remember: • A buttermilk substitute can be made by adding one teaspoon vinegar to one and a half cups regular milk and letting it stand for a few minutes. • Handle the dough lightly—don’t overwork it. • Freeze the butter. It makes it easier to grate and distribute it throughout the dough. • For the very best results, your bowl and other utensils should be cold. • Rolling and folding the dough 5 times produces the flaky layers—again, don’t get too heavy handed. • Shaping the dough into a square and cutting it into squares avoids waste and rerolling (and overworking) the scraps. • If time allows, let the dough rest for 30 minutes wrapped in plastic wrap in the fridge before you cut into squares. This helps them rise tall in the oven without slumping or sliding. Makes about a dozen biscuits.”
― Marc Cameron, Bone Rattle

“Things are different out here. It’s important to know when to go along to get along. I know an AST sergeant who gives each new trooper a long”
― Marc Cameron, Stone Cross

“spent a lot of time on her back, pondering the mystery and vagaries of life. Positional prostitutional philosophy,”
― Marc Cameron, Time of Attack

“Okay.” “What I’m saying, Jack”—Ysabel waved a hand low in front of her lap—“is don’t look for someone who only sets you on fire here. Find someone who burns your cheek with a simple kiss.”
― Marc Cameron, Oath of Office

“A beautiful woman did not have to beg to be courted. A government should not force you to believe.”
― Marc Cameron, Active Measures

“Sometimes bad people were just that: bad people.”
― Marc Cameron, State of Emergency

“It was a dirty business, politics. Dirtier even than espionage, Bobkova thought, so one might as well conduct it over a nice meal.”
― Marc Cameron, Oath of Office

“The cure for anything is salt water—sweat, tears, or the sea.”
― Marc Cameron, Open Carry