Jonathan P. Brazee > Quotes

“Ryck thought that after hundreds of years, someone would have figured out an easy and quick way to put a ribbon or medal bar on a uniform.”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, Captain

“What’s with these things?” Sams asked.  “In the scifi holos, aliens are reptiles, or dragons, or even big bugs, bent on eating all of us.  But when we finally get contact, all we’ve got are teddy bears that just sit around doing nothing?”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, Lieutenant

“So when you are out there in a week, in a month, in a year, and you have to bring arms against others, remember that. Fight like the devil dogs you are, close in with and kill those on the other side, but after this is over, when they have surrendered their arms, it will be your job to protect them. Our enemies are those who pervert and corrupt power for their own ends, not those enslaved to them.”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, Commandant

“Sir, you may have made our jobs into being guards,” he replied, with a slight emphasis on the “you,” “but every Marine in a rifleman. We are warriors, by a long tradition earned in blood. And I’m sorry, but with all due respect, no politician can change that.”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, The Few

“He hated the regen process.  He hated being a gen hen.  Then there was the rehabilitation, or authorized torture at the hands of the physical therapy terrorists. ”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, Lieutenant

“We will protect the Humber League citizens to the best of our abilities.”  He stepped closer, leaned in, and said, “And we have tremendous abilities, ma’am.”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, Unification

“the civilians would still flee rather than fight. Regrettable, but a fact of life.”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, Colonel

“he’d managed to withstand following through on the thought.”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, Division of Power

“Tony wondered if he was up to the task.  Not just to impress Capt Svenson, not just to impress his Marines, but to prove to himself that he could be a good officer and not just some guy who could shoot a rifle.”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, The Proud

“Do you know who Meister Eckhart is?” Ryck asked. “No, sir.” “He was a Thirteenth Century German philosopher and theologian, someone whose ideas often got him into trouble. But he said, ‘The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake.’ Pretty true words, in my opinion.”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, Colonel

“It was the same everywhere. Military men in civilian clothes always looked out of place. Even with different styles in clothing in different countries, they stood out like sore thumbs.”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, The Few

“Uh, look Ryck, you’re the lieutenant and all, and with all due respect, but are you fucking crazy?”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, Lieutenant

“everyone might stay together for drinking and mess games, but the common understanding was that it was a little difficult for a private to let loose and have fun when there was a colonel standing there at his shoulder. ”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, Recruit

“Always fighting the last war, however, was a good way to lose the next one.”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, Sergeant

“Janes: The short name for a civilian database of all things military. They often have more quality information on unit weapons and equipment than government intelligence agencies.”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, Lieutenant

“French slurp guns,”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, Sergeant

“Eliminate the impossible, and what remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth,”[40]”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, Lieutenant

“Security was very tight.  They had to show their badges and were scanned no less than three times.  That did not include any number of discreet surveillance methods that Ryck could not even begin to list. ”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, Lieutenant

“Ryck wasn’t fine.  His leg was no longer working at all, and he was lightheaded.  The pain, thankfully, had faded a bit, probably because the nerves were just too mangled to transmit the signals.  But he had only ten meters left, and nothing was going to stop him.”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, Lieutenant

“Sergeant Phantawisangtong,”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, Sergeant

“and can you blame them?  I mean, look at me,” Cal said, one hand sweeping to take in his frame.”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, Lieutenant

“for”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, The Few

“The Vulture recognized him, and the driver’s door swung up. Ryck slid inside, the nanos in the seat molding it around him. He’d only had one beer, so the hover allowed him to take control. The hover was almost silent as it rose off the deck with just the low, almost subsonic rumbling giving any indication of the horsepower under the hood.”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, Lieutenant

“Ryck jumped as the first Tamika emerged from the dark forest into the sunlight.  It looked huge.  Ryck knew it was nowhere close to a match to the Marines’ M1 Davis, but Ryck didn’t have a Davis in his back pocket, so the Tamika looked pretty impressive.”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, Lieutenant

“a direct view to the village, where the leading edge was only 3,000 klicks away.”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, Lieutenant Colonel

“My fucking grandmother!  Vegas!” one of the sailors said. Ryck didn’t quite understand the reference of that, but he understood the tone of the sailor’s comment.”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, Recruit

“Napoleon said, “A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, Crystals