Barney Ronco > Barney's Quotes

“Before the first streaks of light at dawn on December 7, 275 miles north of Oahu, the six (Japanese) carriers of the Striking Force turned into the southeast wind. Pounding into heavy swells at high speed, the carriers pitched severely with thunderous impact. The wind, surging seas, and roar of warming aircraft engines made communications possible only by hand signals and handheld signal lamps. Salt spray reached the high flight decks, and Commander Fuchida, the group leader, was very concerned about the conditions for launching planes. If this had been a training exercise the launch might have been delayed until conditions improved. However, this was not an exercise, and there would be no delay.”
― Dale A. Jenkins, Diplomats & Admirals: From Failed Negotiations and Tragic Misjudgments to Powerful Leaders and Heroic Deeds, the Untold Story of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway

“     Illicit flight Alfa Bravo Charlie quickly reached a predetermined altitude and stopped dead. The passengers on board screamed the way people do on fairground rides. The shuttle hesitated momentarily and then shot forward accelerating rapidly to reach a blistering 145,222 miles per hour. They were in a Mach 22 situation. The cries from on-board could not be heard from the ground. Neither did anyone in the great metropolis of Llar witness the bright blue vapour trail the craft left behind in its wake. It was after all overcast and raining heavily.”
― A.R. Merrydew, Our Blue Orange

“This assignment is my duty to perform for the US Army. My job is outside your command, my friend. You know my security clearance level remains the same. Copying the SCI is a safety measure, in case there is an electrical glitch. So, I believe we’ve talked enough about this subject. Agree?”
― Karl Braungart, Lost Identity

“On the 30th of April 1975, American helicopters flew out of Saigon in an ignominious retreat as the tanks of the People’s Liberation Army of Vietnam rumbled into the grounds of the American Embassy in Saigon.”
― Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

“ﻟﻠﻤﺮﺃﺓ ﺣﻀﻮﺭ خفي .. لا يراه ويهتدي به إلا رجل متفتح عارف.
فهناك ﻧﻮﻉ ﺁﺧﺮ ﻣﻦ ﺍﻟﺮﺟﺎﻝ .. ﺑﺪﺍﺧﻠﻬﻢ ﺣﻴﻮﺍﻥ ﻣﺤﺒﻮﺱ!
ليت هؤلاء ﻳﻘﻮّﻣﻮﻥ ﺃﻧﻔﺴﻬﻢ ﺃﻭﻻ‌ ..
ليتهم يعرفون أن ﺍﻟﻤﺤﺒﺔ ﻭﺍﻟﺘﻔﻬﻢ ﻫﻲ ﻣﺎ ﺗﺠﻌﻠﻨﺎ ﺑﺸﺮﺍ ، ﺃﻣﺎ ﺍلشهوة ﻭﺍﻟﺤﻤّﻴﺔ .. ﻓﻼ‌ !

فرﺑﻤﺎ ﻛﺎﻧﺖ ﺍﻟﻤﺮﺃﺓ ﻧﻮﺭﺍ ﻣﻦ نور ﺍﻟﻠﻪ .. ﺭﺑﻤﺎ ﻛﺎﻧﺖ ﺧﻼ‌ﻗﺔ ﻭﻟﻴﺴﺖ ﻣﺨﻠﻮﻗﺔ،
ﺭﺑﻤﺎ ﻫﻲ ﻟﻴﺴﺖ ﻣﺠﺮﺩ ﺫﻟﻚ ﺍﻟﺸﻜﻞ ﺍﻷ‌ﻧﺜﻮﻱ ﺍﻟﻨﺎﻋﻢ ﺍﻟﺬﻱ ﺗﺮﺍﻩ !”
― جلال الدين الرومي

“The music of hope is everywhere, but to hear it, you need to ignore the muddy jangle of life's hassles.”
― Christine M Knight, Life Song

“We are all born mad. Some remain so.”
― Samuel Beckett

“One misses the sun on a cloudy day without having thought much about the sun when it was shining.”
― Kate Chopin, The Awakening

“While walking back to the highway I stop, choke back a sob, my throat tightens. "I just want to..." Facing the skyline, through all the baby talk, I murmur, "keep the game going." As I stand, frozen in position, an old woman emerges behind a Threepenny Opera poster at a deserted bus stop and she's homeless and begging, hobbling over, her face covered with sores that look like bugs, holding out a shaking red hand. "Oh will you please go away?" I sigh. She tells me to get a haircut.”
― Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho