Matthew Gleason

“It’s this: Confidence isn’t about knowing you’re right. Confidence is about knowing you can make it right.”
― John Scalzi, The Consuming Fire

“A stagnant navy,” noted one maritime scholar, “was no place for a man on the make.”
― Hampton Sides, In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette

“During my eighteen years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at-bats a season. That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball. —MICKEY MANTLE I”
― Lenny Dykstra, House of Nails: A Memoir of Life on the Edge

“the cynical could afford the luxury of their cynicism because of the stability of the system they mocked.”
― John Scalzi, The Consuming Fire