Chris Roberts famous quotes

03-28-2025

The most common way to identify a soldier is by the disc around his neck. But these were made of compressed cardboard and so they've all but disappeared.
-- Chris Roberts

#Soldier #Way #Necks
The first half of fiscal 2006 has been exceptional for Cochlear. Importantly, Cochlear capitalized on a number of opportunities in this half with worldwide market share estimated to be in excess of 70%.
-- Chris Roberts

#Opportunity #Numbers #Excess

Perfect soldier, perfect gentleman never gave offence to anyone not even the enemy.
See that unfortunate soldier who is falling hurt to death ("tombe blessÃ© Ã ...", Fr.) on the battlefield; he learns that his folks have vanquished and dies happy. He detached himself from himself (s'est dÃ©tacher de lui-mÃªme", Fr.), has identified himself with something greater and more lasting than himself; his homeland ("patrie", Fr.); thus, while dying as an individual, he has the certainty to survive in a larger existence.
Science fiction is never about the future, in the same way history is rarely about the past: they're both parable formats for examining or commenting on the present.
I had casually rented an apartment that cost $75 a month because I expected my writing to pay my way.
I am officially Jewish, but Iâ€™m Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant.
Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
The more I compose, the more I know that I don't know it all. I think it's a good way to start. If you think you know it all, the work becomes a repetition of what you've already done.
She didn't know then that life has a way of backing you into a corner. You make your choices when you're far too young to understand their implications, and with each choice you make the field of possibility narrows. You choose a career and other careers are lost to you. You choose a mate and commit to loving no other.
Not that I lack confidence in the outcome," Ferrin said, "but would you consider entrusting the piece of my neck to somebody who is not about to confront one of the most deadly beings in the world?
Jealousy is the lifelong noose hanging about the neck of love.

Chris Roberts famous quotes

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