"Maxim 20: If youâ€™re not willing to shell your own position, youâ€™re not willing to win. -The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries"

-- Howard Tayler

#Winning Quotes #Shells Quotes #Mercenary Quotes

“A person of any mental quality has ideas of his own. This is common sense.”
“See fantasy is what people want, but reality is what they need. And I just retired from the fantasy part.”
“For years, I never knowingly went on a holiday. When I travelled, it was for work. Now I am a huge advocate, particularly to places which have amazing wildlife, such as Antarctica, India and Patagonia.”
“You should express regularly to your wife and children your reverence and respect for her. Indeed, one of the greatest things a father can do for his children is to love their mother.”
“In the visible world, the Milky Way is a tiny fragment; within this fragment, the solar system is an infinitesimal speck, and of this speck our planet is a microscopic dot. On this dot, tiny lumps of impure carbon and water, of complicated structure, with somewhat unusual physical and chemical properties, crawl about for a few years, until they are dissolved again into the elements of which they are compounded.”
“The music of Bach is without doubt the most sacred gift to the world of art.”
“Bicycles are almost as good as guitars for meeting girls.”
“Contemplate the marvel that is existence, and rejoice that you are able to do so.”

Source : "Exhalation". Short story by Ted Chiang, 2008.

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