"A good sign that an army has been around too long is that it starts getting top-heavy with officers."

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Source : Joe Haldeman (2014). “The Forever War”, p.133, Open Road Media

Joe Haldeman

#Army Quotes #Long Quotes #Heavy Quotes

“Well, the common enemy in North America is the Western consumer. The consumer has driven oil up to $50 a barrel so we have to have these wars. I think it's incumbent upon us to.”
“The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which seeks to understands the minds of other men and women.”
“The first step in wisdom is to know the things themselves; this notion consists in having a true idea of the objects; objects are distinguished and known by classifying them methodically and giving them appropriate names. Therefore, classification and name-giving will be the foundation of our science.”
“Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible.”
“Even if the steering wheel fits, you don't have to keep gripping it.”
“Be careful in your relations with the government; for they draw no man close to themselves except for their own interests. They appear as friends when it is to their advantage, but they do not stand by a man in his time of stress.”
“Why does anything ever happen? Some things happen and some don't.”
“Tumblr has a big community of bears and bear chasers. All my favorites on Tumblr and all the fan mail I get is all like, "We want to tickle you! What size shoe are you?" They're all like really big, heavyset, bearded guys who are like, "I want to ride your face like a motorcycle!"”

Source : "Nerdy meathead Jon Gabrus on straddling the bro/geek divide". Interview with Kyle Ryan, film.avclub.com. February 3, 2016.

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