"In all, his outfit required nearly two thousand man-years of research and development, eight barrels of oil, and sixteen patent and trademark infringement lawsuits. All so he could possess casual style. A style that, in logistical requirements, was comparable to fielding a nineteenth-century military brigade. But he looked good. Casual."

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Source : Daniel Suarez (2009). “Daemon”, p.410, Penguin

Daniel Suarez

#Military Quotes #Men Quotes #Eight Quotes

“If you sit in a position where decisions that you take would have a serious effect on people, you can't ignore a lot of experience around the world which says this drug has these negative effects.”
“In America, we have the feeling of the doomed young artist. Fitzgerald was the great example of that.”
“I was always told that I was too small, too skinny, too slow, not tough enough, and I never ever believed what people told me.”
“When did America forget that it's America?”
“After the First World War the economic problem was no longer one of production. It was the problem of finding markets to get the output of industry and agriculture dispersed and consumed.”
“I haven't had sex in two and a half years. A guy I met in San Francisco gave me a sympathy blow job. It didn't really work. I said, "You're just doing this 'cause you feel sorry for me." We stopped in the middle.”

Source : Source: www.thedailybeast.com
“An idea is a method of evading, circumventing or surmounting through reflection, obstacles that otherwise would have to be attacked by brute force.”
“If you're a waiter and you're waiting on me, you might get five percent, you might get seventy percent. It depends on how bad my math skills are that day.”

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