121 Quotes by John Ringo

But at that point, the media was the military’s worst enemy. They were the enemy, no more and no less. They never reported anything straight and always took the side of whoever was shooting at us.

One thing that was rarely mentioned in “wet” Navy theoretical exercises was that there was one more thing standing between a carrier and a ship-killer. Other, lesser, ships. Frigate crews, however, were well aware of the concept. Which was why they referred to themselves as mobile missile intercept systems.

It doesn’t matter. As long as the government pretends it’s a secret, the pretense, no matter how thin, gives it certain advantages. Or it thinks it does. Politics is weird that way.

There is no such thing as overkill,” Faith said. “There is only ‘Open Fire’ and ‘Reloading’! That that never caught on as a bigger meme than LOLCats just says it all about people.

Army general back in the Civil War said a soldier who won’t engage in sexual relations will not engage in combat relations, if you get my drift. Shorter than that.

We were deconflicting and transforming faster than a battle-bot. We were synergizing and action iteming like a couple of water beetles in mating season. We were defenestrating obstructors at one point, I think.

Calm down and just go with it,” Steve said. “I started thinking about my happy place and remembered I had to pee,” Tyler said. “Really bad.” “I’m serious,” Steve said.

For the warriors of Illium were those most powerful and fell,” Tyler said. “They were those born of winter. Rough translation of a fragment they think is part of the original Iliad cycle.

But the one rule of Zombieland I’d like to bring up is always have a way out. Preferably with a way to lock it behind you.