Howard Tayler Quotes

If violence wasn't your last resort, you failed to resort to enough of it.

Some survived due to advancements in engineering. Personally I'd take a vaccine over living in an iron lung. http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/01/what-america-looked-like-polio-children-paralyzed-in-iron-lungs/251098/

Maxim 20: If you’re not willing to shell your own position, you’re not willing to win. -The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

Maxim 3: An ordnance technician at a dead run outranks everybody. -The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

The size of the promised paycheck is inversely proportional to the likelihood of surviving to collect it.

The spirit of the law is the least of the things we're prepared to violate.

Spy' is such a short ugly word. I prefer 'espionage.' Those extra three syllables really say something.

Where's your sense of adventure? It died under mysterious circumstances. My sense of self-preservation found the body, but assures me it has an airtight alibi. -Captain Tagon & Captain Andreyasn

Right now I've got just two rules to live by. Rule one: don't taunt elephants. Rule two: don't stand next to anybody who taunts elephants. -Sergeant Schlock

When the messenger arrives and says 'Don't shoot the messenger,' it's a good idea to be prepared to shoot the messenger, just in case.

Judging by the sounds of general panic, I want a gun like that.

Only cheaters prosper.

As long as we only have to lie to the enemy, it's honest enough for me. -Captain Tagon