Scott Cook > Quotes

“Modern society wanted to believe they were living in the information age, when, in fact, they were living in the misinformation age.”
― Scott Cook, False Witness

“We took enough depth charge damage that I decided we had no choice but to go up and fight him with our deck gun.” Jarvis grinned, “Our skipper likes to do that too. Charge into battle with guns blazing.” Williams and the Admiral smiled, but Turner noted that neither of the S-52 officers did. Waters only lit a cigarette and inhaled deeply before continuing. “Yeah, but you’ve got a fancy new fleet boat,” Waters replied to Jarvis, sounding a little miffed. “We’re in an old pig boat with a single four-inch. I sent my Exec and COB up top with gun crews and machine gunners to harass the destroyer. He cut us up pretty bad before a lucky shot from our deck gun hit his fantail and detonated the ashcans there… sunk the bastard,”
― Scott Cook, Tokyo Express: A WWII Submarine Adventure Novel

“Un marchio non è più quello che l’azienda racconta ai consumatori, ma quello che dicono i consumatori sul marchio.”
― Scott Cook

“Turner chuckled softly, “We’re about to go into battle against three tin cans and you’re maundering about campfires, Mug?” The quartermaster shrugged, “What can I say, Captain… I’m a complex guy over here.” Turner shook his head, “Yeah… natives, I’d imagine. Cooking late meals or just keeping animals away… imagine that? People living like it was still a thousand, two thousand years ago? And here we are, only a couple of miles off, two technologically advanced societies… the very flowers of human achievement… and all we can do is try and kill each other.” “Kinda makes you think, don’t it?” Turner sighed, “Yep… well, no time for that shit, we got our fellow man to slaughter… radar, sonar, bridge… how ‘bout it down there?”
― Scott Cook, Blood Warm Waters: A WWII Submarine Adventure Novel

“The ability to defeat your enemy is provided by your enemy himself.”
― Scott Cook, Tropical Storm: A WWII Naval Submarine Adventure Novel