Chris Waterguy

“That’s the truth of the world, Jessica,” he says, casually full-naming me to let me know something big is coming. “Nobody waves—but everybody waves back."

I hear his mic drop all the way from Chicago.”
― Jessica Pan, Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: An Introvert's Year of Living Dangerously

“politicians only listened to these generals, and these generals only listened to themselves.”
― David H. Hackworth, About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior

“gave as many classes personally as I could, not only for the benefit of the troops, but for myself. I found that the teacher learns as much as, if not more than, his students, and it also kept my own skills sharpened to a fine edge. It’s easy to lose touch with the basics, and you become less inclined to get them back once you’ve moved up the ladder; I’d seen too many high-ranking officers who’d stopped trying, having decided, I guessed, that they were “above all that.”
― David H. Hackworth, About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior

“...combat is no place for martinets.”
― David H. Hackworth, About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior