Capture or Kill Quotes

“At the end of the day, money talks and everything else walks.”
― Vince Flynn, Capture or Kill

“A leader who focused on their subordinates to the exclusion of the mission did a disservice to both.”
― Don Bentley, Capture or Kill

“In Afghanistan, you either become a crafty fox or die a trusting hare.”
― Vince Flynn, Capture or Kill

“As legendary Marine Jim Mattis had once said, when going to a gunfight it was wise to bring all your friends with guns.”
― Vince Flynn, Capture or Kill

“Making his terminal list is the equivalent of a stage-four cancer diagnosis. You’re going to die. It’s just a question of when.”
― Vince Flynn, Capture or Kill

“Only fools and dead men underestimated Iranians. Mitch was neither.”
― Vince Flynn, Capture or Kill

“The Iranian Quds Force expeditionary commander had more American blood on his hands than any single individual save perhaps Osama bin Laden himself.”
― Vince Flynn, Capture or Kill

“There was someone who could stop this rush to madness. A man who terrified Ashani in a way that even the disease consuming him did not. Sometimes survival required a willingness to do the unthinkable. Ashani was a dead man, but perhaps his wife and daughters didn’t need to share his fate. It was time to make a deal with the devil. A devil known as Malikul Mawt. The Angel of Death.”
― Vince Flynn, Capture or Kill

“True power resided in just one body—the Guardian Council. This conclave of twelve men consisted of six Shia clerics and six lawyers. The Supreme Leader, a cleric named Ali Hoseini-Nassiri, reigned over the council.”
― Vince Flynn, Capture or Kill

“But a knife thrust wasn’t any less deadly just because it came from a trusted lieutenant rather than a barbarian at the gates.”
― Vince Flynn, Capture or Kill

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― Don Bentley, Capture or Kill

“Only fools and dead men underestimated Iranians.”
― Vince Flynn, Capture or Kill

“There was a reason why SEALs signed every missive with LLTB. The letters stood for Long Live the Brotherhood.”
― Vince Flynn, Capture or Kill

“Rapp believed the HIG warlord, but he didn’t give two shits about his martial philosophy. Perhaps when this dumpster fire of a war was finally over there’d be a market for a mujahideen version of Sun Tzu’s Art of War. Until then, CYCLONE could save his philosophical musings for his henchman.”
― Vince Flynn, Capture or Kill

“British Special Air Service’s motto of Who Dares Wins was a much more apt way of describing how she conducted business than the carpenter’s adage of measure twice and cut once.”
― Vince Flynn, Capture or Kill

“THE target should never be permitted to dictate the assassin’s actions.”
― Vince Flynn, Capture or Kill

“For most people, a single second wasn’t much time. Rapp wasn’t most people. In the time required to draw a breath, Rapp ran through several potential courses of action. In his left breast pocket, Rapp carried a pen that, when triggered in a very specific manner, emitted 5 ccs of slow-acting neurotoxin. Since FAIRBANKS traveled with bodyguards, Rapp had expected to be frisked prior to their sit-down. As such, he was not carrying his customary Glock and suppressor, but even a man with Rapp’s abilities did not prowl the streets of Islamabad unarmed.”
― Vince Flynn, Capture or Kill

“grand schemes often led to grand failures.”
― Vince Flynn, Capture or Kill

“playing Russian roulette with a bullet loaded in each chamber.”
― Vince Flynn, Capture or Kill