State of Emergency Quotes

“A zest for living must include a willingness to die. —ROBERT A. HEINLEIN”
― Marc Cameron, State of Emergency

“Turning on the auto-answer, then deactivating the ringer and vibrate functions transformed an ordinary cell phone into an inconspicuous listening device.”
― Marc Cameron, State of Emergency

“She reasoned that fate was preordained and, since there was nothing she could do about it anyway, resolved to live moving forward, toward the inevitable, rather than sidestepping through life and hiding from her shadow.”
― Marc Cameron, State of Emergency

“Sometimes bad people were just that: bad people.”
― Marc Cameron, State of Emergency

“Did the value of a hundred human lives outweigh the worth of one or two?”
― Marc Cameron, State of Emergency

“If they question why we died, tell them because our fathers lied. .”
― Marc Cameron, State of Emergency

“As the Chinese said, dead tigers kill the most hunters.”
― Marc Cameron, State of Emergency

“Everyone thinks they have a plan until they get punched in the nose.”
― Marc Cameron, State of Emergency

“No matter what animal rights activists felt about the practice of “pig lab” training for military corpsmen and combat rescue officers, there was no mannequin or “lifelike” device that came close to working on something that was actually alive. Quivering flesh, the copper scent, and even the slickness of warm blood could be duplicated. But life, that vital essence that made animals different from sugar beets or ears of corn, was inimitable, no matter how sophisticated the tech.”
― Marc Cameron, State of Emergency

“Sometimes bad people were just that: bad people. They might pet a puppy because society expected them to, but in their hearts they wanted to kick it across the room and listen to it yelp.”
― Marc Cameron, State of Emergency

“Protecting a fellow combatant was a noble cause, but before one could protect a friend, he had to stay alive.”
― Marc Cameron, State of Emergency

“Faster, faster, faster, until the thrill of speed
overcomes the fear of death. —HUNTER S. THOMPSON”
― Marc Cameron, State of Emergency

“The blade must cut, even at its own peril.”
― Marc Cameron, State of Emergency

“on the front of the white marble tomb was the inscription: Here rests in honored glory, an American soldier, known but to God.”
― Marc Cameron, State of Emergency

“Russian women were masters at wailing—”
― Marc Cameron, State of Emergency

“The Brits called them SMIDSY accidents—Sorry, mate, I didn’t see you.”
― Marc Cameron, State of Emergency

“In the absence of orders, go find something and kill it. —ERWIN ROMMEL”
― Marc Cameron, State of Emergency

“DETONATION A zest for living must include a willingness to die. —ROBERT A. HEINLEIN”
― Marc Cameron, State of Emergency

“naïve notions the Mermaid and Unicorn Fart Theory, explaining to his classes that though they sounded sweet and fantastical, they were every bit as foul smelling as their normal, everyday counterparts.”
― Marc Cameron, State of Emergency

“I just heard some guy say Argentines are a bunch of Italians who speak Spanish but think they’re British living in France.”
― Marc Cameron, State of Emergency