Poor Man's Fight Quotes

“There’s a whole galaxy of ass out there to kick, and I’ve got just the feet for it.” Tanner”
― Elliott Kay, Poor Man's Fight

“You mix metaphors,” added Carl. “I what?” “You mix metaphors. You start talking about the idea of having a gun to their head and then you describe the corps as having strings in their backs, like puppets. And then you talk about playing a rigged game. You’ve got to pick one or the other. Unless you want them all to see themselves as puppets playing cards with guns to their heads, but that’s just stupid. Who shoots a puppet?” The captain’s mouth fell open. “You know, I had teachers who talked like you in school. Pretty sure they’re what drove me to a life of crime.”
― Elliott Kay, Poor Man's Fight

“The Union required, and still requires, an educated populace for its own survival and prosperity. But who should foot the bill? Society? Not everyone has a child.”
― Elliott Kay, Poor Man's Fight

“How are you feeling?” “Numb. Can I have a new body now? I think I broke this one.”
― Elliott Kay, Poor Man's Fight

“with the belief that it would never need to be fixed, and thus ease of access was never an issue. He learned, therefore, that he hated design engineers.”
― Elliott Kay, Poor Man's Fight

“engineers designed equipment”
― Elliott Kay, Poor Man's Fight

“You can mug a man or pick his pocket and anyone would call you a thief, but there are a million ways to cheat a man on paper and just call it a clerical error”
― Elliott Kay, Poor Man's Fight

“Malone, when you get in a fight, you gotta do it for real and give it everything you’ve got, and I don’t care if it’s dirty and I don’t care if it’s ugly. There’s no such thing as a fair fight. You fight for real and you fight to win and to hell with anything else, because you do not know what’s gonna happen if you lose.”
― Elliott Kay, Poor Man's Fight

“virtually all wars are just the young and poor like me dying for the lies of old rich people”
― Elliott Kay, Poor Man's Fight

“We’re gonna loot this place and leave. We’re gonna take every valuable thing that ain’t bolted down, and we’ll probably pry up anything that is bolted if we like it enough.”
― Elliott Kay, Poor Man's Fight

“On-the-job training brought valuable lessons. Tanner learned that despite the numerous technological advances of the last few centuries, some jobs—like providing an enclosed, perpetual supply of oxygen—could only be accomplished with big, clunky machinery. He learned that engineers designed equipment with the belief that it would never need to be fixed, and thus ease of access was never an issue. He learned, therefore, that he hated design engineers. He”
― Elliott Kay, Poor Man's Fight

“Most folks don’t like considering themselves bad guys. They wanna look in the mirror and see a good guy, no matter what they do. Just gotta make sure they feel some sense of justification is all.”
― Elliott Kay, Poor Man's Fight

“She found a spot at the center of the assembled recruits and got even louder. She had amazing control for someone speaking at such a volume. “Does anyone know what ‘Oscar’ means in naval parlance?” Silence. She sighed. “Does anyone know what ‘parlance’ means?” “Parlance is a particular manner of speaking, Gunny Janeka!” Tanner called out. “I did not ask what it meant! I asked if anyone knew what it meant! Fifty push-ups, Recruit Malone, right now!” As he dropped, she looked around the squad bay for signs of amusement. “Einstein! You, too! Drop!” The recruit grunted in frustration, but he obeyed.”
― Elliott Kay, Poor Man's Fight

“Indeed, gaps opened in the line as bored, distracted and nervous students noticed in small groups that the three-story building’s doors opened once more. Some dressed in body-length micro-smartweave clothes that regulated their temperature and moisture. Others embraced the blazing sun and arid breeze with little clothing and generous applications of protective skin treatments. The wealthier ones, like Nathan, underwent expensive melanin adjustments to address that problem.”
― Elliott Kay, Poor Man's Fight