Steve Perry Quotes

The end, in this case, would justify the means. It did that, sometimes. But somewhere along the way he had lost his godlike surety; he had had to think instead of feel, and the monkey brain was never as quiet as the zen mind.

Okay, I need to go places and shoot people.

It would be foolish to deny something that worked simply because one did not know how it worked. One did not need an advanced degree in physics to push a button.

Nobody is a born killer. And nobody ever forgets the first time they get laid, nor the first time they spike somebody.

But was it not you who used to tell me that the more you knew, the better? That knowledge was the sharpest fang?

It wasn’t a death wish. It was a see-how-close-you-can-get-and-live wish.

Confounders aren't allowed in holding cells, Envoy—"
"And if snakes had legs, they'd be lizards," Massey said. "Let's not discuss things that don't apply to our situation, Lojtnant.

Life is more important than glory.

If it ain’t broke, don’t break it.

A woman did what a woman had to, the best way she knew how. To do more was impossible, to do less, unthinkable.

So here we have the basic ingredients in the art of distraction," Gunny said to Singh, as they walked toward the rendezvous point. "When in doubt, wait until dark, turn off the lights, and blow shit up.

Jo’s desire was to take a long, hot shower when she got back to the base. The crawlers had outdoor showerheads, but the noodle-pinching hardware designers had been given keep-it-cheap design orders, and had apparently achieved them. Crawler showers came with absolutely unalterable timers that gave you a maximum two minutes of piss-poor pressure before they shut off; then they made you wait two more minutes before they would restart. Standing there wet and soapy waiting for more slow-flow rinse water was not the most soothing experience when you were scrubbing mud and blood off yourself.
More than a few soldiers over the years must have entertained the fantasy of hunting down the people who came up with shower timers and murdering them. Or at least dipping them in a latrine trench, then restricting them to a crawler shower to wash it off...

You're a genius, you know that?"
"I've always thought so, myself.

A man can only stay down so long before he rises or loses everything that he is.

Any type of violence initiated by one intelligent being against another was wrong. Killing violence was worse than any other kind. How could it be condoned? In his brief moment of cosmic bliss, Khadaji had seen the value of intelligent life. Man and his self-created mues were alone in the galaxy as evolved intelligence. Certainly, there were artificials—computers and genetically altered animals—but no aliens had been discovered above the level of an unaltered dog. It was a big galaxy, plenty of room for every human or neo-human, it wasn’t necessary to kill any of them!