No captive was smart enough to speak a language any of us knew. Talking loud or slow did not help. - Glen Cook

I still got all my limbs and I'm still breathing."
"Makes you a winner in the soldiering game.

Leadership tip: Sound confident even when you have no idea. Just do not make a habit of it. They will find you out.

She did not seem offended, so I added my secret philosophy of life: any dork who became a soldier for an idea instead of the money deserved to die for his country. You’re going to put it all on the table, six up with some other guy, it damned well better be for stakes you can carry away.