Where's your sense of adventure? It died under mysterious circumstances. My sense of self-preservation found the body, but assures me it has an airtight alibi. -Captain Tagon & Captain Andreyasn

If violence wasn't your last resort, you failed to resort to enough of it.

Maxim 3: An ordnance technician at a dead run outranks everybody. -The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

The spirit of the law is the least of the things we're prepared to violate.

The size of the promised paycheck is inversely proportional to the likelihood of surviving to collect it.

Maxim 20: If you’re not willing to shell your own position, you’re not willing to win. -The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

When the messenger arrives and says 'Don't shoot the messenger,' it's a good idea to be prepared to shoot the messenger, just in case.

Spy' is such a short ugly word. I prefer 'espionage.' Those extra three syllables really say something.

Judging by the sounds of general panic, I want a gun like that.

Right now I've got just two rules to live by. Rule one: don't taunt elephants. Rule two: don't stand next to anybody who taunts elephants. -Sergeant Schlock

As long as we only have to lie to the enemy, it's honest enough for me. -Captain Tagon

There are two ways to avoid getting disappointed.Expect everything - or expect nothing.

Hell, in my opinion, is never finding your true self and never living your own life or knowing who you are.

You have chosen to exist, and more than just exist-- you've been chosen to share in the Universal consciousness.

Saving people hunting things. The family business

The only way to pray is to pray and the way to pray well is to pray much.

Enlightenment means that you've become a sophisticated perceiver, without letting anyone know that you're sophisticated.

The perpetual hunger to be beautiful and that thirst to be loved which is the real curse of Eve.

I firmly believe that mathematics does not exist outside of humans. It is something we, as a species, invent.

Republicans believe the best way to assure prosperity is to generate more jobs. The Democrats believe in more welfare.

The absolutist parades his good solid grounding in observation, reason, objectivity, truth and fact; the relativist sees only fetishes.