Stealth Quotes

“Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.”
― William Shakespeare, Macbeth

“The Audi tires squealed as the vehicle tracked the same path. Jake hammered down the avenue, hunting for a getaway. Traffic thickened at the juncture ahead. A green light flickered into amber. He ramped up over the limit, punching over the white lines on a red signal.
Tires screeched and a horn beeped. The needle sat on one hundred kilometers per hour. He fishtailed at a laneway. The GPS showed a right angle, car slid into a slot in an overhang. Jake got out and crept toward the opening, hugged the brick wall. He pulled the SIG and flicked off the safety.
The Audi braked at the mouth. Door slammed. A shadow fell over the concrete. The swish of clothing indicated a possible weapon draw.”
― Simon W. Clark

“Amidst those who strut with illicit pride, even after sinking a dagger into others with stealth, there stands me, burdened by a persisting pang of guilt whenever I inadvertently crush an ant underfoot.”
― Sanu Sharma

“The Assassin moved quietly from roof to roof until he was well away from the excitement around the Watch House. His movements could be called cat-like, except that he did not stop to spray urine up against things.”
― Terry Pratchett, Night Watch

“Like a wolf, she lived by instinct.”
― Nikki rowe

“We got there without being spotted. I pulled her in, then shut the door, pressing my back to it and exhaling like an epileptic pilot who'd just landed a cargo plane full of dynamite.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Firefight

“Keep the enemy in the dark about where and when our forces will attack.”
― Mao Tse-tung

“Elephants, it turns out, are surprisingly stealthy. As the sunlight fades, other species declare their presence. Throngs of zebras and wildebeests thunder by in the distance, trailing dust clouds. Cape buffalo snort and raise their horns and position themselves in front of their young. Giraffes stare over treetops, their huge brown eyes blinking, then lope away in seeming slow motion. But no elephants.”
― Thomas French, Zoo Story: Life in the Garden of Captives

“Large men in black plate mail with red cloaks and plumes don't sneak worth a damn.”
― Tanya Huff, Nights of the Round Table and Other Stories of Heroic Fantasy

“Your best disguise is the strong impression your enemy has of you. Strong...and dead wrong.”
― Michael Joseph Murano, Age of the Seer

“I am the wind...I am death.”
― Scott Sigler, Alight

“The trick to not being discovered until it is too late is to become part of the expected surroundings. Stealth is more the art of blending in with the background than sneaking through dark shadows.”
― Raymond E. Feist, King of Foxes

“Furtive behavior is always noticed and, when noticed, inevitably raises an alarm. On the other hand, a man acting boldly and directly is viewed as honest and harmless, is not remarked upon, and is later forgotten altogether.”
― Dean Koontz, Mr. Murder

“Mkhaya's herd is a good-sized group - sixteen in all, counting the calves - and even though they are the largest land mammals on earth, they are not always easy to find. Elephants, it runs out, are surprisingly stealthy.”
― Thomas French, Zoo Story: Life in the Garden of Captives

“Maybe consequences are dear friends in stealthy disguise.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Her bare feet whispered across the floor as she approached him with the sort of stealth that only small children and trained killers possess.”
― Obie Williams, The Crimes of Orphans

“Real cybersecurity means that your Security Operations team is consistently pen testing your network with the same stealth and sophistication as the Russian nation state, the same desperation as China’s 13th Five Year Plan, the same inexhaustible energy of the Cyber Caliphate and the same greed and ambition for monetary payoff as a seasoned cyber-criminal gang.”
― James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology

“Look at the stealth and sophistication of foreign nation state APTs who break through even the most sophisticated layers of security daily and tell me why they would just give our completely unprotected election systems a pass”
― James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology

“The collaboration between secretaries of state, election officials and the voting system manufacturers on the matter of enforcing this black box proprietary code secrecy with election systems, is nothing less than the commoditization and monetization of American Democracy”
― James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology

“Desperation makes for poor stealth.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Obelisk Gate

“Λαθράνθρωπος, οι
= ἂνθρωπος/οι, που λαθραῖα συν~κατα~λέγονται
στο εἲδος των ἀνθρῶπων

~

Lathranthrope, Lathranthropes
= the person or persons that get smuggled into
being included within the Human species

neology by Ale3ia”
― Ale3ia

“This cyberwar will be a continuous marathon war that will only compound and hyper-evolve in stealth, sophistication and easy entry due to the accelerated evolution of “as a service” attack strategies for sale on the dark web.”
― James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology

“In your quest for power, you must learn to conceal your true intentions and present a façade that aligns with the expectations of others. Wear a mask that suits your purposes, and use it to manipulate the perceptions of those around you. By mastering the art of deception, you can move freely among your adversaries, gathering intelligence and plotting your next move without arousing suspicion.”
― Kevin L. Michel, Machiavellian Dreams: A Manual

“Bare and glistening blooms do reach,
longing to connect with my being.
Setting my feminine spirit alight
in a tightly wound body of darkness.

The promise of fortuitous fruit,
arouses my thirst to conquer
a world of madness and dark rule,
with womanhood as my stealth.

[Spring’s Touch]”
― Susan L. Marshall, Bare Spirit: The Selected Poems of Susan Marshall

“As we’ve already seen with exfiltrated voter registration databases and the endless methods of poisoning manufacturer updates, manipulating DRE and optical scan machines and bypassing air gap defense, the state election official’s illusion of security is being pummeled by the reality of cyberattack.”
― James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology

“So, not expecting to see anyone, he failed to do so.”
― John Flanagan

“Just like ice cream narcissists come in all flavors and no two are the same. It may be easy for you to recognize the flavor you had, but perhaps a covert would slip by. What flavor was your narcissist?”
― Tracy A. Malone

“F-35C & The South China Sea...
Now what could possibly go wrong with that combination?
I guess China will now be looking for that needle in a haystack.”
― Anthony T. Hincks

“Despite his size, Lincoln moved through the jungle with the easy grace of a predatory cat, finding the tiniest openings between the dense vegetation so as not to disturb anything. His feet seemed to barely brush the loamy ground. He was so stealthy that the background symphony of insects and bird cries never dropped in volume or rose in alarm.”
― Clive Cussler, Plague Ship

“Dodging across the alley, covered by the blackness, the three men maneuvered to the front of the next hut. The air was still, soundless. It was so quiet that Tommy thought that every infinitesimal noise they made was magnified, trumpet like, a klaxon noise of alarm. To move silently in a world absent all external noises is very difficult. There were no nearby city sounds of cars and buses or even the deep whomp-whomp-whomp of a distant bombing raid. Not even the joking voices of the goons in the towers or a bark from a Hundführer's dog creased the night to distract or help conceal every footstep they made. For a moment, he wished the British would break into some rowdy song over in the northern compound. Anything to cover over the top of the modest noises they made.”
― John Katzenbach, Hart's War