The Heart of Matter Quotes

“The difference between courage and stupidity is measured by success and survival.”
― Evan C. Currie, The Heart of Matter

“Usually, a country without a strong military would have had its politicians strung up by their entrails long before they managed to create quite this much red tape.”
― Evan C. Currie, The Heart of Matter

“All right, who prayed for the miracle?” he asked softly. Three guys raised their hands. “You’re all promoted. Nice work.”
― Evan C. Currie, The Heart of Matter

“The difference between courage and stupidity is measured only by success and survival,”
― Evan C. Currie, The Heart of Matter

“Very few things in the living universe are truely inert. So those with the eyes to see it, can precieve a very different realm from mundane world of man.”
― Evan c. currie, The Heart of Matter

“there were few things in the world more useless than an empty gun.”
― Evan C. Currie, The Heart of Matter

“Resistance was normal; however, it was generally futile as well. Being”
― Evan C. Currie, The Heart of Matter

“And just because you were trained to fight didn’t mean that you had to dredge up some insane antiquated notion of bloodlust to cover the moral question of whether violence was right.”
― Evan Currie, The Heart of Matter

“I’m either starting to like these people, or I’m going to shoot them,”
― Evan C. Currie, The Heart of Matter

“This is not what you call courage?” “The difference between courage and stupidity is measured only by success and survival,” he answered. “So ask me again when we’re back topside.”
― Evan C. Currie, The Heart of Matter

“Nero took another look at the screens, then turned around and headed up to the top command level, where Rael was trying to coordinate the entire mess they were currently mired in. Mostly, that just amounted to watching helplessly while their teams went about their jobs, but Nero supposed it was the thought that mattered. As”
― Evan C. Currie, The Heart of Matter

“Statistically, this wasn’t merely unlikely. It was like being struck by a three-mile-wide meteor the day you hit the Powerball jackpot and walking away from the impact. Patently”
― Evan C. Currie, The Heart of Matter

“If it weren’t happening, he would have sworn that their reproduction speed alone violated the laws of thermodynamics—or at least common decency. The”
― Evan C. Currie, The Heart of Matter

“All right, roger that. Don’t get dead.” “That’s high on my list of priorities.”
― Evan C. Currie, The Heart of Matter

“A soldier fought better when he knew that he was not only needed, but appreciated back home. There were few things as degrading to man than to come home to the people you served, only to be shunned and reviled by them. It would sow a bitter vein in the forces”
― Evan C. Currie, The Heart of Matter

“There were times when it was better to beg forgiveness than ask for identification. Reed”
― Evan C. Currie, The Heart of Matter

“A soldier had to stand ready to fight, provide humanitarian aid, teach, learn, and do a multitude of things according to the needs of society. Specialization, as one prominent author once said, was for insects. Just because you were better at one thing didn’t mean you ignored everything else. And”
― Evan C. Currie, The Heart of Matter

“A soldier had to stand ready to fight, provide humanitarian aid, teach, learn, and do a multitude of things according to the needs of society. Specialization, as one prominent author once said, was for insects. Just because you were better at one thing didn’t mean you ignored everything else. And just because you were trained to fight didn’t mean that you had to dredge up some insane antiquated notion of bloodlust to cover the moral question of whether violence was right. All”
― Evan C. Currie, The Heart of Matter

“There was just something very crystalizing about bullets whining over your head; it tended to put questions of morality in perspective. He”
― Evan C. Currie, The Heart of Matter

“And that, right there, was when Crowley’s intelligent, curious, and downright insatiable mind shut down and said it had had enough for the day, come back tomorrow, if you please.”
― Evan Currie, The Heart of Matter

“One death is a tragedy; a million is a statistic.”
― Evan Currie, The Heart of Matter

“If you want, me and this ‘hunk of junk’ can just sit the fight out from here on through.”
― Evan Currie, The Heart of Matter

“Me and my reactors won’t be letting you down.”
― Evan Currie, The Heart of Matter

“Genius and insanity were often separated only by the results.”
― Evan C. Currie, The Heart of Matter

“Admiral,” Eric said, “for a good, solid defense of your people, what you need is a strong corps of soldiers who serve, not because they must, but because they see honor in it.”
― Evan C. Currie, The Heart of Matter

“on the armor shut behind him, cutting the master chief off for a moment as the suit booted up. From”
― Evan C. Currie, The Heart of Matter

“There was just something very crystalizing about bullets whining over your head; it tended to put questions of morality in perspective.”
― Evan C. Currie, The Heart of Matter

“A good captain was one thing, and important, to be sure, but a lucky captain, well, that was something every crew could get behind.”
― Evan C. Currie, The Heart of Matter

“Greene grinned, trying to cover the sensation of his own stomach turning somersaults. They had Dr. Palin to help them through it, but if he ever solved all the symptoms, they’d have to find something else to complain about. Where was the fun in that?”
― Evan C. Currie, The Heart of Matter

“Major Carson”—Reed gestured to a rather large man in drab clothing—“he’s a combat engineer and specialist in field expedient mayhem.”
― Evan C. Currie, The Heart of Matter