Invincible
Jack Campbell
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Humanity's gift to the universe. Duct Tape.”
“Security is not a license for people in authority to hide the tactics they would never openly admit to using.”
“Fast and stupid is still stupid. It just gets you to stupid a lot quicker than humans could on their own. Which, I admit, is an accomplishment," she added, "because we're pretty damn good at stupid.”
“Oh, by the way, you left out one step in the plan." "What step was that?" "The one where we pray this works, Admiral.”
“I never liked cows,” General Carabali added. “I like heavily armed cows even less. And I like at least thirty billion heavily armed cows least of all.”
“the old lament he had heard from the first enlisted sailors he had commanded. Why is there never enough time to do it right but always enough time to do it over?”
“Courage, real bravery, is being afraid and doing what you need to do anyway.”
“never attribute to malice that which could be explained by stupidity.”
“Why is there never enough time to do it right but always enough time to do it over?”
“I can just imagine the kind of book cover they'll insist on. Some really heroic pose by you doing something you never did, probably. Maybe in battle armor. With a gun." "Like that would ever happen. So if I die, you'll just write a memoir?" "No, I'll probably get a cat, too.”
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Book Keywords:
plans, security, praying, humorous, abuse-of-authority, state-secrets, stupidity, artificial-intelligence
