Never trust an officer who doesn’t ask you to salute. It means that what he does demand of you is gonna be a lot worse.
Measurable successes are seductive. Especially when we’re young.
A man looking out for his own interest is a man who can be counted on.
There’s no amount of money that frees you from being a person.[to Bobby]
Only a fool doesn’t look at the downside. But only a coward allows it to dissuade him from that which he knows he must do.
Most people aren’t the final authority, but they don’t want to let on someone else is making the decisions.
If you want to kill the meat, kill the meat. If you only want to eat the meat, get someone else to do the killing.
Better to play fast and aggressive with inferior material, than let them be exposed later.
We all mask certain emotions, often our most intense ones.
Only true fortitude will get the job done.
Calculation is not something to be scoffed at. It’s a tool. A tactic.
