Charles E. Gannon Quotes (23 quotes) | Quotes of famous people

“Sometimes, when your adversary is trying to precipitate dramatic change, stability is the best victory.”
Source: Trial by Fire (2014), Chapter 57 (p. 852)

Charles E. Gannon Quotes

“And in the time it had taken to reflect upon the significance of the moment, the moment was past. That was, after all, the nature of moments.”

Charles E. Gannon

Source: Trial by Fire (2014), Chapter 57 (p. 851)

“Nice bluff—but I was born on the planet that invented poker.”

Charles E. Gannon

Source: Trial by Fire (2014), Chapter 57 (p. 840)

“Beings that can laugh at themselves, particularly their own foibles, stand the greatest chance of attaining wisdom.”

Charles E. Gannon

Source: Trial by Fire (2014), Chapter 56 (p. 814)

“You are to be congratulated on your talent for deception.”

Charles E. Gannon

Source: Trial by Fire (2014), Chapter 55 (p. 792)

“You are a traitor to your own race, servitor.”

Charles E. Gannon

“No. I am its true servant, because the prerequisite of success is a ruthlessly clear understanding of reality, of the facts with which we must contend. Without that, all plans begin in error, and so, they must end in disaster.”
Source: Trial by Fire (2014), Chapter 50 (pp. 722-723)

“The only proper course of action regarding humanity was to leave it alone, and, if possible, isolate it. Just as one would handle any other sophont that was quite irremediably and dangerously insane.”

Charles E. Gannon

Source: Trial by Fire (2014), Chapter 40 (p. 577)

“Sometimes, thinking just didn’t do any good, didn’t provide any answers. Because for some questions—such as the arbitrariness of life and death during wartime—there weren’t any answers.”

Charles E. Gannon

Source: Trial by Fire (2014), Chapter 27 (p. 402)

“You gotta remember that in war, you’re not deciding between the bad thing to and the good thing. You’re choosing between the bad and the worse. And you can’t control the shit that happens after you choose.”

Charles E. Gannon

Source: Trial by Fire (2014), Chapter 27 (p. 402)

“The total lack of information is a kind of information in itself.”

Charles E. Gannon

Source: Trial by Fire (2014), Chapter 25 (p. 364)

“That means we have nothing to shoot at, no efficacious response. So we do something pointless. And we feel better.”

Charles E. Gannon

Source: Trial by Fire (2014), Chapter 17 (p. 256)

“I find it interesting how many of you, when watching a plan go awry, are so blinded by your frustration that you are unable to learn from what you have witnessed.”

Charles E. Gannon

Source: Trial by Fire (2014), Chapter 4 (p. 43)

“It’s bad enough that you’re plying a trade for which you haven’t the aptitude or integrity, but you could at least check your conclusion against the facts.”

Charles E. Gannon

Source: Trial by Fire (2014), Chapter 1 (p. 10)

“If there are any competent journalists here, I’m ready for their inquiries.”

Charles E. Gannon

Source: Trial by Fire (2014), Chapter 1 (p. 7)

“Besides being grossly unprofessional and misinformed, just why is that a relevant inquiry?”

Charles E. Gannon

Source: Trial by Fire (2014), Chapter 1 (p. 7)

“So—I’m a major. New pay grade.”

Charles E. Gannon

She laughed. “My salary has just jumped from nothing to next-to-nothing. What will I spend it all on?”
Source: Fire with Fire (2013), Chapter 33 (p. 378)

“You’re very cheery. Too cheery. So I’m guessing today’s news is bad.”

Charles E. Gannon

Source: Fire with Fire (2013), Chapter 29 (p. 330)

“You’re the military analyst, writer, historian: you, above all people, should know that those who decline to take a hand in controlling events surrender the ability to influence them.”

Charles E. Gannon

Source: Fire with Fire (2013), Chapter 26 (p. 303)