John Ringo Quotes.

1. "You really should do some research for a change instead of just listening to the voices in your head."
- Quote by John Ringo

2. "Humans talk about 'fight-flight.' Isn't binary, quaternary: fight, flight, bluff, submit. Every human is different pattern for different conditions, but all humans have all four to an extent. ... All human interaction works on those four responses ..."
- Quote by John Ringo

3. "I wanted to be a spy, Olga said, shrugging. I applied to the CIA. I was turned down. I did not meet the psychological profile. Oppositional Defiance Disorder. Basically, I have a hard time taking orders from idiots. Don’t think of me as an idiot and I won’t give you an idiotic order, Sophia said. But if I give you one, you’d better do it. Because it’s probably going to mean surviving or dying. You I don’t mind, Olga said. Or I wouldn’t have joined your crew. Don’t ask me about Nazar. So I was in Spain with the troupe. When the Plague hit, they shut down travel. And all my guns were in America. In a zombie apocalypse. I was quite upset. You should have seen Faith when they told her she had to be disarmed in New York, Sophia said. Then they gave her a taser and that was mistake. What kind of guns? I like that your family prefers the AK series, Olga said. I really do think it’s superior to the M16 series in many ways. Much more reliable. They say it is less accurate but that is at longer ranges. The round is not designed for long range. I can hit at a thousand meters with my accurized AK, Sophia said. It’s a matter of knowing the ballistics. It’s not real powerful at that range, but try doing the same thing with an M4. I’ll wait. Oh, jeeze, you two, Paula said. Get a room. So continue with how you got on the yacht, Sophia said. We don’t want our cook getting all woozy with gun geeking. We were called by the agency and asked if anyone wanted to ‘catch a ride’ on a yacht, Olga said. When they said who owned the boat… I nearly said no. We all knew Nazar. Or at least of him. Not a nice man, as you might have noticed. We knew what we were getting into. But then we were told he had vaccine… she shrugged again. Accepting Nazar’s offer was perhaps not the worst decision I have made in my life. I survived. Not how I would have preferred to survive, but I was vaccinated and I survived. But I did not even hint that I knew more about his men’s weapons than they did. They were pigs. Tough guys. But none of them were military and none of them really knew what they were doing with them. When they brought out the RPG, I nearly peed myself. Irinei had no idea what he was doing with it. I don’t think he even knew the safety was off. You know how to use an RPG? Sophia said. My family liked the United States very much, Olga said, sadly. We all like guns and anything that goes boom. And in the US, you could find people who had licenses for anything. I’ve fired an RPG, yes. Well, if we find an RPG you can have it, Sophia said. Oh, thank you, captain! Olga said, clapping her hands girlishly. But we’ll be keeping the rounds and the launcher separate, Sophia said. Oh, my, yes, Olga said. And both will have to be in a well sealed container. This salt air would cause corrosion quickly. I guess you miss your guns? Paula said. That’s not a request for an inventory and loving description of each, by the way. Got that enough from Faith. I do, Olga said. But I miss my books more. Books, Paula said. Now you’re talking my language. I have more books than shelves, Olga said. And I had many shelves. I collect old manuscripts when I can afford them. If we do any land clearance, look in the libraries and big houses, Sophia said. I bet around here you can probably pick up some great stuff. This is okay? Olga said. We can, salvage? If there’s time and if we clear the town, Sophia said. Sure. Oh, thank you, captain! Olga said, kissing her on the cheek. Okay, now you definitely need to get a room."
- Quote by John Ringo

4. "Freedom is not free, but the U.S. Marine Corps will pay most of your share."
- John Ringo, To Sail a Darkling Sea

5. "There is a god somewhere that is angry because we’re combining stuff like Cutty Sark with fifty-year-old Laphroaig,"
- John Ringo, To Sail a Darkling Sea

6. "The gunnery sergeant didn’t crack a smile at the radio intercept of Faith’s concept of a backup plan, an intercept that had caused Commander Bradburn, skipper of the Dallas, to literally fall out of his command chair laughing. Sands managed to watch the video stone-faced as she boarded the Voyage and began her fifteen minutes of mayhem, set in the video to the tune of Chumbawamba’s Tubthumping. He managed to keep a straight face the third time she popped back up like a jack-in-the-box after being dogpiled by zombies. He held it in during her overheard running commentary as the rest of the Marines, even the NCOs, started rolling on the deck. It was when she got the Halligan tool stuck in a zombie’s head and overbalanced that he snorted. When she unstuck her bent machete and it caught a male zombie in the groin he started laughing out loud. When the, admittedly not petite, girl stuck a boot knife in a zombie’s eye then threw him over the side, tears started running down his face and he completely lost his composure as a senior NCO of the United States Marine Corps."
- John Ringo, To Sail a Darkling Sea

7. "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them. Ode of Remembrance Lawrence Binyon"
- John Ringo, To Sail a Darkling Sea

8. "Doors, Januscheitis said. Squirrel, Faith replied. Why are we playing word association games?"
- John Ringo, To Sail a Darkling Sea

9. "This is the tough part about being in the military. You do not show, by word, action or deed, disrespect to a superior. Ever. Even, or especially, when you think he’s a cowardly fucktard that’s got his head up some Hollywood executive’s ass. Oh, you have met him, Faith said."
- John Ringo, To Sail a Darkling Sea

10. "Hold the M87 hand grenade firmly with your strong hand, Faith said, keeping her hand wrapped around his. Straighten the cotter pin, then pull, thusly. Remember that once the pin is pulled, Mr. Hand Grenade is no longer your friend, sir."
- John Ringo, To Sail a Darkling Sea