Human Beings Are Infinitely Fallible, Completely Unreliable. Science Is Not. Science Is Absolute. Under Strict Principles, If You Do A And B, Then C Will Occur. This Rarely Happens If You Inject The Inefficiences Of Humanity Into The Process.
The Military Is A Very Cool World To Write About. I Went Down To Ft. Benning, Ga., For Military Training, And I Learned A Lot About Soldiers And Officers And Why They Joined Up And What Their Life Has Been Like.
It's The Hardest Thing In The World To Put Yourself In Someone Else's Place, Try To Really Feel What They Feel, Figure Out Why They Do The Things They Do. Especially When It's Easier To Stick A Label On Something. Or Someone.
Because Life Doesn't Work That Way. You Can Do Everything Perfectly. Do Everything You Think You're Supposed To Be Doing. Fulfill Every Expectation That Other People May Have. And You Still Won't Get The Results You Think You Deserve. Life Is Crazy And Maddening And Often Makes No Sense.
Life Was Not Fair. If You Wanted Something You Had To Take It. Before Someone Else Took It From You. Neatly Dissected Down To Its Essence, Life Was One Long Series Of Lily Pad Hoppings. The Quick And The Resourceful Were Able To Adapt And Survive; All Others Were Simply Crushed As A More Nimble Creature Landed On The Lily Pad They Had Occupied For Too Long.
Shaw, We're Going To Die, Aren't We?" Probably. Why?" Just Wanted Confirmation.
Pender Laughed. "verify? In This Day And Age? Who Cares About Verifying Anything? It's All About The Speed. Who Gets There First Defines The Truth. You Know That As Well As Any Man Living.
You Know What Kind Of Person It Takes To Run For President? Not Normal. They Could Start Out Okay, But By The Time They Reach That Level They've Sold Their Soul To The Devil So Many Times And Stomped The Guts Out Of Enough People That They Are Definitely Not Like You And Me, Not Even Close.
