Tamora Pierce Quotes

If you receive a military order you must obey. That is where the big difference between a military and a political order comes in. One can sabotage a political order but to disobey a military command is treason.

Generals do not always run wars the way they would like to, nor the troops under them.

I didn't like Army life. I didn't like taking orders. I didn't like discipline. I didn't like being yelled at. You'd get 10 years for punching a sergeant so I couldn't punch a sergeant.

I've been careful to keep my life separate because it's important to me to have privacy and for my life not to be a marketing device for a movie or a TV show. I'm worth more than that.

I've asked Jobs why he didn't get an operation then and he said, 'I didn't want my body to be opened. I didn't want to be violated in that way.'

Sometimes I like to think it would be nice if you just had a character, and your personal life was your personal life. My life is definitely out there, you know?

When I'm scared, my natural state is to hide and run for cover.

I'm fiercely protective of my privacy.

An army is not a deliberative body. It is the executive arm. Its law is that of obedience.

In extreme danger, fear feels no pity.

The highest military authority cannot be divided.

Why trip off some random person in Idaho that doesn't feel my vibe? Like, no thank you. Stay in your life; I'll stay in mine.

Playing dead is difficult with a full bladder.

When threatened, the nervous system sometimes goes into a 'freeze response.' You assess the risk and determine that fight or flight doesn't help you. Staying put does.

If people are shooting at you, it's human nature to be afraid. I was afraid. I'll be quite blunt about that.

In the Air Force, you get some weird orders, but you obey them no matter what.

When you get hit to the body, you don't even worry about your face no more.

I'd like to keep a bit of my life my own, so I'm not publicizing my whole life on social media and stuff.

As a human, if you're in a scary situation, you pretty much forget about everything else! You just try and survive.

I started my career in the U.S. military. Traditionally, in the military... you either start with a technical background or a more leadership-focused one. I took the leadership path.

I don’t wanna die, man. They’re not playing. Have you seen how many of them are out there? One just took a shot at me, so unlike you morons, I’m hiding. Hiding is nice. (Vik)

It would probably be a direct order, shape up your morale. And so he understands command. He understands how to delegate. And I think that [General John Kelly] will bring law and order.

He'll sit there are he'll say "Do this! Do that!" and nothing will happen. Poor Ike - it won't be a bit like the army.

Fear, in evolution, has a special prominence: perhaps more than any other emotion it is crucial for survival.