Frederick Russell Burnham Quotes

I have been at war from the beginning. I've never looked back before. I've never had the time and it has always seemed so dangerous. To look back is to relax one's vigil.

I felt like a hunted animal, followed constantly, waiting to be killed.

I like to be with my back against the wall in dangerous situations.

I mean it," I said. "You're in danger." "Relax, Harry. I'm not letting anyone lick me, and I'm not looking anyone in the eyes. It's kind of like visiting New York.

Before I was the hunter. Now I'm the hunted.

I am hunted by humans.

The presence of danger has a way of making you feel fully awake.

With hope or without hope we will follow the trail of our enemies. And woe to them, if we prove the swifter!

And when that time comes, let's hope your friends outnumber your enemies.

It's an odd feeling, knowing someone is trying to kill you. On the front line, you learn quickly that if you're in the path of a bullet, you will get hit.

There are ogres and black beasts out there; you have to be constantly on guard.

Only the paranoid survive.

He who is hated by all can not expect to live long.

The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on.

I'm not paranoid, no. I'm different in that I have enemies. Very real ones.

Given Ivan's size and power, we must remain vigilant.

In extreme danger, fear feels no pity.

The men would kill me.

We cannot let our guard down in the face of terror.

To our enemies - to our enemies - we will pursue you as only America can. You will fear us.

In the sea you've got to be constantly sort of alert. It's worse in the sea [than anywhere else in the animal kingdom]. In the sea you've got an enemy behind every rock.

Get used to the bear behind you.

We have to live like people in a web of knives, we mustn't reach out our hands or we get them gashed.

Those who cannot be aggressive are hunted down while they shiver and hide because the night is dark.

Until a man has love, it is well he should have fear. So long as there are wild beasts about, it is better to be afraid than secure.