“The core of the problem was that the guild put the helm in the hands of people who had not even learnt to row. The apprentices were, in many cases, willing and eager to learn. They did not, however, understand just how much they had to learn. Some of the realities - and practical limitations - of their art could not be learnt, save through experience. They therefore voted for things that either could not or would not be delivered. And they didn’t want to listen to the masters, the people who did have the experience, because they weren’t telling them what they wanted to hear.”
―
Christopher G. Nuttall,
The Family Pride
“all human societies are ruled by the strong, those who are both willing and able to enforce their demands by force. On the micro scale, a father willing to spank his children wields more authority than a condoning parent; on the macro scale, a political leader willing to use force to get his way wields more authority than a leader unwilling to back up his words with action. And actions always speak louder than words” ― Christopher G. Nuttall, Semper Fi
“The threat of force is worthless unless the person (or country) making the threats has both the demonstrated will and ability to actually carry out those threats. Talk is cheap; action rather less so. Indeed, the more threats a person makes that are ignored (and not then backed up) the more credibility they lose. Eventually, they reach a point where carrying out the threats becomes imperative, if only because no one believes that they will” ― Christopher G. Nuttall, Semper Fi
“Because no religion is as good as its god. It is only as good as its followers. And some of those followers are worse than their gods.” ― Christopher G. Nuttall, Fists of Justice
“Do we really want to live in such a world?” ― Christopher G. Nuttall, The Family Shame
“What have I told you about embarrassing your brother?” “Do it as often as possible,” Daisy said. “And with style,” Poppy added.” ― Christopher G. Nuttall, The Family Shame
“The correct way to deal with a problem that is your fault is to do what you can to make amends. If the problem isn’t your fault, the correct way to deal with it is to learn from it and get revenge when you” ― Christopher G. Nuttall, Lessons In Etiquette
“That’s a basic conspiracy theory,” she pointed out. “And it relies on everything going right. It assumes there’s an angel in the whirlwind, directing the storm . . .” ― Christopher G. Nuttall, Debt of War
“None of the students had really appreciated their own ignorance, or how easy it was for someone with bad intentions to manipulate them into starting a riot.” ― Christopher G. Nuttall, When the Bough Breaks
“the activists have attributed conditions to malice that have been caused by economic necessity.” ― Christopher G. Nuttall, Cry Wolf
“the unspoken truth behind every kid who took a gun to school and opened fire at random. They’d been knocked down so hard that they believed themselves to be at war with the entire establishment.” ― Christopher G. Nuttall, Schooled in Magic
“He checked the force field, but nothing short of a plasma grenade would break through—and he had none left. His plasma rifle wouldn’t be enough.” ― Christopher G. Nuttall, Desperate Fire
“Adventure was someone else in deep shit, far away. There was something to be said for the comforts of home.” ― Christopher G. Nuttall, Favour the Bold
“there would be pain, pain and more pain, and after that some painful pain.” ― Christopher G. Nuttall, Schooled in Magic
“Just remember that what you don’t know can hurt you.” ― Christopher G. Nuttall, Schooled in Magic
“Bad rolls of the dice are inevitable, to borrow a line from my grandfather,” Captain Stuart said. “It’s what you make of those rolls - and how you recover from them - that shows what you’re made of.” ― Christopher G. Nuttall, The Black Sheep
“If the occupying power happened to use too much force, they created new enemies; if they used too little force, they convinced the population that the occupying force was not prepared to take risks to defend them. Or, for that matter, that a few bloody noses could cause them to retreat.” ― Christopher G. Nuttall, When the Bough Breaks
“Fanatics can always come up with excuses for not thinking.” ― Christopher G. Nuttall, Desperate Fire
“the fanatics were a very different kettle of fish. “Because if you let them live, they’ll see it as a sign of weakness. Kill them all.” ― Christopher G. Nuttall, Desperate Fire
“all human societies are ruled by the strong, those who are both willing and able to enforce their demands by force. On the micro scale, a father willing to spank his children wields more authority than a condoning parent; on the macro scale, a political leader willing to use force to get his way wields more authority than a leader unwilling to back up his words with action. And actions always speak louder than words” ― Christopher G. Nuttall, Semper Fi
“The threat of force is worthless unless the person (or country) making the threats has both the demonstrated will and ability to actually carry out those threats. Talk is cheap; action rather less so. Indeed, the more threats a person makes that are ignored (and not then backed up) the more credibility they lose. Eventually, they reach a point where carrying out the threats becomes imperative, if only because no one believes that they will” ― Christopher G. Nuttall, Semper Fi
“Because no religion is as good as its god. It is only as good as its followers. And some of those followers are worse than their gods.” ― Christopher G. Nuttall, Fists of Justice
“Do we really want to live in such a world?” ― Christopher G. Nuttall, The Family Shame
“What have I told you about embarrassing your brother?” “Do it as often as possible,” Daisy said. “And with style,” Poppy added.” ― Christopher G. Nuttall, The Family Shame
“The correct way to deal with a problem that is your fault is to do what you can to make amends. If the problem isn’t your fault, the correct way to deal with it is to learn from it and get revenge when you” ― Christopher G. Nuttall, Lessons In Etiquette
“That’s a basic conspiracy theory,” she pointed out. “And it relies on everything going right. It assumes there’s an angel in the whirlwind, directing the storm . . .” ― Christopher G. Nuttall, Debt of War
“None of the students had really appreciated their own ignorance, or how easy it was for someone with bad intentions to manipulate them into starting a riot.” ― Christopher G. Nuttall, When the Bough Breaks
“the activists have attributed conditions to malice that have been caused by economic necessity.” ― Christopher G. Nuttall, Cry Wolf
“the unspoken truth behind every kid who took a gun to school and opened fire at random. They’d been knocked down so hard that they believed themselves to be at war with the entire establishment.” ― Christopher G. Nuttall, Schooled in Magic
“He checked the force field, but nothing short of a plasma grenade would break through—and he had none left. His plasma rifle wouldn’t be enough.” ― Christopher G. Nuttall, Desperate Fire
“Adventure was someone else in deep shit, far away. There was something to be said for the comforts of home.” ― Christopher G. Nuttall, Favour the Bold
“there would be pain, pain and more pain, and after that some painful pain.” ― Christopher G. Nuttall, Schooled in Magic
“Just remember that what you don’t know can hurt you.” ― Christopher G. Nuttall, Schooled in Magic
“Bad rolls of the dice are inevitable, to borrow a line from my grandfather,” Captain Stuart said. “It’s what you make of those rolls - and how you recover from them - that shows what you’re made of.” ― Christopher G. Nuttall, The Black Sheep
“If the occupying power happened to use too much force, they created new enemies; if they used too little force, they convinced the population that the occupying force was not prepared to take risks to defend them. Or, for that matter, that a few bloody noses could cause them to retreat.” ― Christopher G. Nuttall, When the Bough Breaks
“Fanatics can always come up with excuses for not thinking.” ― Christopher G. Nuttall, Desperate Fire
“the fanatics were a very different kettle of fish. “Because if you let them live, they’ll see it as a sign of weakness. Kill them all.” ― Christopher G. Nuttall, Desperate Fire
