Glory Road Quotes

“You’re not a fool, you’re merely young.”

“What does a champion owe his lady when the quest is done?”

“Scoundrels are predictable, but you’re a man of honor and that frightens me.”

“Disturbing the ecological balance is the worst mistake any government can make.”

“Why should anybody want power? I can’t understand it. But some do, and they did.”

“Coffee comes in five descending stages: Coffee, Java, Jamoke, Joe, and Carbon Remover.”

“I was twenty-one but couldn’t figure out which party to vote against.”

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“She believed that a woman’s costume was a failure unless it made men want to tear it off.”

“He smiled at his own wit. The old bastard always had thought he was a wit. He was half right.”

“I asked him how advanced societies ran things.
His brow wrinkled. “Mostly they don’t.””

“No evolutionary quirk can be considered odd if you use the way octopi make love as a comparison.”

“Natural law never takes a holiday. The invariability of natural law is the cornerstone of science.”

“A man who always obeys the law is even stupider than one who breaks it every chance.”

“Military policy is like cancer: Nobody knows where it comes from but it can't be ignored.”

“Would you force me to buy a new rug? I never keep one I’ve killed a friend on; the stains make me gloomy.”

“Magic is not science, it is a collection of ways to do things — ways that work but often we don't know why.”

“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”

“An insult is like a drink; it affects one only if accepted. And pride is too heavy baggage for my journey; I have none.”

“I object to conscription the way a lobster objects to boiling water: it may be his finest hour but it's not his choice.”