by Tolvo Tue Mar 06, 2012 2:49 am
All from Grand Admiral Thrawn.
"You served too long under Lord Vader, Captain. I Have no qualms about accepting a useful idea merely because it wasn't my own. My position and ego are not at stake here."
"Do you know the difference between an error and a mistake, Ensign? Anyone can make an error, Ensign. But that error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it."
"The Empire is at war, Captain. We cannot afford the luxery of men whose minds are so limited they cannot adapt to unexpected situations."
"Concentration, focus, long-term thinking--those are the qualities that seperate a warrior from a mere flailing fighter."
"On no fewer than four occasions I told the Emperor that I would not waste his troops and ships attacking an enemy which I was not yet prepared to defeat. The first time I refused he called me a traitor and gave my attack forces someone else. After its destruction, he knew better than to ignore my commendations."
"I am not the Lord Darth Vader--I do not spend my men recklessly. Nor do I take their deaths lightly."
"History is on the move. Those who cannot keep up will be left behind, to watch from a distance. And those who stand in our way will not watch at all."
"The insanity of men and aliens who have learned the hard way that they can't match me face-to-face. And so they attempt to use my own tactical skill and insight against me. They pretend to walk into my trap, gambling that I'll notice the subtletly of their movements and interpret that as genuine intent. And while I then congratulate myself on my perception they prepare their actual attack."
- Spoiler:
"But it was so, artistically done."
