Andy McNab Quotes & Sayings

The Omanis had feasts called haflas where they'd bring a goat in and cook it in the fire. It was always a fantastic gathering. They'd turn up in their Land Cruisers in the middle of nowhere, put the carpets out, and start a fire up. Sometimes they'd tow in a small water bowser as well. There was a huge amount of ritual involved; the animal was treated with immense respect before it was killed, in accordance with Islam. — Andy McNab

I made what must have been about a sixty-point turn and eventually managed to squeeze out of the small and crowded car park at the rear — Andy McNab

Better to be tried by twelve than carried by six. — Andy McNab

It is impossible for any single medium to fully capture the emotion and intensity of war. The Battlefield 3: The Russian novel is one window into the experience, and the game is another. They complement each other perfectly, — Andy McNab

the rasp of the respirator's filter were about as comforting as Darth Vader reading a bedtime story, — Andy McNab

newly purchased herbal teabags — Andy McNab

Better to live a day on your feet than a lifetime on your knees. — Andy McNab

You know, my world may look like a pile of shit, but at least I sometimes get to sit on top of it — Andy McNab

They were prepared physically and mentally for war. They'd all had at least nine lives, and had the burns, the dents, the bullet holes and the knife wounds to prove it. — Andy McNab

We certainly wouldn't practise carrying it now: that would be a bit like practising being wet, cold and hungry, which wouldn't achieve anything. — Andy McNab

He'd been expelled from the movement by Gerry Adams in 1985 for threatening to initiate a campaign of murder that would have hampered the new political strategy. It was a bit like being kicked out of the Gestapo for cruelty. — Andy McNab

If his iPhone rings, he could be fucked. We — Andy McNab