D F Malan Quotes & Sayings

Always keep a sharp lookout. "Keep your finger out"! — Adolph Malan

INITIATIVE, AGGRESSION, AIR DISCIPLINE, and TEAM WORK are words that MEAN something in Air Fighting. — Adolph Malan

Always turn and face the attack. — Adolph Malan

You should never have a relationship based on guilt over someone's poor choices. — Bryant McGill

Never fly straight and level for more than 30 seconds in the combat area. — Adolph Malan

Short fiction seems more targeted - hand grenades of ideas, if you will. When they work, they hit, they explode, and you never forget them. Long fiction feels more like atmosphere: it's a lot smokier and less defined. — Paolo Bacigalupi

Along the river's summer walk,
The withered tufts of asters nod;
And trembles on its arid stalk
the hoar plum of the golden-rod. — John Greenleaf Whittier

Fire short bursts of 1 to 2 seconds and only when your sights are definitely 'ON.' — Adolph Malan

I'm trying to be really synced. It goes back to the idea that, ultimately, the reward is the work. The staying balanced, it requires you to know that the work you're doing right now is ultimately what is going to give you the sense of freedom that you're hoping to find in a more realized life. — Jonathan Tucker

Whilst shooting think of nothing else; brace the whole of the body; have both hands on the stick; concentrate on your ring sight. — Adolph Malan

I was actually a Cowboys fan. — Victor Cruz

Our sense of self-worth is the single most important determinant of the health, abundance, and joy we allow into our lives. — Dan Millman

Men are said to desire women, Severian. Why do they despise the women they obtain? — Gene Wolfe

The only way to shake your ghosts was to find them ... — Adam Johnson

If young people had love, hope, true education, the arts, full and meaningful lives they won't join gangs. My life since leaving the gang and drugs has been directed to making positive what it means to be Chicano, human, man, woman, and on how to draw out the imagination and creativity that all people have. — Luis J. Rodriguez

Make your decisions promptly. It is better to act quickly even though your tactics are not the best. — Adolph Malan

He dropped his forehead to hers. I know I'm a little fucked up. Don't give up on me baby. I'm not saying that things will suddenly be perfect. I'm a guy, and guys can be stupid. I admit I need the room to mess up a little. I can't promise I won't piss you off again, but I can promise you that I'll never deliberately hurt you. Nothing is more important to me than you. Nothing. — Suzanne Wright

The very lack of explicit pressure was itself a compelling force, for it created a world in which the expectation of success was simply there, a fact of life as basic as breakfast. — H.W. Brands

In Nature everything has a meaning; that is, every object is exactly adapted to the place it occupies, and to the purpose for which it was made. — Solomon Caesar Malan

Height gives you the initiative. — Adolph Malan

Go in quickly - Punch Hard - Get out! — Adolph Malan

Be the same person- with or without money. — Carew Papritz

Rian Malan was one of the first younger writers to perceive and write about a darkness in the South African psyche that goes deeper than mere politics. To some extent, that's my territory, too. — Damon Galgut

Where there is any good disposition, confidence begets faithfulness; but distrust, if it do not produce treachery; never fails to destroy every inclination to evince fidelity. Most people disdain to clear themselves from the accusations of mere suspicion. — Jane Porter

When diving to attack always leave a proportion of your formation above to act as top guard. — Adolph Malan