Know When to Fold'Em/Quotes
Teal'C: A true warrior... knows when to fold 'em. |
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then give up. There's no use in being a damn fool about it. |
Hestiv: There's no honor in surrender, Admiral. —General Hestiv and Supreme Commander Pellaeon, Specter of the Past
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Stuart: We're not giving up. |
Quitters never win, winners never quit, but those who never win and never quit are idiots. —Traditional
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You want your freedom? Take it. |
Grem: I am a Goblin Prince! I know when to fight! |
He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day —An age-old adage
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Know when to cut your losses. The outcome of this battle has been decided. |
Stephen Falken: The whole point was to find a way to practice nuclear war without destroying ourselves. To get the computers to learn from mistakes we couldn't afford to make. Except, I never could get Joshua to learn the most important lesson. |
Do not ally yourself with the Renrij if you yearn to be part of a mighty army, marching resolutely forth, for whom retreat is anathema. We will laugh at your suicidal idiocy as we slip into the reeds of the river, and watch the inevitable slaughter. |
You could give 'em a good rant before you run, you know. Lots of Heterodines have done it. They were always getting beat back, thwarted, foiled - 's why you rule Mechanicsburg and not the world. —Franz Scortchmaw, the Great Dragon of Mechanicsburg , Girl Genius Vol.12 P.171
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Maxim 68: Negotiating from a position of strength does not mean you shouldn’t also negotiate from a position near the exits. |