“But isn't the human factor what connects us so deeply to our past?” — Max Brooks History Copy Share Image
There comes a point where emotions must give way to objective facts. — Max Brooks Emotion Copy Share Image
Secrecy is a vacuum and nothing fills a vacuum like paranoid speculation. — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
“Because Americans worship technology. It's an inherent trait in the national zeitgeist.” — Max Brooks Americans Copy Share Image
When I believe in my ability to do something, there is no such word as no. — Max Brooks Ability Copy Share Image
“North Koreans were indoctrinated from birth to believe that their lives were meaningless, that they existed only to serve the State, the… — Max Brooks Great leader Copy Share Image
I wrote 'The Zombie Survival Guide' because I wanted to read it, and nobody else was writing it. All I've been doing… — Max Brooks Answering questions Copy Share Image
“I can't tell you if this is the right path; the future is too mountainous to see to far ahead. ... Only… — Max Brooks Journey Copy Share Image
[...]you don’t have to be Sun freakin Tzu to know that real fighting isn’t about killing or even hurting the other guy,… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
I think Americans are at our best when we recover from a crisis. We've suffered some blows that other countries would have… — Max Brooks America Copy Share Image
“You should have seen some of the “careers” listed on our first employment census; everyone was some version of an “executive,” a… — Max Brooks Career Copy Share Image
Often, a school is your best bet-perhaps not for education but certainly for protection from an undead attack. — Max Brooks Education Copy Share Image
“only rule that ever made sense to me I learned from a history, not an economics, professor at Wharton. “Fear,” he used… — Max Brooks Economics Copy Share Image
That's the thing about zombies. They don't adapt and they don't think. Literally, you could have a zombie on one side of… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
“What about the FDA? Please, are you serious? Back then the FDA was one of the most underfunded, mismanaged organizations in the… — Max Brooks Drug Copy Share Image
...because I'm sure that as soon as things really get back to "normal," once our kids or grandkids grow up in a… — Max Brooks Grandkids Copy Share Image
“This space station [Yang Liwei] was little more than a giant Orbital Denial Station. If those charges were to detonate, the debris...any… — Max Brooks Scorched Copy Share Image
. . . show the other side, the one that gets people out of bed the next morning, makes them scratch and… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
We relinquished our freedom that day, and we were more than happy to see it go. From that moment on we lived… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
Since 2001, people have been scared. There's been some really scary stuff that's been happening - 9/11, Iraq, Afghanistan, Katrina, anthrax letters,… — Max Brooks Afghanistan Copy Share Image
Zombies don't run. They don't dance. They don't say, "More brains." There is no Thriller Night. Those are stereotypes that are perpetrated… — Max Brooks Brain Copy Share Image
“It is my fault, and the fault of everyone of my generation. I wonder what the future generations will say about us.… — Max Brooks American dream Copy Share Image
“Oh C'mon. Can you ever "solve" poverty? Can you ever "solve" crime? Can you ever "solve" disease, unemployment, war or any other… — Max Brooks War Copy Share Image
“But isn't the human factor what connects us so deeply to our past? Will future generations care as much for chronologies and… — Max Brooks History Copy Share Image
“fear is the most valuable commodity in the universe.” That blew me away. “Turn on the TV,” he’d say. “What are you… — Max Brooks Fear Copy Share Image
“[…] mines don’t work that way. They don’t blow up a human body, they take off a leg or ankle or the… — Max Brooks Family Copy Share Image
“The living dead had taken more from us than land and loved ones. They'd robbed us of our confidence as the planet's… — Max Brooks Hope Copy Share Image
“And then they came, right out of the smoke like a freakin’ little kid’s nightmare! Some were steaming, some were even still… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
If your Soviet neighbor is trying to set fire to your house, you can't be worrying about the Arab down the block.… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
Fear is the most basic emotion we have. Fear is primal. Fear sells. — Max Brooks Emotion Copy Share Image
I don't mind my work being a record of the time it was written in. — Max Brooks Mind Copy Share Image
Americans worship technology. It's an inherent trait in the national zeitgeist. — Max Brooks Americans Copy Share Image
You can watch 'Dawn of the Dead' and still sleep at night. Try that with 'The Day After'. — Max Brooks Dawn Copy Share Image
I actually wrote my first zombie book way before I got the job on 'Saturday Night Live. — Max Brooks Book Copy Share Image
![“[...]you don’t have to be Sun freakin Tzu to know that real fighting isn’t about killing or even hurting the other guy, it’s about scaring him enough to call it a day.” quote by Max Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/eee/max-brooks-2735_enough_you-don-t-have-to-be-sun-freakin-tzu-to_182431.jpg)
![“This space station [Yang Liwei] was little more than a giant Orbital Denial Station. If those charges were to detonate, the debris...any future space launch would be grounded for years. It was a "Scorched Space" policy. "If we can't have it, neither can anyone else.” quote by Max Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/5bd/max-brooks-2735_scorched_this-space-station-yang-liwei-was-little_2146336.png)
![“[…] mines don’t work that way. They don’t blow up a human body, they take off a leg or ankle or the family jewels. That’s what they’re designed for, not to kill people, but to wound ‘em so the army will spend valuable resources keeping them alive, and then send ‘em home in a wheelchair so Ma and…” quote by Max Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/26d/max-brooks-2735_family_mines-don-t-work-that-way-they-don-t-blo_978516.png)
