Curmudgeon Quotes by Max Brooks

When I believe in my ability to do something, there is no such word as no.

— Max Brooks

Fear is the most valuable commodity in the universe.

— Max Brooks

I think the general anxiety of the 1960s - '70s spawned our interest in the living dead. When people worry about the end of…

— Max Brooks

Sometimes you find your path, sometimes it finds you.

— Max Brooks

I wanted to serve. It was Desert Storm. I thought, 'I was a rich kid, and America's been good to me.

— Max Brooks

[...]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…

— Max Brooks

“rank warehouses among your most attractive hideouts.”

— Max Brooks

I think Americans are at our best when we recover from a crisis. We've suffered some blows that other countries would have never recovered…

— Max Brooks

“The living dead had taken more from us than land and loved ones. They'd robbed us of our confidence as the planet's dominant life…

— Max Brooks

“PARNELL AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, TENNESSEE”

— Max Brooks

Often, a school is your best bet-perhaps not for education but certainly for protection from an undead attack.

— Max Brooks

Any survival guide will tell you, don't buy a pair of combat boots before any disaster. They'll tear your feet up. Or water -…

— Max Brooks