--- title: "1 Polite Society Quotes By Dirk Patton" description: "1 Polite Society quotes by Dirk Patton. Plus more from Dirk Patton and more Polite Society sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1d/dirk-patton-14812_nature_polite-society-is-just-a-paper-thin-veil_845328.jpg" --- > [“polite society is just a paper thin veil that masks the true animal nature of man”. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dirk-patton/polite-society-is-just-a-paper-thin-veil-that-masks-the-true-animal/) [Dirk Patton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dirk-patton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1d/dirk-patton-14812_nature_polite-society-is-just-a-paper-thin-veil_845328.jpg) ## Other authors on Polite Society ## More by Dirk Patton > [“A friend of mine had called it ‘the Finger of God’ because whatever it reached out and touched just ceased to exist.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dirk-patton/a-friend-of-mine-had-called-it-the-finger-of-god-because-whatever-it/) [Dirk Patton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dirk-patton/) > [“unlike in the movies, propellers don’t dice up the bad guy to end the fight then keep on spinning like nothing happened. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dirk-patton/unlike-in-the-movies-propellers-don-t-dice-up-the-bad-guy-to-end-the/) [Dirk Patton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dirk-patton/) > [“but at heart, he was still a coward which he masked by being a bully. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dirk-patton/but-at-heart-he-was-still-a-coward-which-he-masked-by-being-a-bully/) [Dirk Patton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dirk-patton/) > [“We had been hiding and fighting for days and were still within a two hour drive of Atlanta. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dirk-patton/we-had-been-hiding-and-fighting-for-days-and-were-still-within-a-two/) [Dirk Patton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dirk-patton/) > [“It was just like a scene out of The Walking Dead.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dirk-patton/it-was-just-like-a-scene-out-of-the-walking-dead/) [Dirk Patton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dirk-patton/) > [“We blasted through Laramie, Wyoming, seeing nothing other than the empty pavement brightly illuminated by the Charger’s lights.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dirk-patton/we-blasted-through-laramie-wyoming-seeing-nothing-other-than-the/) [Dirk Patton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dirk-patton/) > [“The concern was an infected getting sucked into an engine. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dirk-patton/the-concern-was-an-infected-getting-sucked-into-an-engine/) [Dirk Patton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dirk-patton/) > [“They’d found both, and brought back a variety of non-lethal weapons.  He snorted at the oxymoron.  How could a weapon be non-lethal?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dirk-patton/they-d-found-both-and-brought-back-a-variety-of-non-lethal-weapons-he/) [Dirk Patton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dirk-patton/) > [“leaned into the void and placed his”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dirk-patton/leaned-into-the-void-and-placed-his/) [Dirk Patton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dirk-patton/) > [“A deep strike to the kidneys will send the human body into immediate shock, rendering it unable to fight or flee.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dirk-patton/a-deep-strike-to-the-kidneys-will-send-the-human-body-into-immediate/) [Dirk Patton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dirk-patton/) > [“Outfitted with a 25 mm GAU-12 Equalizer, one Bofors 40 mm autocannon, and one 105 mm M102 cannon, it can and does unleash hell on earth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dirk-patton/outfitted-with-a-25-mm-gau-12-equalizer-one-bofors-40-mm-autocannon/) [Dirk Patton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dirk-patton/) > [“The truck was two-wheel drive,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dirk-patton/the-truck-was-two-wheel-drive/) [Dirk Patton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dirk-patton/) > [“Screeching to a stop, he jumped out and quickly unhooked the chain from the back bumper, hopped back in and roared away, female infected…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dirk-patton/screeching-to-a-stop-he-jumped-out-and-quickly-unhooked-the-chain/) [Dirk Patton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dirk-patton/) > [“you fight with what you have.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dirk-patton/you-fight-with-what-you-have/) [Dirk Patton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dirk-patton/) > [“There was no tickle of breath as she held her face in front of the pilot’s.  He was dead.  Rachel sat back with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dirk-patton/there-was-no-tickle-of-breath-as-she-held-her-face-in-front-of-the/) [Dirk Patton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dirk-patton/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/polite-society/dirk-patton/#itemlist", "name": "1 Polite Society Quotes By Dirk Patton", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“polite society is 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