Foolishness Quote by Donavan Nelson Butler, Master Sergeant US Army

“It's All Officers, sir." They broke into a run. You always did for an All Officers. The people in trouble might well be you.”

— Terry Pratchett

“I hate to tell you this, but you are just stupid and eager and sincere enough to make the kind of officer that men…

— Robert A. Heinlein

“don’t let me hear you say again ‘Fuck orders’! You’re a corporal who’s been assigned a duty, and if your superiors have chosen not…

— Ira Levin

“The captain strikes me as a competent officer, and competent officers are never given enough information to work with.”

— Cherie Priest

“I always love that 'we' part from a staff officer.”

— Eric Haney

“The role of the officer, in my experience, is nothing grander than to stand sentinel over himself and his men, towards the end of…

— Steven Pressfield

“Command isn’t just giving orders. It’s knowing the minds of those below you,”

— Karl Drinkwater

“I’m tempted to kill the general first, then his staff officers. Sometimes you just want to eat pudding early. All the same, I make…

— David Gunn

“God knows wherebthey are now, the people I receive instructions, or rather-let's come right out and say it-take orders. It is obvious I'm a…

— Italo Calvino

“He held up a hand. "You've come perilously close to being written up for insubordination, Lieutenant. I expect better control from you, and have…

— J.D. Robb

“Very good, Mr. Howard. They were the ones who didn’t try to second-guess their commanding officer. Can I suggest that in future you take…

— Charles Stross

“I told the officer, “If you ever make another report like that, sir, I’ll throw you over the side!”

— William F. Halsey