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Quotes About Stealth

If war comes upon us, it will come as a thief in the night
~ Eamon de Valera
Secret operations are essential in war; upon them the army relies to make its every move.
~ Sun Tzu
She crept up on me.
~ Suzanne Collins
Peeta. How Foxface stole the food from the supply pile before I blew it up, how she tried to take enough to stay alive but not enough that anyone would notice it, how she wouldn't
~ Suzanne Collins
You can win, for a time, through ruthlessness and stealth; you can garner in more of this world's goods than you will need, by sheer force and shrewd strategy, without taking the time or going to the trouble of being agreeable; but, sooner or later, you will come to that point in life at which you will feel the pangs of remorse and the emptiness of your well filled purse.
~ Napoleon Hill
Who are you?' asked Gurun. 'I am the Polity black-ops stealth attack ship Obsidian Blade.' 'Fuck,' said Gurun.
~ Neal Asher
Why did they call them sneakers if it was so hard to sneak in them?)
~ Neal Shusterman
That which hides in plain sight is the most difficult thing to find.
~ Neal Shusterman
I wasn't expecting a stealth, supersonic, vertical take-off submarine fueled by the eerily whistling ghosts of necromantically murdered dolphins.
~ Charles Stross
silly me, I wasn't expecting a stealth, supersonic, vertical take-off submarine fueled by the eerily whistling ghosts of necromantically murdered dolphins.
~ Charles Stross
'Mission' was a mind game. The ideal mission was getting in and getting out without anyone ever knowing we were there.
~ Martin Landau
I mostly play one-player games like 'Batman' and 'Assassin's Creed.'
~ Mike Conley Jr.
They marched a good way apart from each other, that the clashing of their arms might not betray them; and they were lightly equipped, having the right foot bare that they might be less liable to slip in the mud.
~ Thucydides
And it dies never knowing where the attack came from.
~ Timothy Zahn
Okay, here's the first speech. You guys know what 'black' means, right? It means a program or project that is not acknowledged by the government. People pretend it doesn't exist. The Campus takes that one step further: We really do not exist. There is not a single written document in the possession of any government employee that has a single word about us. From this moment on, you two young gentlemen do not exist.
~ Tom Clancy
We wait. No sense spooking him. We let him come in nice and close while we do our famous imitation of a hole in the water
~ Tom Clancy
Find the enemy. Don't let the enemy find you. Reconnaissance! Reconnaissance! Reconnaissance!
~ Tom Clancy
The Navy wanted to see just how effective her new quieting systems were.
~ Tom Clancy
Submariners lived by a simple motto: There are two kinds of ships, submarines . . . and targets.
~ Tom Clancy
Move. Walk. Run. Hide. Steal and move on.
~ Toni Morrison
You know how to tail people?" I asked. My mother shrugged and kept her mouth shut, but her devilish smile said everything.
~ Kirsten Miller
Porque es un poco así, el tiempo transcurre a hurtadillas, disimulando, no le vemos andar.
~ Carmen Martín Gaite
Quiet as a shadow Light as a feather Quick as a snake Calm as still water Smooth as summer silk Swift as a deer Slippery as an eel Strong as a bear Fierce as a wolverine Still as stone
~ George R.R. Martin
El enemigo al que no se ve es siempre el más temible.
~ George R.R. Martin