The size of the promised paycheck is inversely proportional to the likelihood of surviving to collect it.

- Howard Tayler

Spy' is such a short ugly word. I prefer 'espionage.' Those extra three syllables really say something.

- Howard Tayler

The spirit of the law is the least of the things we're prepared to violate.

- Howard Tayler

Right now I've got just two rules to live by. Rule one: don't taunt elephants. Rule two: don't stand next to anybody who taunts elephants. -Sergeant …

- Howard Tayler

Some survived due to advancements in engineering. Personally I'd take a vaccine over living in an iron lung. http://www.theatlantic.com/national/arch…

- Howard Tayler

Where's your sense of adventure? It died under mysterious circumstances. My sense of self-preservation found the body, but assures me it has an airti…

- Howard Tayler

Only cheaters prosper.

- Howard Tayler

Maxim 3: An ordnance technician at a dead run outranks everybody. -The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

- Howard Tayler

Judging by the sounds of general panic, I want a gun like that.

- Howard Tayler