Max Brooks Quotes - Page 2

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• Can you ever “solve” poverty? Can you ever “solve” crime? Can you ever “solve” disease, unemployment, war, or any other societal herpes? Hell no.

  Max Brooks

  War, Unemployment, Disease

  Max Brooks (2006). “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War”, p.61, Broadway Books

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• We've been at peace about as long as e were at war.

  Max Brooks

  War, Long

  Max Brooks (2006). “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War”, p.2, Broadway Books

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• Use your head; cut off theirs.

  Max Brooks

  Halloween, Cutting, Zombie

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• [...]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 scaring him enough to call it a day.

  Max Brooks

  Hurt, Fear, Real

  Max Brooks (2006). “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War”, p.103, Broadway Books

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• There comes a point when you have to realize that the sum of all your blood, sweat, and tears will ultimately amount to zero.

  Max Brooks

  Zero, Blood, Sweat

  Max Brooks (2010). “World War Z”, p.43, Gerald Duckworth & Co

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• I don't know if great times make great men, but I know they can kill them.

  Max Brooks

  Men, Great Times, Knows

  Max Brooks (2006). “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War”, p.151, Broadway Books

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• They didn't break me. I broke myself.

  Max Brooks

  Broke, Break

  Max Brooks (2006). “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War”, p.21, Broadway Books

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• Zombies will try to scale any surface no matter how unfeasable or even impossible. In all but the easiest situations, these attempts have met with failure. Even in the case of ladders, when simple hand-over-hand coordination is required, only one in four zombies will succeed.

  Max Brooks

  Simple, Hands, Zombie

  Max Brooks (2003). “The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead”, p.14, Broadway Books

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• The highest distinction is service to others.

  Max Brooks

  Service To Others, Distinction, Highest

  "World War Z". Book by Max Brooks, 2006.

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• If you believe you can accomplish everything by "cramming" at the eleventh hour, by all means, don't lift a finger now. But you may think twice about beginning to build your ark once it has already started raining

  Max Brooks

  Rain, Believe, Procrastination

  "The Zombie Survival Guide". Book by Max Brooks, July 19, 2010.

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• America is especially sensitive to war weariness, and nothing brings backlash like the perception of defeat. I say “perception” because America is a very all-or-nothing society… We like to know, and for everyone else to know, that our victory wasn’t uncontested, it was positively devastating.

  Max Brooks

  War, America, Perception

  Max Brooks (2006). “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War”, p.52, Broadway Books

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• ...because I'm sure that as soon as things really get back to "normal," once our kids or grandkids grow up in a peaceful and comfortable world, they'll probably go right back to being as selfish and narrow-minded and generally shitty to one another as we were.

  Max Brooks

  Growing Up, Selfish, Kids

  Max Brooks (2006). “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War”, p.336, Broadway Books

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• Americans worship technology. It's an inherent trait in the national zeitgeist.

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  Technology, Worship, World War Z

  Max Brooks (2006). “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War”, p.166, Broadway Books

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• A true crisis. Class 3 outbreaks, more than any other, demonstrate the clear threat posed by the living dead. Zombies will number in the thousands, encompassing an area of several hundred miles.

  Max Brooks

  Class, Numbers, Zombie

  Max Brooks (2003). “The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead”, p.25, Broadway Books

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• Fear is the most basic emotion we have. Fear is primal. Fear sells.

  Max Brooks

  Emotion, World War Z, Primal Fear

  Max Brooks (2010). “World War Z”, p.48, Gerald Duckworth & Co

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• But no matter what happens to the surviving humans, there will always be the walking dead.

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  Walking Dead, Matter, Humans

  Max Brooks (2003). “The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead”, p.157, Broadway Books

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• Fear is the most valuable commodity in the universe.

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  World War Z, Commodity, Valuable

  Max Brooks (2006). “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War”, p.55, Broadway Books

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• I'm not a horror fan. I'm an anti-horror fan. I think horror fans feel deep down in the pit of their souls, they feel safe, and therefore bored. And therefore they want to be scared.

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  Thinking, Bored, Soul

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If I thought there was any hope of turning 'World War Z' into a movie, I wouldn't have written it as a giant, epic, global story, because that requires a giant, epic, global budget.

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  War, Epic, Giants

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• Whatever bro, tell it to the whales

  Max Brooks

  Whales, World War Z, Bros

  Max Brooks (2006). “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War”, p.341, Broadway Books

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• We relinquished our freedom that day, and we were more than happy to see it go. From that moment on we lived in true freedom, the freedom to point to someone else and say “They told me to do it! It’s their fault, not mine.” The freedom, God help us, to say “I was only following orders.”-World War Z

  Max Brooks

  War, Order, World

  Max Brooks (2006). “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War”, p.83, Broadway Books

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• I think the fascination with zombies is that they don't obey the rules of monsters. The first rule of monsters is that you have to go find them. You have to make a conscious choice to go to the swamp or the desert or the abandoned summer camp.

  Max Brooks

  Summer, Thinking, Choices

  "'I’m Just A Zombie Nerd' The Max Brooks Interview, Part One". Interview with Allie Townsend, techland.time.com. July 15, 2010.

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• I think 'G.I. Joe' is a perfect example of how I'm the world's worst businessman. If I were smart, I'd be writing 'World War Z Part 12', but I have to go where the muse leads, and I've always been a huge 'G.I. Joe' fan. I always wanted to know more about these characters, these little plastic figures I played with as a kid.

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  War, Smart, Character

  Interview with Leonard Pierce, www.avclub.com. July 9, 2010.

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• 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. Don't bring water with you because it'll tire you out and you'll lose too much fluid. Bring a water pump.

  Max Brooks

  Feet, Water, Survival

  "'It’s Sense & Sensibility & Sleestacks Now' The Max Brooks Interview, Part Two". Interview with Allie Townsend, techland.time.com. July 20, 2010.

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• Generation Z, they cleaned up their own mess.

  Max Brooks

  Generations, World War Z, Mess

  "World War Z". Book by Max Brooks, 2006.

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