History Quotes / ColonelBadAss

->''The trouble with the Colonel, you see, was that he'd been spoiled by success. Whether it was taking and holding a position in war, or thrashing all opposition at football, or looking better than anyone else on ceremonial parades, or even a question of the battalion's children topping the prize-list at the garrison school, he expected no less than total triumph. And perhaps because he so trustingly expected it, he usually got it--and a trifle over. It was a subtle kind of blackmail, in a way, and that crafty old soldier knew just how to operate it. Leadership they call it.''
-->-- '''Creator/GeorgeMacDonaldFraser''', ''Literature/McAuslan''

-->-- '''Major Elim Rawne''', ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', on Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt

->''"I am a [[BadassLongcoat Commissar.]] I am empowered to deliver justice wherever I see it lacking. [[YouHaveFailedMe I am empowered to punish cowardice.]] [[OmniscientMoralityLicense I am granted the gift of total authority to judge,]] [[ChurchMilitant in the name of the Emperor,]] on the field of combat."''
-->-- '''Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt''', ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''

-->-- '''Colonel Diane Foster''', ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon''

->''"A friend of death, a brother of luck and a son of a bitch!"''
-->-- '''Major Elim Rawne''', ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', on Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt

->''"I am a [[BadassLongcoat Commissar.]] I am empowered to deliver justice wherever I see it lacking. [[YouHaveFailedMe I am empowered to punish cowardice.]] [[OmniscientMoralityLicense I am granted the gift of total authority to judge,]] [[ChurchMilitant in the name of the Emperor,]] on the field of combat."''
-->-- '''Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt''', ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''

->There are numerous narratives surrounding [the Terraforming Wars]. Some people say that the TFF was doomed to failure the moment Colonel Karl Tagon survived. [[BrokenAce Karl Tagon is not one of those people]], but late in the evening after a few drinks, Karl will concede that it is astonishingly poor tactical doctrine to make him your enemy.

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-->-- '''GeorgeMacDonaldFraser''', ''McAuslan''

-->-- '''Major Elim Rawne''', ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'', on Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt

-->-- '''Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt''', ''{{Warhammer 40000}}''

-->-- ''{{Film/Avatar}}''

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'''Col. Quaritch:''' ( ''while bench pressing'' ) This low gravity'll make you soft. You get soft, (racks weights) Pandora will shit you out dead with zero warning. I read your file, Corporal. Venezuela, that was some mean bush. Nothin' like that here, though. You got some heart kid, showin' up here.\\
'''Jake Sully:''' Figured it was just another hellhole.

-> A friend of death, a brother of luck and a son of a bitch!
-->-- ''Major Elim Rawne on Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt'', '''{{Warhammer 40000}}'''

-> I am a [[BadassLongcoat Commissar.]] I am empowered to deliver justice wherever I see it lacking. [[YouHaveFailedMe I am empowered to punish cowardice.]] [[OmniscientMoralityLicense I am granted the gift of total authority to judge,]] [[ChurchMilitant in the name of the Emperor,]] on the field of combat.
-->-- '' Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt'', '''{{Warhammer 40000}}'''

-->Jake Sully: You wanted to see me, Colonel?
-->Col. Quaritch: ( ''while bench pressing'' ) This low gravity'll make you soft. You get soft, (racks weights) Pandora will shit you out dead with zero warning. I read your file, Corporal. Venezuela, that was some mean bush. Nothin' like that here, though. You got some heart kid, showin' up here.
-->Jake Sully: Figured it was just another hellhole.

-->Col. Quaritch: ( ''while bench pressing'' ) This low gravity'll make you soft. And when you get soft, Pandora will eat you and shit you out dead with zero warning. I read your file, Corporal. Venezuela, that was some mean bush. Nothin' like that here, though. You got some heart kid, showin' up here.