"General Mattis arrived a few minutes later, clearing the atmosphere like a thunderstorm on a humid afternoon. Mattis is kinetic. The troops who knew him from Afghanistan loved him, and everyone else loved him by reputation. Stars on a collar can throw a barrier between leader and led, but Mattis' rank only contributed to his hero status. Here was an officer, a general, who understood the Marines, who, in fact, was one of them. I caught Wynn's eye and leaned toward him to whisper a question: "You know what Mattis's call sign is?" He shook his head. "Chaos. How fucking cool is that?""
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Businesspeople from the United StatesNon-fiction authors from the United StatesUnited States Marines
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
p. 162
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Fick
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Nathaniel Fick
Nathaniel C. Fick (born June 23, 1977) is a technology executive, author, and former United States Marine Corps officer. He was the CEO of cybersecurity software company Endgame, Inc., then worked for Elastic NV after it acquired Endgame. He is an Operating Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners. In 2022 he was selected to lead the U.S. State Department's Bureau for Cyberspace and Digital Policy.
2 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Nathaniel Fick →
Related Quotes
"Farther down the line, in the middle of a gravelly flat near the runway's end, I approached another fighting hole, ca…"
"Scientific education is catholic; it embraces the whole field of human learning. No student can master all knowledge …"
"Honest investigation is but the application of common sense to the solution of the unknown. Science does not wait on …"
"Years of drought and famine come and years of flood and famine come, and the climate is not changed with dance, libat…"
"The verb is relatively of much greater importance in an Indian tongue than in a civilized language."
"Possible ideas and thoughts are vast in number. A distinct word for every distinct idea and thought would require a v…"
"The integers of language are sentences, and their organs are the parts of speech. Linguistic organization, then, cons…"
"Indian nouns are extremely connotive; that is, the name does more than simply denote the thing to which it belongs; i…"
"In Seneca the north is "the sun never goes there," and this sentence may be used as adjective or noun; in such cases …"
"In Ute the name for bear is "he seizes," or "the hugger." In this case the verb is used for the noun, and in so doing…"