The Siege/Quotes

Show me a fortress and I'll show you a ruin.

—Captain Eddan Bourne of the Silver Skulls, Warhammer 40,000

"A Fortress circumvented ceases to be an obstacle. A Fortress destroyed ceases to a threat. Know the difference."

—Warhammer 40,000, "The Tacitca Imperialis"

"I don't wanna nitpick Tom, but is this really your plan
Spend your whole life locked inside a mall?
Maybe that's okay for now,
But someday you'll be out of food and guns,
And you'll have to make the call.
I'm not surprised to see you haven't thought it through enough
You never had the head for all that 'bigger picture' stuff.
But Tom, that's what I do,

And I plan on eating you, slowly!"

—Jonathan Coulton, "Re: Your Brains"

"Whether it's The Trojan War, The Battle of Thermopylae, or the last stand at The Alamo, many of the famous battle in history were sieges in which small forces took on much larger armies. Unfortunately sieges don't make good stories because the smaller force won. They make the history books because the little guys fought well before they died."

—Michael Westen doing a voiceover, Burn Notice