Quotes from The Old Man and the Wasteland

Nick Cole ·  125 pages

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“Don't let someone spend money who never earned it.”
― Nick Cole, quote from The Old Man and the Wasteland


“People don't hate each other. They hate each other's ideas.”
― Nick Cole, quote from The Old Man and the Wasteland


“Peer pressure is when you decide to lob a few warheads at this week's Nazi because CNN told you to.”
― Nick Cole, quote from The Old Man and the Wasteland


“Hate is not wrong when you hate what is wrong.”
― Nick Cole, quote from The Old Man and the Wasteland


“Don't let anyone but a soldier tell you how to fight a war.”
― Nick Cole, quote from The Old Man and the Wasteland



“It was sort of my own personal apocalypse.”
― Nick Cole, quote from The Old Man and the Wasteland


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