Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue. — Chester W. Nimitz Copy Share Image
I call my dad 'Admiral Ass Hat,' he doesn't really think it's funny. — Jay Crownover Copy Share Image
The lad who dreams of being a boxing champion or an admiral chooses reality. If the writer chooses the imaginary, he confuses… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
The admiral needs only one science, that of navigation. The general needs all the sciences. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Admiral Farragaut upon entering Mobile Bay Damn the torpedos. FULL SPEED AHEAD! — David Farragut Copy Share Image
This is Leo. I'm the... What's my title? Am I like, admiral, or captain, or..." "Repair boy." "Very funny, Piper. — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
There aren't any great men. There are just great challenges that ordinary men like you and me are forced by circumstances to… — William Halsey Copy Share Image
Obesity is now a problem in the navy. They've created a new rank: Really Big Rear Admiral. — David Letterman Copy Share Image
Thanks be to God," says the Admiral, "the air is soft as in April in Seville, and it is a pleasure to… — Christopher Columbus Copy Share Image
In this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Leadership is about keeping toilets flushing," the Admiral once said. "Unless you're on the battlefront. Then it's about staying alive. Neither are… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
An admiral without ships, a hand without fingers, in service of a king without a throne. Is this a knight who comes… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As president, I wouldn't be making the day-to-day combat decisions. The job of the commander-in-chief is to lay the objective out and… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
We had generals who were admirals and admirals who wanted to be generals. Generals acting as admirals are bad enough, but it… — Holland Smith Copy Share Image
The rules are drawn up by lawyers who are trying to protect the admirals and generals from the politicians; they’re not written… — Chris Kyle Copy Share Image
The Admiral's using us," he says to the kids around him. "Don't you see that?" Most of the kids just shrug, but… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
In this country [England] it is good to kill an admiral from time to time, to encourage the others. The reference is… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Do you know we are being led to Slaughters by placid admirals & that fat slow generals are getting Obscene on young… — Jim Morrison Copy Share Image
“Thus was this expedition finished...after having, by its event, strongly evinced this important truth; that though prudence, intrepidity and perseverence united are… — Admiral George Anson Copy Share Image
What is wanted in architecture, as in so many things, is a man. ... One suggestion might be made-no profession in England… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
I will say I would leave many of the decisions of some of the things you mentioned to the generals, the admirals,… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Every schoolchild knows that Columbus set out across the sea to prove that the world was round. But the belief in a… — Ferdinand Columbus Copy Share Image
We lived, until I was 12 or so, in communal apartment with five different families and the same kitchen, in two little… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
The President is to be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States. In this respect his authority would be… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
While Admiral Neffenger is an impressive man, it is naive and dangerous to pretend installing one director can heal what ails TSA,… — Benjamin E. Sasse Copy Share Image
There was a lot of maneuvering on the part of the Roosevelt administration to get the stars aligned so that that attack… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
Another nice thing was that I would type out letters home for the admiral's stewards. They would then feed me the same… — Jack Adams Copy Share Image
Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
But in this country it is necessary, now and then, to put one admiral to death in order to inspire the others… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“Fisher said, “to be a good admiral, a man does not need to be a good sailor. That’s a common mistake. He… — Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon Copy Share Image
Thanks be to God, the air is soft as in April in Seville, and it is a pleasure to be in it,… — Christopher Columbus Copy Share Image
“ADMIRAL OF THE NARROW SEAS. One who from drunkenness vomits into the lap of the person sitting opposite to him. SEA PHRASE.” — Francis Grose Copy Share Image
“God, I swear I’ve never seen a more nervous bunch of people. Like a bunch of rats in a science lab.” — Feather Stone Copy Share Image
“How do you want to die, Admiral? We are D'Angeline. At the hand of numbers, or dreams?” — Jacqueline Carey Copy Share Image
Throughout my professional life, I have looked upon the Corps as a most valuable part of our naval organization, and this opinion… — Samuel Francis Du Pont Copy Share Image
As a man-of-war that sails through the sea, so this earth that sails through the air. We mortals are all on board… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
The Admiral says that he never beheld so fair a thing: trees all along the river, beautiful and green, and different from… — Christopher Columbus Copy Share Image
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