“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
Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking. — Ambrose Bierce 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,” he said. He couldn't resist. “Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” — Christopher Nuttall Copy Share Image
Admirals and Generals always want more ships and more weapons and they take the arguments where they can find them. — Helmut Schmidt 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
In this country we find it pays to shoot an admiral from time to time to encourage the others. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Raeder, the political admiral, stealthily built up the German Navy in defiance of the Versailles Treaty, and then put it to use… — Erich Raeder Copy Share Image
Gout, unlike any other disease, kills more rich men than poor, more wise men than simple. Great kings, emperors, generals, admirals and… — Thomas Sydenham 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
Ford used to come to work in a big car with two Admiral's flags, on each side of the car. His assistant… — Richard Widmark Copy Share Image
Your American admiral said that he held me in the highest esteem, and thought that I conducted my defense perfectly. He said… — Karl Donitz Copy Share Image
You're gonna get what's good, you're gonna get what the generals and what the admirals and what - and the enlisted and… — Donald Trump 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
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
I'm from Holland and the history of "Admiral" is something you would read about when you're at school. Nobody knows about these… — Roel Reine Copy Share Image
I do want to say that I was just endorsed - and more are coming next week - it will be over… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Here the people could stand it no longer and complained of the long voyage; but the Admiral cheered them as best he… — Christopher Columbus 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
When the supreme violence of a furious wind upon the sea sweeps over the waters the chief admiral of a fleet along… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
After two hours it stopped raining and in the same moment the spell broke, which Peroquet and the Admiral and Captain Jumeau… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
I don't pretend to be a general or an admiral or anything else, but I just - every time I see -… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Regarding the air raid over Los Angeles it was learned by Army G2 that Rear Admiral Anderson...recovered an unidentified airplane off the… — George C. Marshall Copy Share Image
[Admiral Nelson's counsel] guided me time and again. On the eve of the critical battle of Santa Cruz, in which the Japanese… — William Halsey Copy Share Image
The highest greatness, surviving time and stone, is that which proceeds from the soul of man. Monarchs and cabinets, generals and admirals,… — Charles Sumner Copy Share Image
Of this voyage, I observe," says the Admiral, "that it has miraculously been shown, as may be understood by this writing, by… — Christopher Columbus Copy Share Image
A broadsheet obituarist once pointed out to me that veteran soldiers die by rank. First to go are the generals, admirals and… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
I had learned volleyball in the Navy, where all the captains and admirals wanted to be spikers, and I found then that… — James A. Michener 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
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
Today a Scot is leading a British army in France [Field Marshall Douglas Haig], another is commanding the British Grand Fleet at… — Anonymous 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
Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
The admiral needs only one science, that of navigation. The general needs all the sciences. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
“I was 36, I was an admiral, and this lovely office would also turn out to be a prison cell. I” — David A. Goodman Copy Share Image
I call my dad 'Admiral Ass Hat,' he doesn't really think it's funny. — Jay Crownover Copy Share Image
![“Here the people could stand it no longer and complained of the long voyage; but the Admiral cheered them as best he could, holding out good hope of the advantages they would have. He added that it was useless to complain, he had come [to go] to the Indies, and so had to continue it until he found…” quote by Christopher Columbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce8/christopher-columbus-9477_admiral_here-the-people-could-stand-it-no-longer_921116.jpg)
![“I don't pretend to be a general or an admiral or anything else, but I just - every time I see - I see President [Barack] Obama get up, "Ladies and gentleman, we are sending 50 people to Iraq," 50.So that's bad in two ways. Number one, it's such a low number that the enemy's saying is that all?And…” quote by Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4f/donald-trump-18_admiral_i-don-t-pretend-to-be-a-general-or-an-ad_2190274.jpg)
![“[Admiral Nelson's counsel] guided me time and again. On the eve of the critical battle of Santa Cruz, in which the Japanese ships outnumbered ours more than two to one, I sent my task force commanders this dispatch: ATTACK REPEAT ATTACK. They did attack, heroically, and when the battle was done…” quote by William Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/905/william-halsey-31828_admiral_admiral-nelson-s-counsel-guided-me-time_3184967.jpg)
![“Every schoolchild knows that Columbus set out across the sea to prove that the world was round. But the belief in a spherical earth had a long and illustrious pedigree, as Columbus himself was well aware. . . . "The second reason that inspired the Admiral [Columbus] to launch his enterprise and…” quote by Ferdinand Columbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/515/ferdinand-columbus-237435_admiral_every-schoolchild-knows-that-columbus-se_1782891.png)
![“Today a Scot is leading a British army in France [Field Marshall Douglas Haig], another is commanding the British Grand Fleet at sea [Admiral David Beatty], while a third directs the Imperial General Staff at home [Sir William Roberton]. The Lord Chancellor is a Scot [Viscount Finlay]; so are the…” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/365/anonymous-1_admiral_today-a-scot-is-leading-a-british-army-i_2497209.jpg)
