Admirals Quotes
8 quotes by 8 authors
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Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill.
— William Cowper
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As I passed along the side walls of Westminster Abbey, I hardly saw any thing but marble monuments of great admirals, but which were all…
— Karl Philipp Moritz
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The rules are drawn up by lawyers who are trying to protect the admirals and generals from the politicians; they’re not written by people who…
— Chris Kyle
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Gout, unlike any other disease, kills more rich men than poor, more wise men than simple. Great kings, emperors, generals, admirals and philosophers have all…
— Thomas Sydenham
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I had learned volleyball in the Navy, where all the captains and admirals wanted to be spikers, and I found then that a man who…
— James A. Michener
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A broadsheet obituarist once pointed out to me that veteran soldiers die by rank. First to go are the generals, admirals and air marshals, then…
— A. A. Gill
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We had generals who were admirals and admirals who wanted to be generals. Generals acting as admirals are bad enough, but it was the admirals…
— Holland Smith
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The admirals of his majesty's fleet are classed into three squadrons, viz. the red, the white, and the blue.
— William Falconer
Who Wrote These Admirals Quotes
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