Fleet Quotes

87 quotes by 77 authors

I felt only as a man can feel who is roaming over the prairies of the far West, well armed, and mounted on a fleet… — Buffalo Bill
Frigates are the eyes of a fleet. — Horatio Nelson
Of course we are coming to invest in Germany - that is certain. Most airplanes in the fleet of Qatar Airways are from Airbus. — Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
We shall defend our island whatever the cost may be; we shall fight on beaches, landing grounds, in fields, in streets and on the hills.… — Winston Churchill
(Mariners) have written one of its most brilliant chapters. They have delivered the goods when and where needed in every theater of operations and across… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
I realize that the memories I cherish most are not the first night successes, but of simple, everyday things: walking through our garden in the… — Vivien Leigh
If you have ever been robbed by a black teen-aged male, you know how unbelievably fleet-footed they can be. — Ron Paul
We have also discovered through intelligence that Iraq has a growing fleet of manned and unmanned aerial vehicles that could be used to disperse chemical… — George W. Bush
Who has not felt how sadly sweet The dream of home, the dream of home, Steals o'er the heart, too soon to fleet, When far… — Charles Lamb
A perfect life is like that of a ship of war which has its own place in the fleet and can share in its strength… — Philip Gilbert Hamerton
I often had to run very quickly to be on time, and from being a fleet runner was generally successful; but when in doubt I… — Charles Darwin
I had still the ambition, formed in Sligo in my teens, of living in imitation of Thoreau on Innisfree, a little island in Lough Gill,… — William Butler Yeats
The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion. — Barbara Tuchman
The surer of himself an admiral is, the finer the tactical development of his fleet, the better his captains, the more reluctant must he necessarily… — Alfred Thayer Mahan
You can power the entire U.S. vehicle fleet with 73,000 to 145,000 five-megawatt wind turbines. That would take between one and three square kilometers of… — Mark Z. Jacobson
It is highly unlikely that an airplane, or fleet of them, could ever sink a fleet of Navy vessels under battle conditions. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
When reflecting upon it today, that the Pearl Harbor attack should have succeeded in achieving surprise seems a blessing from Heaven. It was clear that… — Hideki Tojo
Memories are made of peculiar stuff, elusive and yet compelling, powerful and fleet. You cannot trust your reminiscences, and yet there is no reality except… — Klaus Mann
Opportunity comes like a snail, and once it has passed you it changes into a fleet rabbit and is gone. — Arthur Brisbane
Not every loss was confirmed by an officer at the door. Nor a telegram with the power to sink a fleet. Loss, often the worst… — Kristina McMorris

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