Fleet Quotes

87 quotes by 77 authors

They passed out of the shade beneath the eaves and flew into sunglare and silence and it was an action she only partly saw, elusive… — Don DeLillo
For over two weeks, the defenders of Wake Island held off a vastly superior force of Japanese ships and troops, inspiring the whole nation with… — Tom Clancy
Oh! now to be alone, on some grand height, Where heavenâ€™s black curtains shadow all the sight, And watch the swollen clouds their bosom clash,… — Robert Montgomery
Free supplies and open retreat are two essentials to the safety of an army or a fleet. — Alfred Thayer Mahan
So fleet the works of men, back to their earth again;Ancient and holy things fade like a dream. — Charles Kingsley
Culture is a sham if it is only a sort of Gothic front put on an iron building -- like Tower Bridge -- or a… — Eric Gill
For me, I think the bigger something is, the more difficult it is to make it nimble and fleet afoot. — Cate Blanchett
Natural gas will displace coal in power generation. Getting natural gas into the transportation fleet is harder. It works best for vehicles that work from… — John S. Watson
Alas, by what rude fate Our lives, like ships at sea, an instant meet, Then part forever on their courses fleet. — Edmund Clarence Stedman
How fleet is a glance of the mind! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of… — William Cowper
Having three operational vehicles in the fleet affords the shuttle program great schedule flexibility as we move toward flying safely and completing the international space… — Wayne Hale
Insights and perceptions pass through the mind like fleet fireflies. Lit for an instant, then gone back into the dark. — Leonard Bishop
The most dangerous moment of the War, and the one which caused me the greatest alarm, was when the Japanese Fleet was heading for Ceylon… — Winston Churchill
A modern fleet of ships does not so much make use of the sea as exploit a highway. — Joseph Conrad
The man must have a rare recipe for melancholy, who can be dull in Fleet Street. — Charles Lamb
Movies such as 'Citizen Kane' and 'The Front Page' portrayed an era when driven newspapermen would do anything to get a story. The U.K.'s rough-and-tumble… — Nathan Myhrvold
Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn out by keeping the sea and that his was kept in order and… — Horatio Nelson
After the atomic bombs were dropped, the war ended and we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the fleet, the Missouri and the… — Barney Ross
In prehistoric times, Homo sapiens was deeply endangered. Early humans were less fleet of foot, with fewer natural weapons and less well-honed senses than all… — Robert Winston
Each of us A cell of awareness Imperfect and incomplete Genetic blends With uncertain ends On a fortune hunt that's far too fleet — Neil Peart

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