Quote by Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon

“The Seaman’s Practice,”

— Bill Bryson

“Thus was obscured the fact that his most essential contribution to British naval mastery was as a trainer of Collingwoods, Blackwoods and Hardys: his…

— Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon

I learned a lot in the naval officers' course. It gave me a lot.

— Adam Neumann

“Without a dedicated naval staff to define requirements and shape policy in technical matters, and, where appropriate, tap civilian expertise, the Navy was bound…

— Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon

The Navy is very old and very wise.

— Rudyard Kipling

“Building a naval power takes generations, not so much to develop the necessary technology as to pass along the accumulated experience that creates good…

— George Friedman

Recollect that you must be a seaman to be an officer and also that you cannot be a good officer without being a gentleman.

— Horatio Nelson

A captain of the Navy ought to be a man of strong and well connected sense, with a tolerable good education, a gentleman, as…

— John Paul Jones

“Fisher said, “to be a good admiral, a man does not need to be a good sailor. That’s a common mistake. He needs good…

— Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon

“To be enlisted in the Navy,”

— Jacob Smith

The trust, confidence, and support given to us by our chain of command, and the tenacity of the great noncommissioned officers of the past,…

— Julius W. Gates

The Naval Academy is a very prestigious place, and I choose to try it. I got there and darn near didn't pass, just about…

— Sam Smith