Chiefs Quote by Jack Adams Download Open image “A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class.” — Jack Adams ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Chiefs Class First class Firsts Officers Petty Shorthand Taught Yeoman
Sergeant First Class 'Fox' Ballard took me in and taught me the way of the world. So I owe him and many others a… — Lloyd Austin Copy Share Image
When I was a teacher, I'd walk into the classroom. I stood at the board. I was the man. I directed operations. I was… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
Well, mines was a sub machine gun. That was my personal weapon with being the first person in the patrol. I used to lead… — David Walker Copy Share Image
I went to a military school, so I'm always talking like 'Yes, sir,' or 'No, ma'am.' I was doing that even before military school,… — Larry Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
I passed a typing test and became a member of the staff of Rear Adm. Newton. — Jack Adams Copy Share Image
My goal was to make first lieutenant. I never spent a lot of time worrying about what came after that. — Hugh Shelton Copy Share Image
I look forward to teaching the occasional class, 'cause I was a professor. And I had fun doing it. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I learned at a very early age, listening to those around my family, that in order to be a commander, you had to walk… — Robert Wilkie Copy Share Image
I was a horrible student! It just sort of evolved as I started playing. I guess I became a master of it when I… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
We began intercepting Japanese radio transmissions, which indicated the two forces were very close to each other. We found out later that we were… — Jack Adams Copy Share Image
I passed a typing test and became a member of the staff of Rear Adm. Newton. — Jack Adams Copy Share Image
We made air attacks on the Japanese anchorage, sinking and damaging several vessels. However, the Japanese were alerted to the fact that American carriers… — Jack Adams Copy Share Image
I received my parents' permission and went into the Navy on June 3, 1941. — Jack Adams Copy Share Image
After the Battle of Midway there was a week in a rest camp at Pearl Harbor. — Jack Adams Copy Share Image
If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle. — Jack Adams Copy Share Image
Chicago's buoy was a couple of hundred yards astern of Arizona, and I was saddened to look at her. — Jack Adams Copy Share Image
Our task force put to sea in early January 1942, to attack the Japanese in the Marshall and Gilbert islands, but the mission was… — Jack Adams Copy Share Image
In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
I have no hesitation in saying that although the American woman never leaves her domestic sphere and is in some respects very dependent within… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a fireman, a cop, an Indian chief, a doctor, a lawyer. I always wanted to be all these things,… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
The chief wonder of education is that it does not ruin everybody concerned in it, teachers and taught. — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
Las Vegas is a resort whose two chief sources of income are seven and eleven. — Evan Esar Copy Share Image
There is no one force, no group, and no class that is the preserver of liberty. Liberty is preserved by those who are against… — James Burnham Copy Share Image
Remember chief of staff Rahm Emanuel's callous enjoinder 'you never want a serious crisis to go to waste'? This White House is a serious… — Bob Tyrrell Copy Share Image
There is a wealth of unexpressed love in the world. It is one of the chief causes of sorrow evoked by death: what might… — Arthur Hopkins Copy Share Image
The chief beneficiary of life insurance policies for young, single people is the life insurance agent. — Wes Smith Copy Share Image
Most of my writer friends are women, and they're all extremely talented, so of course I think the state of contemporary fiction for women… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
No commander in chief would ever say, 'I'm not going to listen to the guys on the ground. — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
