Disaster Quote by Sidney Sheinberg Download Open image “'McHale's Navy' was a disaster. I'm not pretending it wasn't a disaster.” — Sidney Sheinberg ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Disaster Navy Pretending
A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“Any man who had foretold such disasters this day last year would have been treated as a madman or a traitor. He would've been… — Peter Marshall Copy Share Image
I thought the Vietnam war was an utter, unmitigated disaster, so it was very hard for me to say anything good about it. — George McGovern Copy Share Image
Never tell anyone outside my staff that the Submarine Force and the First Air Fleet were responsible for the failure at Midway. The failure… — Isoroku Yamamoto Copy Share Image
The Navy has changed a great deal. Not that the officers of my day were bad, because I served under a lot of good… — Ernest Borgnine Copy Share Image
The Navy's a very gentlemanly business. You fire at the horizon to sink a ship and then you pull people out of the water… — William Golding Copy Share Image
Our Navy was very largely sunk. And we were at war in no time at all. I share, in retrospect, the distress we all… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
I got plenty of grief for 'Blackwater,' because in the books, there's this huge chain across the harbor that features prominently in the battle.… — Neil Marshall Copy Share Image
For over two weeks, the defenders of Wake Island held off a vastly superior force of Japanese ships and troops, inspiring the whole nation… — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
...Our losses...have reached an intolerable level. The enemy air force played a decisive role in inflicting these high losses. — Karl Donitz Copy Share Image
I had the benefit of being guided by Lew Wasserman. I think part of being a mentor is you have to have confidence in… — Sidney Sheinberg Copy Share Image
If Steven Spielberg brought me a movie four hours long and said, 'It has to go out this way,' I guarantee you that's the… — Sidney Sheinberg Copy Share Image
Who says that big-budget films are safer than mid-range films? In terms of return on investment, I'd rather have 'Sling Blade' and 'Shine' than… — Sidney Sheinberg Copy Share Image
There's a very big difference between negotiating to borrow billions of dollars on behalf of MCA and negotiating to borrow 28 cents in connection… — Sidney Sheinberg Copy Share Image
I have the highest respect for stars and auteur directors. But I don't want to work with people who only invite me to the… — Sidney Sheinberg Copy Share Image
I enjoy the details. I enjoy coming up with ideas for improving the script, changing scenes and deciding what locations and wardrobe should be… — Sidney Sheinberg Copy Share Image
Public infrastructure around the world is facing unprecedented stress, with hurricanes, cyclones, floods and forest fires all increasing in frequency and intensity. It's easy… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
Real people speak in my books about the main events of the age, such as the war, the Chernobyl disaster, and the downfall of… — Svetlana Alexievich Copy Share Image
One of the undervalued contributors to Trump's stunning 2016 victory was the masterful performance Pence had in his debate against Hillary Clinton running mate… — Mollie Hemingway Copy Share Image
You know, we can't beat ISIS. We can't do anything. We can't take care of our vets. We can't have good health care. "Obama… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
My mind shrank from the menace sweeping down on us, as children's do from belief in death and misfortune, vainly clinging to the fancy… — Sylvia Pankhurst Copy Share Image
The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
You can't have people making decisions about the future of the world who are scientifically illiterate. That's a recipe for disaster. And I don't… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“She was—of course—perfectly normal— quiet and polite and reasonably intelligent and...normal and self destructive and lonely and terrified of every thing And she loved… — Tah the Trickster Copy Share Image
Obviously, it's my goal to be the top scorer in the Bundesliga, but it wouldn't be a disaster if I didn't achieve that. — Mario Gomez Copy Share Image
Yes, life in Chechnya so far looks more like a life after a natural disaster. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Even disasters -- there are always disasters when you travel -- can be turned into adventures. — Marilyn French Copy Share Image
We are always just one successful terrorist attack away from a nuclear disaster — Fred Thompson Copy Share Image
