But in case signals can neither be seen or perfectly understood no captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside the enemy.

Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon.

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

I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time.

Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.

England expects that every man will do his duty.

Desperate affairs require desperate measures.

Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.

A fleet of British ships at war are the best negotiators.

I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.

In Sea affairs, nothing is impossible, and nothing is improbable.

No one is safe from nature's savagery, not even the innocent. Only beauty is consistent. Gabrielle envisions a time when the Savage Garden will overtake civilizations and destroy it.

The worst injury is feeling you don't belong so much / to you.

I want to sing for people. I want them to have the music. It's a nice feeling.

I decided to go to Latin America because many of my students in Washington emigrated from this region and inspired me to learn more about their home countries.

Our manifesto, whatever it will be called, will come from the people who are really in charge of this country, and that's the American people.

Short films don't go too far.

I was in group therapy for years but it wasn't the same thing. It was more about growing.

Infinite patience, infinite purity, and infinite perseverance are the secret of success in a good cause.

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What is new is not always true, and what is true is not always new.