Had we taken ten sails, and let the eleventh to escape, being able to get at her, I could never have called it well done.

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.

Failing to win is not important, but failing to participate is.

I don't use a crap camera, I don't eat junk, and I'm not going to a dance where the boys are bores

We cannot embrace God's forgiveness if we are so busy clinging to past wounds and nursing old grudges.

A wounding tongue. I'm working on it. Perhaps its the Celt in me.

For a goalkeeper, there is no hiding place

Some film actors want to sit back and look at every scene and all that crap. No, you're an actor - tell the story, and when it's told, there's another one to tell.

You can’t focus on what everyone else is doing — it has to be about what’s really broken and what you can do to fix it.

Culture changes with economic development.

You have to love somebody that much to also hate them that much, too. (191)

I really like my eyes, nose, and lips. I especially like my nose. I really like my lips too. I think my lips are sexy.