I believe my arrival was most welcome, not only to the Commander of the Fleet but almost to every individual in it.

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.

Once you become a known writer, you will not have bad books anymore. You will only have less good books than the good ones.

Her body was spattered with tiny bits of the reverend’s flesh and blood, like someone had combined shrimp and tomato soup and then forgot to put the lid on the blender.

Your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing.

To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of wisdom.

We do not "come into" this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree.

You must have the courage to face what happened today and to live with it in your heart and to use the memory of it to grow and be strong.

We show our support and love the troops, whatever our opinion.

I love being in America. I used to love traveling and I am glad that I was able to go around the world. I still love to go to Europe, but I always want to come home.

It just goes to show that what one person considers a "bad attitude" might actually just be total frustration over being pushed beyond the brink of one's mental and physical endurance.

music is not technique and melody, but the meaning of life itself, infinitely sorrowful and unbearably beautiful.