Leadership consists of picking good men and helping them do their best.

God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.

They fought together as brothers in arms; they died together and now they sleep side by side. To them we have a solemn obligation.

We shall never forget that it was our submarines that held the lines against the enemy while our fleets replaced losses and repaired wounds.

When you're in command, command.

It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it will not be fought on U.S. soil.

Luck can be attributed to a well-conceived plan carried out by a well-trained and indoctrinated task group.

A ship is always referred to as 'she' because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.

If you're not making waves, you're not under weigh.

The U.S.'s major strength factor and weapon is its economy. If you cripple it, you cripple the military.

Some of the best advice I've had comes from junior officers and enlisted men.

The films that are interesting you never can stop... there's no end point, you just keep thinking and musing about it.

Consciousness grows independent of the ordinary senses.

If man were immortal he could be perfectly sure of seeing the day when everything in which he had trusted should betray his trust.

In the Cleveland area, I have been instrumental in helping to save or create thousands of jobs. People know me there as a person who gets involved.

Editing while you're writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.

Chelsea look like they've got a couple more gears left in the locker.

Work made me crazy. I was tough to get along with.

I'm definitely a pop artist at heart.

When I was a little kid, I took tap and ballet. I've always loved to dance. I'm a rhythm machine.

If it's crazy to call for putting police and armed security in our school to protect our children, then call me crazy.