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

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.

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

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.

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.

Theatre is a form of knowledge; it should and can also be a means of transforming society. Theatre can help us build our future, rather than just waiting for it.

The bible fits man for life and prepares him for death

Art is a weapon that penetrates the eyes, the ears, the deepest and subtlest human feelings.

The man who thinks he can do without the world is indeed mistaken; but the man who thinks the world cannot do without him is mistaken even worse.

Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.

Playboy seems like a sad magazine for me. It seems like for men who would sit around in a bath robe.

If you don't have a plan of life, you'll never have order.

We were truly all the same (brothers) - because their belief in one God had removed the white from their minds, the white from their behavior, and the white from their attitude.

I'm more of a science head, so I was like, how would a guy use - if there were ghosts - technology to bring them back?

Power said to the world, "You are mine." The world kept it prisoner on her throne. Love said to the world, "I am thine." The world gave it the freedom of her house.