Our Country will, I believe, sooner forgive an Officer for attacking his Enemy than for letting it alone.

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.

A Libertarian’s just a Democrat whose vote doesn’t count. Same thing.

It is an interesting fact that during my tour I was never allowed access to computers, radios, or anything else that I might damage through curiosity, or perhaps something more sinister.

When employers tell me they prefer married men, and encourage their men to have homes of their own, because it makes them so much steadier, I wonder if they have any idea of all that that implies.

If it happens every year like clockwork, what's so extraordinary about it?

The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed.

I love how a story can help someone discuss something they otherwise would not.

I've always liked fashion but maybe not to the point that I was so sick about it that I wanted to draw my own things.

It was an amazing experience to work with Michael Jackson, who is a legend.

The mountains were there and so was I.

I have never intentionally used steroids. Never. Ever. Period.