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

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.

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.

How often we find ourselves turning our backs on our actual friends that we may go and meet their ideal cousins.

How do I create something out of nothing? And how do I create my own life? I think it is by questioning, and saying to myself that there are no absolute truths.

Henry turned his hat in his hands but went on looking at Diana in a way that made her want to crawl into his arms and stay there forever.

Destiny is not necessarily what we get out of life, but rather, what we give.

A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat which isn't there.

Turning music into digital was just a con, a record-company con.

A lifetime of glory is worth a moment of pain. Louie thought: Let go.

...what happened in New York and Washington is the same thing that England and America did to Berlin every day for three years during World War II -- and Germany did the same thing to England.

I took one look at you That's all I meant to do And my heart stood still.

I think I am a complete player. I can play well on all the surfaces. For me, the clay might be easiest, but I am not a specialist on clay.