The Japanese invaded Tulagi, in the Solomon Islands, on May 4.

Chicago's buoy was a couple of hundred yards astern of Arizona, and I was saddened to look at her.

Another nice thing was that I would type out letters home for the admiral's stewards. They would then feed me the same food the admiral ate.

A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class.

I passed a typing test and became a member of the staff of Rear Adm. Newton.

The good news was that Enterprise and the newly arrived Yorktown had attacked the Marshall and Gilbert islands. Those attacks had a great effect on morale.

Our task force put to sea in early January 1942, to attack the Japanese in the Marshall and Gilbert islands, but the mission was called off on the eve of the attack.

If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.

We made air attacks on the Japanese anchorage, sinking and damaging several vessels. However, the Japanese were alerted to the fact that American carriers were nearby.

My observations of Japanese naval fighting men, their abilities and equipment led me to believe that they gave a better account of themselves than we did.

After the Battle of Midway there was a week in a rest camp at Pearl Harbor.

Because without our language, we have lost ourselves. Who are we without our words?

With new hope.We build new lives.Why complain when it rains?This is what it means to be free.

A competent portraitist knows how to imply the profile in the full face.

Night life is when everybody says what the hell and you do not remember who paid the bill.

Judge for yourself who's still fighting for change and who got sick on power, because the person in the Miraflores has forgotten about the people of Venezuela.

I said to myself, 'If you don't sit down to it today, when will you ever sit down to it?'

Confusion is better than stupid conclusions. In confusion, there is still a possibility. In stupid conclusion, there is no possibility.

Apple products aren't simple technologies by any stretch, but there is a beautiful simplicity to them.

I don't regret my votes for President Obama by any stretch of the imagination.

I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better.