When you're in command, command.

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.

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.

I don't think being an athlete is unfeminine. I think of it as a kind of grace.

I got a feeling I had loads when I was in primary school, 'cause I had red hair; you know, like Duracell.

Love is our response to our highest values. Love is self-enjoyment. The noblest love is born out of admiration of another's values.

The book, like the bicycle, is a perfect form.

I would like eternal life. I would like to have the power to choose who lives and dies.

I've been asked too many times to write a book by the fans.

Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could've had.

I left Iran back in 1985. I lived in Turkey for a while, then I went to Germany. I joined a theater company there, and we toured the country.

With the attraction for lust and lucre working the other way, how many long for the realisation of God?

Seven hours to law, to soothing slumber seven, Ten to the world allot, and all to heaven.