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A ship is always referred to as 'she' because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.

Chester W. Nimitz

No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.

Horatio Nelson

They all have excellent resumes... So what I’m trying to find out is how they will behave under pressure.

Hyman G. Rickover

Spread the gospel that the Marine Corps is a force that has changed. We're not in 1942 anymore.

James F. Amos

If you're not ready the moment things happen, then you're irrelevant, you might as well not go.

James F. Amos

Whatever the job is, we can do it. That's why the nation has a Marine Corps.

James F. Amos

So, these political activities will create friction in and of themselves, and in this environment of friction there'll be additional violence.

John Abizaid

You know as well as I do that counterinsurgency is a very nuanced type of military operation.

John Abizaid

Nobody's more mindful of the sacrifices of our troops than those of us that command them.

John Abizaid

I am disgusted and worn out with the system that seems to prevail.

John Buford

It is too late; now I wish I could live.

John Buford

Found everybody in a terrible state of excitement on account of the enemy's advance upon this place.

John Buford

What I said was, the NSA does not voyeuristically pore through U.S. citizens' e-mails. I stand by that.

James R. Clapper

It's hard to build a brand, competitively, and tell people what you do as well.

Jay Chiat

In the '20s they were telling us we'd all have our own private plane and take vacations to the moon.

Jay Chiat

Outside of advertising, the person who's influenced me most is quite possibly Frank Gehry.

Jay Chiat

I think no commander ever is going to come out and say, 'I'm confident that we can do this.'

David Petraeus

I am not a politician, and I will never be, and I say that with absolute conviction.

David Petraeus

Those who invalidate reason ought seriously to consider whether they argue against reason with or without reason.

Ethan Allen

Nobody can take those footsteps I made on the surface of the moon away from me.

Eugene Cernan

I happen to be privileged enough to be in on the fact that we have been visited on this planet, and the UFO phenomenon is real.

Edgar Mitchell