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  • I wouldn't trade those 10 years for anything. The Navy taught me a lot of things. It molded me as a man, and I made a lot of wonderful friends.

  • What can I say? If I knew in 1934 what I know now, I would have remained in the navy. I didn't know that this was going to happen and I didn't know that Germany was going to lose the war and be in ruins.

    War   Navy   Germany  
    "The Nuremberg Interviews". Book by Leon Goldensohn, 2004.
  • The British Army should be a projectile to be fired by the British Navy.

    Peace   War   Army  
    "Memories". Book by Admiral 'Jacky' Fisher, p. 18, 1919.
  • The Westgate Landfill is zoned for residential use. It's near a planned village. The Navy has a capping plan for the site, but it's not consistent with residential use for the site.

    Navy   Use   Village  
  • So sucker MC's, please think twice; Would you join the navy if you didn't like the gravy and rice?

    Thinking   Hip Hop   Navy  
    Song: Think About It, Album: Youngest in Charge
  • Neither the Army nor the Navy is of any protection, or very little protection, against aerial raids.

    "The Military Quotation Book". Book by James Charlton, p. 37, 1990.
  • What astounds me about the history of the British Navy is how cheaply we have policed the world for 300 years.

  • There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.

    Life   Ocean   Army  
    Joseph Conrad (1905). “Lord Jim”, p.7, McClure, Phillips & Company
  • I was a Navy officer writing about Navy problems and I simply stole this lovely Army nurse and popped her into a Navy uniform, where she has done very well for herself.

    Writing   Army   Nurse  
    "Tales of the South Pacific". Book by James A. Michener, 1947.
  • When the invasion began, the British public was called upon to 'support' troops sent illegally and undemocratically to kill people with whom we had no quarrel. 'The ultimate test of our professionalism' is how Commander McKendrick describes an unprovoked attack on a nation with no submarines, no navy and no air force, and now with no clean water and no electricity and, in many hospitals, no anaesthetic with which to amputate small limbs shredded by shrapnel. I have seen elsewhere how this is done, with a gag in the patient's mouth.

    Usa   Iraq   Air  
  • The most important thing that I think we've done this season is to show navy and gray in a very new way. Most men understand navy and gray as a navy blazer and a gray flannel trouser, but today, we're taking that very traditional color palette and putting it in a more modern shape.

    Men   Thinking   Color  
  • We are not getting rid of carriers any time soon. This is both because of their utility and also because of their role in Navy culture and in the defense-industrial complex. It is an academic debate.

    Navy   Culture   Debate  
    Source: www.bloomberg.com
  • It is not surprising that only one medieval state, Venice, long possessed anything clearly identifiavble as a navy in this sense. We shall see that no state in the British Isles attained attained this level of sophistication before the 16th century, and no history of the Royal Navy, in any exact sense of the words, could legitimately begin much before then. This book, which does, is not an institutional history of the Royal Navy, but a history of naval warfare as an aspect of national history. All and any methods of fighting at sea, or using the sea for warlike purposes, are its concern.

    Book   Fighting   Sea  
  • In times of crisis our nation depends on the courage and determination of the Guard. You know the call of active duty can come at any time. You stand ready to put your lives on hold and answer that call, ... And you did so because you love your state and your country. America appreciates your courageous decision to serve. Together with your comrades in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Reserves, you are showing that patriotism is alive and well in Idaho and throughout the United States.

  • The ship was masted according to the proportion of the navy; but on my application the masts were shortened, as I thought them too much for her, considering the nature of the voyage.

    Navy   Too Much   Voyages  
    William Bligh (2009). “The Voyage of the Bounty”, p.2, BoD – Books on Demand
  • As the existence of a corps of professors of mathematics is peculiar to our navy, as well as an apparent, perhaps a real, anomaly, some account of it may be of interest.

    Real   Sensual   Navy  
    Simon Newcomb (1903). “The reminiscences of an astronomer”, Harper and Brothers
  • I grew up in a Navy family.

    Navy   Grew Up   Grew  
    "Elizabeth Edwards answers the real questions so many have". "Larry King Live", latimesblogs.latimes.com. May 12, 2009.
  • I remember saying goodbye to my father the night he left to join the Navy. He didn't have to. He was older than other servicemen and had a family to support but he wanted to be a part of the fight against fascism, not just make movies about it. I admired this about him.

    "The Truth About My Trip To Hanoi". www.huffingtonpost.com.
  • The Navy is a master plan designed by geniuses for execution by idiots. If you're not an idiot, but find yourself in the Navy, you can only operate well by pretending to be one.

    Herman Wouk (1980). “The Caine mutiny”, Pocket
  • The only traditions of the Royal Navy are rum, sodomy and the lash.

  • The success of our surprise attack on Pearl Harbor will prove to be the Waterloo of the war to follow. For this reason the Imperial Navy is massing the cream of its strength in ships and planes to assure success.

    War   Navy   Ships  
    "American Caesar". Book by William Manchester, p. 195, 1978.
  • The Marine Corps is proud of the fact that it is a force of combined arms, and it jealously guards the integrity of its air-ground team.

  • It is the love of the people; it is their attachment to their government, from the sense of the deep stake they have in such a glorious institution, which gives you your army 168 and your navy, and infuses into both that liberal obedience, without which your army would be a base rabble, and your navy nothing but rotten timber.

    Speech 'On Conciliation with America' 22 March 1775
  • It is not possible to foretell the reaction of certain elements in the Army and Navy.

    Army   Navy   Elements  
    "The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb" by Dennis Wainstock, (p. 107), 1996.
  • I always wanted to go into the military or something like that - my whole family, all my friends are either Air Force, Navy, or Marines.

    Military   Marine   Air  
    "Q&A – RJ Mitte (Walter Jr.)". Interview with Brian Fegter, www.amc.com. March 2008.
  • In the Navy, I was introduced to the modeling world and something I never thought I would do in a million years. I never thought about doing it...I was kind of against doing it for a while until he introduced me to an agent. I went down to this big event (and they wanted me as a model) So, I was getting out of the military and decided to take that opportunity.

    Source: www.beliefnet.com
  • Strike fast, strike hard, strike often.

    Navy   Strikes   Hard  
  • My dad was in the Navy, so we moved around a lot. That led to me seeing myriad cultures and cuisines. I have been excited about eating and cooking for as long as I can remember.

    Dad   Long   Cooking  
    "Culinary Kings-Turned TV Judges Cook Up Verdicts on Gordon Ramsay-Hosted MasterChef". The Daily Beast Interview, www.thedailybeast.com. July 27, 2010.
  • Do you know what a soldier is, young man? He's the chap who makes it possible for civilized folk to despise war.

    War   Men   Soldier  
    Allan Massie (2010). “A Question Of Loyalties”, p.30, Canongate Books
  • The Navy's a very gentlemanly business. You fire at the horizon to sink a ship and then you pull people out of the water and say, 'Frightfully sorry, old chap.'

    Sorry   Fire   People  
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