Admiral Quotes
Admiral Quote of the day
This is Leo. I'm the... What's my title? Am I like, admiral, or captain, or..." "Repair boy." "Very funny, Piper.
Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking.
Ford used to come to work in a big car with two Admiral's flags, on each side of the car. His assistant would be there with his accordion, playing, Hail to the Chief.
The Secretary of Defense is not a super General or Admiral. His task is to exercise civilian control over the Department for the Commander-in-Chief and the country.
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.
The admiral needs only one science, that of navigation. The general needs all the sciences.
The lad who dreams of being a boxing champion or an admiral chooses reality. If the writer chooses the imaginary, he confuses the two.
Obesity is now a problem in the navy. They've created a new rank: Really Big Rear Admiral.
In this country we find it pays to shoot an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.
An admiral without ships, a hand without fingers, in service of a king without a throne. Is this a knight who comes before us, or the answer to a child's riddle?
But in this country it is necessary, now and then, to put one admiral to death in order to inspire the others to fight.
Leadership is about keeping toilets flushing," the Admiral once said. "Unless you're on the battlefront. Then it's about staying alive. Neither are pleasant.
You're gonna get what's good, you're gonna get what the generals and what the admirals and what - and the enlisted and they'll - we'll get together, we wanna get the right stuff.
God, I swear I’ve never seen a more nervous bunch of people. Like a bunch of rats in a science lab.
