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

Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon.

Recollect that you must be a seaman to be an officer and also that you cannot be a good officer without being a gentleman.

I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time.

Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.

England expects that every man will do his duty.

Desperate affairs require desperate measures.

Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.

A fleet of British ships at war are the best negotiators.

I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.

In Sea affairs, nothing is impossible, and nothing is improbable.

Seeing your own name on the book cover is like hearing your book saying, "Hi. Thanks for writing me!

An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it.

This new book is going to get itself finished— and published! You see if it doesn't.

Science has salvaged scrap metal and even found vitamins and valuable oils in refuse, but old people are extravagantly wasted.

There must be something to think about at the end.

I don't do a huge amount of physical activity. I play tennis, I work out sporadically, and I eat well and take care of myself.

It's nice to play a character who's written as a mixed race character and is not a drug addict.

When we get feedback on women, we ask, "Is that real or is that the gender bias at play?" Everyone could start doing that today and I think we'd see really big results.

When you're hurt or angry, let go by tapping into your humbleness. You want people to remember you for your grace.

Marriage is the hardest thing you will ever do. The secret is removing divorce as an option. Anybody who gives themselves that option will get a divorce.