Quotes

[dlazov]

Years from now, after I'm gone, someone will listen to what I've done and know I was here. They may not know or care who I was, but they'll hear my guitars speaking for me.

Chet Atkins

 

[Actionjick]

I will never again retreat from an enemy force.

Commander Ernest E. ( Chief ) Evans USN MOH recipient Captain of the destroyer USS Johnston

 

[Actionjick]

I will never again retreat from an enemy force.

Commander Ernest E. Evans USN MOH recipient Captain of the destroyer USS Johnston

And he didn't. RIP Sir to you and all your shipmates.

 

[dlazov]

“People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that’s bullshit. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they’re afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us up. People try to hide their pain. But they’re wrong. Pain is something to carry, like a radio. You feel your strength in the experience of pain. It’s all in how you carry it. That’s what matters. Pain is a feeling. Your feelings are a part of you. Your own reality. If you feel ashamed of them, and hide them, you’re letting society destroy your reality. You should stand up for your right to feel your pain.”

― Jim Morrison

 

[Hutch]

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

-Chester W. Nimitz

 

[Actionjick]

Sit down at the table and have a look. The first to complain is the next meals cook.

Apt for so many situations.

 

[dlazov]

There are only four types of officer. First, there are the lazy, stupid ones. Leave them alone, they do no harm…Second, there are the hard- working, intelligent ones. They make excellent staff officers, ensuring that every detail is properly considered. Third, there are the hard- working, stupid ones. These people are a menace and must be fired at once. They create irrelevant work for everybody. Finally, there are the intelligent, lazy ones. They are suited for the highest office.

Erich von Manstein

 

[Hutch]

"Haze Gray and Underway!"

-US Surface Navy Quote

"We Hide with Pride"

-US Subsurface Navy Quote

 

[Lorenzoknight]

Use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few.

 

[Lorenzoknight]

It's better to have an open enemy than a doubtful ally.

 

[dlazov]

The last thing I'll say about all this is that I think (and I used to be in this camp) that when your in your 20s, 30s and even your 40s you don't think too much of your own mortality. Once you crest your mid 50s things start to change. Personally for me two years ago at the age of 57 when I had that massive widow maker heart attack and had a 13% chance of surviving that really changes your perspective and priorities in life. When one of your good friends whom has had two near death experiences and who is in his mid-to-late sixties says to you that this is his last decade in life, you understand it and look at your own mortality and realize that if your lucky you'll have 10, maybe 20, and if blessed 30 years left in this life, so you think things that used to be important no longer are important and other things you never thought about are more important. I think some folks that are younger will think this sounds like doom and gloom talking, but its really just reality setting in as you reach your golden years.

Don Lazov

 

[Lorenzoknight]

Rule one on page one of the book of war, is: Do not March on Moscow.

 

[Lorenzoknight]

Rule one on page one of the book of war, is: Do not March on Moscow.

We have to strike promptly, otherwise everything will be compromised . . . In war, chance is half of everything. If we were always waiting for a favourable gathering of circumstances, we'd never finish anything.

 

[Hutch]

May have posted before, but it is my favorite quote:

"It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.”

Grace Hopper, RADM USN Ret (Dec.)

 

[Ric of The LBC]

I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.
Winston Churchill

 

[Ric of The LBC]

"If at first you don't succeed then skydiving definitely isn't for you." - Steven Wright

 

[Hutch]

"I have only one eye, I have a right to be blind sometimes... I really do not see the signal!" -Lord Horatio Nelson

 

[Lorenzoknight]

Posterity would never have seen the measure of your spirit if it had not seen it in misfortune.

 

[Lorenzoknight]

If the art of war was only the art of not risking anything, glory would be prey to mediocrities.

 

[BHBillett]

What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger
-Nietzsche

Dude, Nietzsche, by this statement alone was an idiot! Many a man have gone weaker by a words alone. Entire nations have collapsed from it.
Although it does make for a good line!