34 Fleet Quotes for You to Enjoy

I felt only as a man can feel who is roaming over the prairies of the far West, well armed, and mounted on a fleet and gallant steed. Buffalo Bill

Man Only Feel Roaming Over Armed Well Felt Prairie West Gallant Far Fleet Who

Scaling back the U.S. fleet of 14 nuclear-armed submarines to eight would maintain a robust deterrent at sea while generating billions in savings and easing pressure on the Navy's shipbuilding budget. Mike Quigley

Pressure Savings Back Easing Scaling Would Deterrent Generating Maintain Budget Robust Eight While Fleet Sea Billions Navy

I thought Paulie could jump. I know he's not fleet of foot, but at least have some hops. I guess we know who is not going to win a gold glove. I was trying to become a spokesperson for the U.S. Postal Service. Billy Koch

For me, I think the bigger something is, the more difficult it is to make it nimble and fleet afoot. Cate Blanchett

Me Difficult Think Nimble Something More Make Bigger Fleet

The man must have a rare recipe for melancholy, who can be dull in Fleet Street. Charles Lamb

Man Rare Recipe Melancholy Must Dull Fleet Who Street

I have a fleet of Rimowa Topas aluminum suitcases! They're all covered in stickers from around the world. Chris Benz

World Suitcases Around Covered Fleet

It's easier for China to assert its maritime power by creating artificial islands in the South China Sea than by defying the U.S. Pacific Fleet with an aircraft carrier. David Ignatius

Power Maritime Aircraft Easier Carrier Defying Islands South Than Artificial Pacific China Fleet Creating Sea Assert

It is a natural goal of Iran to try and expel the Fifth Fleet from Bahrain. Elliott Abrams

Natural Try Bahrain Goal Iran Expel Fifth Fleet

When reflecting upon it today, that the Pearl Harbor attack should have succeeded in achieving surprise seems a blessing from Heaven. It was clear that a great American fleet had been concentrated in Pearl Harbor, and we supposed that the state of alert would be very high. Hideki Tojo

Today Great Blessing Great American State High Would Would-Be Seems Attack Had Clear Supposed Concentrated Surprise Been Reflecting Very American Heaven Achieving Succeeded Fleet Should Harbor Pearl Pearl Harbor Alert

Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn out by keeping the sea and that his was kept in order and increasing by staying in port; but know he finds, I fancy, if Emperors hear the truth, that his fleet suffers more in a night than ours in one year. Horatio Nelson

Truth Made Year Increasing Worn Our Ours Out Would Would-Be Finds Staying More He Know Hear His Than Often Order Fancy Boast Fleet Sea Port Suffers Keeping Night Kept

The most important thing we have to do first of all in a war with the U.S., I firmly believe, is to fiercely attack and destroy the U.S. main fleet at the outset of the war so that the morale of the U.S. Navy and her people goes down to such an extent that it cannot be recovered. Isoroku Yamamoto

War People First Important Down Believe Destroy Morale Attack Recovered Outset Main Firmly Most Most Important Thing First Of All Important Thing Goes The Most Important Cannot Fiercely Fleet Navy Her Thing Extent

Although a precise outlook on the international situation is hard for anyone to make, it is needless to say that now the time has come for the Navy, especially the Combined Fleet, to devote itself seriously to war preparations, training, and operational plans with a firm determination that a conflict with the U.S. and Great Britain is inevitable. Isoroku Yamamoto

War Time Great Conflict Determination Training Seriously Inevitable Situation Needless Great Britain Say Outlook Firm Combined Come Devote Make Operational Although Itself Precise Anyone Fleet Hard Plans International Navy Preparations Now Britain

Fleet Foxes are a really talented band. They make beautiful music. Jim James

Beautiful Music Band Beautiful Music Talented Make Fleet Really Foxes

I must repeat what I asserted formerly, that unless some happy expedient can be fallen upon to induce the seamen to enter into the service for a longer term than twelve months, it will never be possible to bring them under proper subordination; and subordination is as necessary, nay, far more so in the fleet than in the army. John Paul Jones

Service Army Happy Will Unless Months Enter Possible Must Some Proper More Never Longer Term Induce Fallen Repeat Than Subordination Expedient Them Far Fleet Twelve Nay Asserted Necessary Bring

Natural gas will displace coal in power generation. Getting natural gas into the transportation fleet is harder. It works best for vehicles that work from centralized fueling facilities like trucking fleets or buses and cabs. That is happening. Before it can make big inroads beyond that, infrastructure is going to need to be developed. John S. Watson

Work Best Generation Natural Will Power Big Before Facilities Developed Vehicles Like Beyond Make Getting Going Happening Natural Gas Centralized Infrastructure Buses Fleet Coal Transportation Displace Works Harder Gas Need

A modern fleet of ships does not so much make use of the sea as exploit a highway. Joseph Conrad

Highway Make Does Ships Modern Exploit Much Fleet Use Sea

The U.S. is not a claimant state in the South China Sea or in the China-Japan dispute over the Senkaku Islands. But, of course, the 7th Fleet has been a presence in the region since the Second World War, and it is the most powerful fleet in the region. Lee Hsien Loong

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