"The common sense of the word (navy) as we use it today refers to a permanent fighting service made up of ships designed for war, manned by professionals and supported by an adminsistrative and technical infrastructure. A navy in this sense is only one possible method of making war at sea, and by some way the most difficult and the most recent. There have in the past been, and to some extent still are, many other ways of generating sea power."

-- Nicholas Rodger

#War Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Past Quotes

“What is an ending? There's no such thing. Death is the only ending.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Fishes do not roar; they cannot express any sound of suffering; and therefore the angler chooses to think they do not suffer, more than it is convenient for him to fancy. Now it is a poor sport that depends for its existence on the want of a voice in the sufferer, and of imagination in the sportsman.”
“My religious training told me that in times of personal uncertainty one should seek God's direction through personal prayer and study of the Christian scriptures.”
“I'm like every other woman: a closet full of clothes, but nothing to wear: So I wear jeans.”

Source : Moviehole Interview, moviehole.net. December 18, 2006.
“Everything gets old if you do it often enough.”

Source : "Fictional character: Lois Farrow". "The Last Picture Show", 1971.
“What if you had the ability to make EVERYDAY the BEST day of your life? You do! You see, we have the opportunity to make everyday our best, through the power of our perspective. The quality of our lives has little to do with what happens to us, but is always determined by the perspective we choose to view our lives from.”
“The heart lies to itself because it must.”

Source : Jack Gilbert (2012). “Collected Poems”, p.214, Knopf
“One of the greatest gifts adults can give - to their offspring and to their society - is to read to children.”

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