Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition! -Lieutenant Howell Maurice Forgy, USN (ChC)-

“Take her down!” thus sacrficing himself to save USS Growler (SS-215) -Commander Howard Walter Gilmore, USN 07 FEB 1943-

Damn the torpedoes, Full speed ahead! -Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, USN-

It follows then as certain as that night succeeds the day, that without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive, and with it, everything honorable and glorious. -George Washington-

Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong. -Ronald Reagan-

We have met the enemy and they are ours… -Master Commandant Oliver Hazard Perry, USN-

Each computer code has five at least bugs, and this number does not depend on how many bugs have been already found.

You may fire when you are ready, Gridley. -Commodore George Dewey, USN-

We’re all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made. -Dan Quayle-

And why is it that writers write but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce and hammers don’t ham?