Navy General Staff

Famous quotes containing the words navy, general and/or staff:

    “I call to mind the navy great
    That the Greeks brought to Troye town,
    And how the boistous winds did beat
    Their ships, and rent their sails adown;
    Till Agamemnon’s daughter’s blood
    Appeased the gods that them withstood.”
    —Henry Howard, Earl Of Surrey (1517?–1547)

    “That sort of half sigh, which, accompanied by two or three slight nods of the head, is pity’s small change in general society.”
    —Charles Dickens (1812–1870)

    “When the reviews are bad I tell my staff that they can join me as I cry all the way to the bank.”
    —Wladziu Valentino Liberace (1919–1987)