Warrant Officer Rank

Famous quotes containing the words warrant, officer and/or rank:

    “Sir Andrew Aguecheek. Here’s the challenge, read it. I warrant there’s vinegar and pepper in’t.
    Fabian. Is’t so saucy?”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “That’s all right, sir. A commanding officer doesn’t need brains, just a good, loud voice.”
    —Cyril Hume, and Fred McLeod Wilcox. Dr. Morbius (Walter Pidgeon)

    “I sometimes compare press officers to riflemen on the Somme—mowing down wave upon wave of distortion, taking out rank upon rank of supposition, deduction and gossip.”
    —Bernard Ingham (b. 1932)