Horatio Hornblower Quotes

#1. English is the 'language of liberty' for nations emerging from years of cultural oppression.

Vaclav Havel

#2. They were setting off on an adventure, and Hornblower was only too conscious that it was his own fault.

C.S. Forester

#3. The Supreme Court decided that corporations are people and they have the right of free speech and the right without disclosure - all of this is through the Citizens United Supreme Court decision - to put as much money as they want into campaigns all over the country.

Bernie Sanders

#4. It was not a conspiratorial wink, nor did Hornblower attempt the hopeless task of trying to pretend he stuffed hot greasy sausages into his pockets every day of his life; the wink simply dared the old gentleman to comment on or even think of the remarkable act.

C.S. Forester

#5. I've done enough of this that I can tell early on if it's going in the wrong direction or not.

Dennis Muren

#6. The best entrepreneurs know when to ignore sage advice.

Sarah Lacy

#7. Happy is the bride the sun shines on.

C.S. Forester

#8. One of our nation's greatest leaders of all time was Hubert Horatio Hornblower.

Jimmy Carter

#9. Never do anything you'll regret. Never regret anything you do.

Lea Mishell

#10. only doubtful truths need defense.

Alan W. Watts

#11. Hey, those look good! Can I have one?" a man she'd seen hundreds of times around Jason's house asked, reaching out to take one.
"Back the fuck off! She brought them for me, you bastard!" Jason snapped.

R.L. Mathewson

#12. I would rather face my fears than lose, but most people would rather lose than face their fears.

Orrin Woodward

#13. The tragedy is not that love doesn't last. The tragedy is the love that lasts.

Shirley Hazzard

#14. Thank God for sleep! And when you cannot sleep, still thank Him that you live to lie awake.

William Arthur Dunkerley

#15. Whenever a new situation presented itself, you had to remain cool and distant

Paulo Coelho

#16. Hornblower worked as hard to conceal his human weaknesses as some men worked to conceal ignoble birth.

C.S. Forester