Midshipmen's Quotes

#1. Harm began to come to Hornblower from that day forth, despite his obedience to orders and diligent study of his duties, and it stemmed from the arrival in the midshipmen's berth of John Simpson as senior warrant officer.

C.S. Forester

#2. No one in college football or the SEC can tackle me by themselves.

Todd Gurley

#3. He met her challenging gaze. "You really have no idea what is good for you," he said as he caged her against the side of the pickup with a hand on each side of her.
I used to think you would be good for me," she said quietly, her voice rough with emotion.

B. J. Daniels

#4. Eve means "giver of life." I don't think this redemptive calling to be a life giver is only biological. The life of Christ in us enables women to be life givers, rather than life-takers, in every relationship, circumstance, and season of life.

Gloria Furman

#5. Be happy.
Be happy for no reason at all.
Believe it or not, you have the ability and free agency to make that choice.

Richelle E. Goodrich

#6. The POW camps of North Vietnam were packed with Air Force and Naval Academy graduates. The six midshipmen in my Naval Academy class of 1968 who served as liaisons between the Marine Corps and the Brigade of Midshipmen later suffered nine Purple Hearts in Vietnam, and one man killed in action.

Jim Webb

#7. In the flash there's no final thought, no final reflection, just the breath carried from her body on the back of the bullet.

Anthony Marra

#8. In dark moments of our existence; Life teaches us prudence.

Kristian Goldmund Aumann

#9. I am a black woman, and my experiences would not be what they are if I wasn't. I'm so happy to share those experiences for other people to be able to learn from them.

Misty Copeland

#10. I've been very fortunate to have had the opportunities to have the career I've had.

Travis Tritt

#11. There are some midshipmen who will never have the decency to lie down and die, whatever the circumstances. Because they are born to be hanged, no doubt,' added the lieutenant darkly.

Patrick O'Brian

#12. Medicine is a very old joke, but it still goes on.

Andre Maurois

#13. We can only be human together.

Desmond Tutu

#14. My son writes songs and plays. He sings like an angel.

Edie Brickell

#15. Knowledge is beautiful but wisdom is magnificent.

Debasish Mridha

#16. If an artist wants to be original, he should not look to art for inspiration, for art seeks its model in life, not art - and only life is rich enough to simulate originality.

Anthony Marais

#17. You'd best ask the lady boffin, sir," Newkirk said. "Midshipmen aren't allowed to have opinions.

Scott Westerfeld

#18. Be daring, be daring, always be daring. There is no big dream unless you dream big.

Brad Meltzer

#19. Gilles Duceppe avoids making campaign promises altogether so he can emphasize that his Bloc Quebecois has only one objective: to prevent Harper from forming a majority government.

Martin O'Malley