Quotes About The Armada

#1. Aspects of life here civility, courtesy, coziness have always bound Britons to their country ... They are part of the British myth, along with lovely countryside, dogs and horses, rose gardens, the Armada, the Battle of Britain.

R. W. Apple

#2. When the Chinese Wall was built, where'd the masons go for lunch? When Caesar conquered Gaul, was there not even a cook in the army? When the Armada sank, King Philip wept. Were there no other tears?

Bertolt Brecht

#3. The next day, Magellan gave the order to weigh anchor. The ships fired a salvo of cannon that reverberated among the splendid dark green mountains, gray ravines, and azure glaciers of the strait, and the armada set sail once again, heading west, always west.

Laurence Bergreen

#4. And his six pawns were scattered like the ships of the Armada that should have conquered England; the Lord blew, and they were all isolated.

Hans Kmoch

#5. The Encyclopedia
the advance artillery of reason, the armada of philosophy, the siege engine of the enlightenment ...

Peter Prange

#6. They were all in line, single file, like an armada from hell. It was a magnificent sight.

Lee Child

#7. Thus the total armada amounted to 5,333 ships and craft of all types,

Stephen E. Ambrose

#8. The Europans were building an armada, just like the Sobrukai. But much closer to Earth. They had Foundry Ships orbiting their moon, cranking out fighters and drones - just like those I'd spotted above Sobrukai last night.

Ernest Cline

#9. I knew Armada was only a videogame, but I'd never been one of the "best of the best" at anything before, and my accomplishment gave me a real sense of pride.

Ernest Cline

#10. Sometimes the most effective idea was just so simple that nobody could slow down their brain enough to think it up.

R. Curtis Venture

#11. The first time I drew a Superman story was 'For Tomorrow' with Brian Azzarello in 2004. It didn't really hit me how important it was until I drew a scene early-on in the book that featured Superman crossing paths with a giant, intergalactic space armada.

Jim Lee

#12. The army of Truth is the real Invincible Armada. Truths are always destined to be victorious.

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#13. I have the heart of a man, not a woman, and I am not afraid of anything.

Elizabeth I

#14. Of course, Admiral Ackbar is a student of history, and in many cases smaller, lesser forces have outmatched and outfoxed their betters. The Ghostfinder fleet versus the Sith armada. The Mandalorians versus the Grand Army of the Republic. And, of course, the Rebel Alliance versus the Empire. History

Chuck Wendig

#15. A good book should make you laugh, cry or pee your pants. The best do all three!

G. Ernest Smith

#16. that August an ominous and unprecedented British armada of 450 ships and boats carrying forty-five thousand British soldiers and sailors, as well as the rented Germanic troops known as the Hessians (of Headless Horseman fame), assembled in New York Harbor

Sarah Vowell

#17. You have a bad memory for details. You can tell her the date of the Spanish Armada, but you couldn't even guess at the balance of your checkbook.

Jay McInerney

#18. 'Armada d6' proves that some of the best games out there are still being playing on your tabletop.

Rob Manuel