Naval Academy Quotes

• Without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive.

  George Washington

  Navy, Submarines, Force

  George Washington, John Clement Fitzpatrick, David Maydole Matteson (1782). “The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799”, p.341

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• I was suppose to be a Jesuit priest or a naval academy graduate.

  Jimmy Buffett

  Religious, Religion, Graduates

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• I never made a career decision based solely on my desire to be an astronaut. I attended the Naval Academy because I wanted to be a Navy pilot. I majored in math because math had always come pretty easily to me and I liked it.

  John L. Phillips

  Math, Careers, Decision

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• I wrestled and played football in high school and in my last year, I started as a wrestler and actually had a fairly good record. But I hated to lose. I always gave it everything I had which, unfortunately, was not as much as I'd hoped for. But keep in mind, I feel like I got the most out of my ability. One moment that was special above all the rest was winning my last bout at the Naval Academy to finish the entire summer undefeated. That was thrilling, but what's more, it helped me in prison because the first time I got knocked around by the Vietnamese, it did not come as a total shock.

  John McCain

  Summer, Football, School

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• The Naval Academy is a very prestigious place, and I choose to try it. I got there and darn near didn't pass, just about flunked out the first year, but a commandant by the name of Bush Bringle managed to call me in one day and taught me more about leadership in about 15 minutes than I have learned in the rest of my life. And because of Bush Bringle I regained some faith and confidence in myself, learning I had a little bit more in me than I thought, and I went back to work and finished.

  Sam Smith

  Years, Names, Trying

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• A few years later the Naval Academy was founded at Annapolis, and a similar course was pursued to provide it with a corps of instructors.

  Simon Newcomb

  Years, Annapolis, Naval

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• Blackwater USA has already taken in more than $1 billion from the public coffers. All in all, that's not a bad take for Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater and a Naval Academy dropout who served less time under the colors of the nation, in uniform, than my most recent pair of boots.

  Robert Bateman

  Taken, Color, Usa

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