Ernest King Quotes

• The mark of a great shiphandler is never getting into situations that require great shiphandling.

  Ernest King

  Mark, Situation

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• If a ship has been sunk, I can't bring it up. If it is going to be sunk, I can't stop it. I can use my time much better working on tomorrow's problem than by fretting about yesterday's. Besides, if I let those things get me, I wouldn't last long.

  Ernest King

  Yesterday, Long, Navy

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• Nothing remains static in war or military weapons, and it is consequently often dangerous to rely on courses suggested by apparent similarities in the past.

  Ernest King

  Military, War, Past

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• Hold what you've got and hit them where you can.

  Ernest King

  Military

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