Clyde Brion Davis Quotes

“I'll have you understand the United States has got the best navy in the world.""Well, . . . why, then, do we need a bigger navy?""We've got to have a still bigger navy because we're the richest nation on earth.”

“I phoned the Admiral back.'It's no use, Admiral, the French speak nothing but French.'There was a short pause on the end of the line then his voice rattled into life like a sabre.'They're lying, Tim!''What?''The French Navy must by law speak English, as English is the international maritime language of the sea.''Has anyone told the French that?'The line went dead for a moment before he thundered, 'Yes Nelson. At the battle of Trafalgar.'I tried to stifle an irresistibly British giggle not knowing if the Admiral was making a joke or not. I got it right. He was serious.”

“Our Navy is great. Our navy is great. Our people are great... Great.”

“Before the BBC, I joined the Navy in order to travel.”

“I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: 'I served in the United States Navy.”

“But I felt it necessary to be part of the war effort and I enlisted in the Navy to be a flyer.”

“I went to military college in Canada and graduated as an officer in the Navy but also as an engineer.”

“It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it is not fought on U.S. soil.”

“The world is a navy in an empty ocean.”

“I studied at the Hebrew University Medical Faculty, graduated, and was an Israel Defense Forces' combat physician on a Navy ship.”