John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher

It is very silly indeed to build vessels of War so strong as to last a hundred years. They are obsolete in less than ten years.

The Submarine will be the Battleship of the future!

It is an historical fact that the British Navy stubbornly resists change.

The Frontiers of England are the Coasts of the Enemy.

As age increases, audacity leaks out and caution comes in.

...and you may sleep quietly in your beds.

The Essence of War is Violence. Moderation in War is Imbecility.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL.... Nature is no respecter of birth or money power when she lavishes her mental and physical gifts. We fight God when our Social System dooms the brilliant clever child of a poor man to the same level as his …

The best scale for an experiment is 12 inches to the foot.

The 3 Requisites for Success - Ruthless, Relentless, Remorseless (The 3 R's)

Hit first! Hit hard! Keep on hitting!! (The 3 H's)

I thought it would be a good thing to be a missionary, but I thought it would be better to be First Sea Lord.

Even a man's faults may reflect his virtues.

"Tact" is insulting a man without his knowing it.

We are an Island. Every soldier that wants to go anywhere out of England - a sailor has got to carry him there on his back.

We left our element, the sea, to make ourselves into a conscript nation fighting on the Continent with four million soldiers out of a population of forty millions.

Any fool can obey orders!

Jellicoe had all the Nelsonic attributes except one - he is totally wanting in the great gift of Insubordination.

Length of course depends on the stupidity of the class...

O.M.G. - Oh! My God!

D-mn the Dardanelles! they'll be our grave!

Can the Army win the war before the Navy loses it?

We want brave men! ANY BLOODY FOOL CAN OBEY ORDERS!

I went the whole hog, totus porcus.