We pay for the navy, and we have no commerce for the navy to protect; we pay for the army, and we loathe and execrate the work upon which it has been engaged. – John Edward Redmond
I left Scotland when I was 16 because I had no qualifications for anything but the Navy, having left school at 13. – Sean Connery
I’m a huge fan of the Navy. My father was a Naval historian, and I’ve been studying Naval battles forever. – Peter Berg
But I felt it necessary to be part of the war effort and I enlisted in the Navy to be a flyer. – Paul Berg
The Air Force has it far worse than the Navy in terms of existential fears, primarily due to the rapid rise and unbelievable dissemination of drones, where seemingly now every military unit has their own miniature air wing of what would have recently passed as toys. – Thomas P.M. Barnett
We all know the Navy is never wrong, but in this case it was a little weak on being right. – Wendell Mayes
I walked in, looked around, and the navy recruiter was a really hot brunette, so I signed up with her. – Sturgill Simpson
I’m sort of East Coast, so I like the off-white and the navy blues and the low-key preppy kind of thing. – Stephanie Courtney
As the existence of a corps of professors of mathematics is peculiar to our navy, as well as an apparent, perhaps a real, anomaly, some account of it may be of interest. – Simon Newcomb
There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles the Second. But the seamen were not gentlemen; and the gentlemen were not seamen. – Thomas Babington Macaulay
Taking command of HMS Portland is definitely the highlight of my 16 years in the Navy. It is a challenge that I am fully trained for and ready to undertake. – Sarah West