Commander Amphibious Forces

Famous quotes containing the words commander, amphibious and/or forces:

    “A commander in the field must sometimes go against the king’s orders.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “We are amphibious creatures, weaponed for two elements, having two sets of faculties, the particular and the catholic.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “By speaking, by thinking, we undertake to clarify things, and that forces us to exacerbate them, dislocate them, schematize them. Every concept is in itself an exaggeration.”
    —José Ortega Y Gasset (1883–1955)