Lord High Admiral

Lord High Admiral can refer to:

  • Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom (formerly of England, then Great Britain)
  • Lord High Admiral of Scotland
  • Lord High Admiral of the Wash
  • Lord High Admiral of Sweden

Famous quotes containing the words lord, high and/or admiral:

    I have defeated them all.... I was left with some money to battle with the world when quite young, and at the present time have much to feel proud of.... The Lord gave me talent, and I know I have done good with it.... For my brains have made me quite independent and without the help of any man.
    Harriet A. Brown, U.S. inventor and educator. As quoted in Feminine Ingenuity, ch. 8, by Anne L. MacDonald (1992)

    Optimism is the content of small men in high places.
    F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)

    I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.
    Larry Forrester, U.S. screenwriter, Hideo Oguni, and Ryuzo Kikushima. Richard Fleischer, Toshio Masuda, Kinji Fukasaku. Admiral Yamamoto (Soh Yamamura)