"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the people to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea."

- Antoine De Saint-Exup\xe9ry


"Damn the torpedoes!" said Farragut, "Four bells. Captain Drayton, go ahead! Jouett, full speed!"

Upon the USS Hartford in the Battle of Mobile Bay, August 5th, 1864.