If a ship has been sunk, I can't bring it up. If it is going to be sunk, I can't stop it. I can use my time much better working on tomorrow's problem…

- Ernest King

Hold what you've got and hit them where you can.

- Ernest King

Nothing remains static in war or military weapons, and it is consequently often dangerous to rely on courses suggested by apparent similarities in th…

- Ernest King

The mark of a great shiphandler is never getting into situations that require great shiphandling.

- Ernest King