I believe firmly that it was the Almighty's goodness, to check my consummate vanity.
The primary factor in a successful attack is speed.
My trophy value exceeded my military usefulness.
I was so keen to get back to sea. I was rattled.
Never feel that a piece of criticism or advice is too much trouble to give, or that it exceeds your province.
The team should have implicit confidence in the captain's decisions.
No one person invented Mulberry. The knowledge that we had to have this floating harbor slowly grew.
My mother said, Don't worry abot what people think now. Think about whether your children and grandchildren will think you've done well.
I liked Truman very much. He was precise and businesslike. After a while, it was his turn.
Prince Charles is an absolute Mountbatten. The real intelligence in the royal family comes through my parents to Prince Philip and the children.
It is a curious thing, but I have been right in everything I have done and said in my life.
Here I am in my first command - a bit dazed but feeling very grand.
Even that crazy lunatic, my aunt the Empress, wa absolutely sweet and charming.
What do you do if you are asked to do a job, first by the Prime Minister, and then by the King? How can you refuse?
Churchill was the canny political animal, very devious, bursting with energy and determination, learning as hard as he could.
I am much more intelligent than you think.
I have been driven demented in my career.
I suppose you can say I became an odd-job man.
I was born with an ability to concentrate very hard on a job for a long time.
In 1966 I became president of the British Computer Society.
