The team should have implicit confidence in the captain's decisions.

The team should have implicit confidence in the captain's decisions.

lord mountbatten

It is a curious thing, but I have been right in everything I have done and said in my life.

It is a curious thing, but I have been right in everything I have done and said in my life.

I can't think of a more wonderful thanksgiving for the life I've had than that everyone should be jolly at my funeral.

I can't think of a more wonderful thanksgiving for the life I've had than that everyone should be jolly at my funeral.

In 1966 I became president of the British Computer Society.

In 1966 I became president of the British Computer Society.

My trophy value exceeded my military usefulness.

My trophy value exceeded my military usefulness.

I was born with the ability to concentrate very hard on a job for a long time.

I was born with the ability to concentrate very hard on a job for a long time.

I believe firmly that it was the Almighty's goodness, to check my consummate vanity.

I believe firmly that it was the Almighty's goodness, to check my consummate vanity.

Marriage to a very rich woman posed problems.

Marriage to a very rich woman posed problems.

Actually, I vote Labour, but my butler's a Tory.

Actually, I vote Labour, but my butler's a Tory.

Do you really think the IRA would think me a worthwhile target?

Do you really think the IRA would think me a worthwhile target?

If you've got it, wear it.

If you've got it, wear it.

I have been driven demented in my career.

I have been driven demented in my career.

The primary factor in a successful attack is speed.

The primary factor in a successful attack is speed.

You can divide my life into two.

You can divide my life into two.

Men o' war were to be a part of the fabric of my life for the next half-century.

Men o' war were to be a part of the fabric of my life for the next half-century.

I am much more intelligent than you think.

I am much more intelligent than you think.

I suppose you can say I became an odd-job man.

I suppose you can say I became an odd-job man.

I was so keen to get back to sea. I was rattled.

I was so keen to get back to sea. I was rattled.

I go from a corruptible to an incorruptible Crown; where no disturbance can be, no disturbance in the World.

I go from a corruptible to an incorruptible Crown; where no disturbance can be, no disturbance in the World.