OT - Favorite [Lord] Horatio Nelson Quotes
In honor of the advent of OT season in three weeks time, I thought about a premature thread dedicated to Lord Nelson and some of his best quotes. Frankly, I could see Harbaugh adopting a few:
No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of an enemy.
Desperate affairs require desperate measures.
Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.
In honor of Brexit (no politics!), this one seemed apropos
Firstly you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your own regarding their propriety. Secondly, you must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king; and thirdly you must hate a Frenchman as you hate the devil.
And my personal favorite:
Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon.
March 27th, 2019 at 11:01 AM ^
LBJ did, in fact, pull American troops out of France after that. It really didn't make sense to keep them there by that point. But he didn't like de Gaulle's manners.
March 27th, 2019 at 11:46 AM ^
"It really didn't make sense to keep them there by that point."
Yes, agreed, after they told us to leave.
March 27th, 2019 at 10:01 AM ^
"Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat".