"If any subordinate opposes me, I will make his wife a widow, his children fatherless and his home a dunghill."

"Those who rise in peace are men of formality and routine, cautious, inoffensive...Hawke represented the spirit of war…"

"It is an historical fact that the British Navy stubbornly resists change."

"O.M.G. - Oh! My God!"

"Length of course depends on the stupidity of the class..."

"I went the whole hog, totus porcus."

"thumb|O.M.G. (Oh! My God) - Letter to Winston Churchill|Churchill, 9 Sept 1917We want brave men! ANY BLOODY FOOL CAN …"

"Can the Army win the war before the Navy loses it?"

"D-mn the Dardanelles! they'll be our grave!"

"...Jellicoe had all the Nelsonic attributes except one - he is totally wanting in the great gift of Insubordination. …"