Amphibious Assault Ships

Famous quotes containing the words amphibious, assault and/or ships:

    We are amphibious creatures, weaponed for two elements, having two sets of faculties, the particular and the catholic.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    There is no longer beauty except in the struggle. No more masterpieces without an aggressive character. Poetry must be a violent assault against the unknown forces in order to overcome them and prostrate them before men.
    Tommaso Marinetti (1876–1944)

    The ships we sank with women and children aboard. The lifeboats we shelled. Mmm ... we were good at that.
    Emeric Pressburger (1902–1988)