You don't have to be a 'person of influence' to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my life are probably not even aware of the things they've taught me.


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Chicago's buoy was a couple of hundred yards astern of Arizona, and I was saddened to look at he...
JACK ADAMS
Lexington did launch its air group when a Japanese carrier was reported.
JACK ADAMS
The good news was that Enterprise and the newly arrived Yorktown had attacked the Marshall and Gilbe...
JACK ADAMS
In basic training we had been told to watch out for Japanese spies.
JACK ADAMS
A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class.
JACK ADAMS
I passed a typing test and became a member of the staff of Rear Adm. Newton.
JACK ADAMS
On December 5, 1941, Chicago led a task force built around the carrier Lexington to Midway Island, a...
JACK ADAMS
If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one...
JACK ADAMS
After the Battle of Midway there was a week in a rest camp at Pearl Harbor.
JACK ADAMS
It will always be a battle a day between those who want maximum change and those who want to maintai...
GERRY ADAMS
I think I look really weird with short hair. So I figured if I've got a mustache, I think it loo...
STEVEN ADAMS
The federal and state governments should ban the use of taxpayer funds to support cloning and embryo...
SANDY ADAMS
Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
SAMUEL ADAMS
There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and wh...
DOUGLAS ADAMS
The marriage state was designed to complete the sum of human happiness in this life. It sometimes pr...
SAMUEL ADAMS
You've got to know what you want. This is central to acting on your intentions. When you know wh...
PATCH ADAMS
I never took a grant or borrowed a penny from anybody. It was partially because I didn't really ...
BRYAN ADAMS
I've never been enamoured by the idea of being a celebrity.
BRYAN ADAMS
I always just wanted to be the singer or the bass player in the band. I'd love to have a band, w...
BRYAN ADAMS
A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime.
BRYAN ADAMS