Arthur Rostron

I never had any ambition other than to go to sea.

— Arthur Rostron

Inspections should be taken seriously and should be by no means cursory.

— Arthur Rostron

There's a proverb that you can't teach old dogs new tricks. But all I can say is that any senior man who is incapable of assimilating a working knowledge of all the latest and most up-to-date gadgets in use on board the floating palaces had better swallow the anchor and moor up on shore. The sooner the better.

— Arthur Rostron