Home / Quotes / Quote by Carl Brashear

Quote by Carl Brashear

“Sometimes I would come back from a run, and my artificial leg would have a puddle of blood from my stump. I wouldn't go to sick bay. In that year, if I had gone to sick bay, they would have written me up. I didn't go to sick bay. I'd go somewhere and hide and soak my leg in a bucket of hot water with salt in it--an old remedy. Then I'd get up the next morning and run.”

Quote by Carl Brashear

Author

Carl Brashear was an American Navy diver and engineer, born on January 19, 1931, and passed away on July 25, 2006. He is renowned for becoming the first African American Navy diver in the United States. more

You May Also Like

“In those days, the late 1970s, one of the leading politicians was a soon-to-be uncle by marriage of Arnold Schwarzenegger, named Ted Kennedy.”

Politician Late Uncles Schwarzenegger Ted Kennedy

Author:Michael Kinsley

“The takings clause of the Fifth Amendment is for conservatives what the equal protection clause of the 14th is for liberals.”

Equal Protection Amendments Fifth Clauses Equal Protection Fifth Amendment

Author:Michael Kinsley

“Conservatives and liberals alike have been waiting for this moment for a third of a century.”

Has Beens Moments Waiting Century Thirds

Author:Michael Kinsley

“If sexual intercourse, as the poets tell us, began in 1963, it was another decade and a half before the American political system began to take notice.”

Ifs Political Half Poet Decades Usa Intercourse Political Systems American Political System

Author:Michael Kinsley

“I have a saying: the scandal isn't what's illegal, the scandal is what's legal.”

Illegal Scandal

Author:Michael Kinsley

“I think the only way we retain credibility with the Arab world is to say, 'When push came to shove, despite the mistakes we made in the past, we are with you in democracy.'”

Thinking World Way Made Past Mistake Democracy Despite Credibility Arab World

Author:John Fund

“Remember, the Islamist view of democracy is: one man, one vote, one election, and that's it.”

Men Remember Views Democracy Vote Election One Man Islamists

Author:John Fund

“The RNC was run so badly you could walk through their deepest competence and not get your ankles wet.”

Running Walks Wet Competence Ankles

Author:John Fund

“I believe careers should be judged independently unless there's a clear conflict of interest in a specific case.”

Should Believe I Believe Interest Careers Cases Clear Conflict Judged Conflict Of Interest

Author:John Fund

“The Civil War was about a lot of things, but the core of it was slavery. That was the original sin.”

War Sin Originals Slavery Core Civil War Original Sin

Author:John Fund