If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It is much easier to apologise than it is to get permission.

It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.

I've received many honors and I'm grateful for them; but I've already received the highest award I'll ever receive, and that has been the privilege and honor of serving very proudly in the United States Navy.

Humans are allergic to change. They love to say, 'We've always done it this way.' I try to fight that. That's why I have a clock on my wall that runs counter-clockwise.

A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.

If you do something once, people will call it an accident. If you do it twice, they call it a coincidence. But do it a third time and you've just proven a natural law!

It's easier to apologize than ask for permission.