Submerged Quotes

“Machiavelli noted, that which is gained with difficulty is retained with ease.”
― Henry Rausch, Submerged: Life on a Fast Attack Submarine in the Last Days of the Cold War

“azimuth”
― Henry Rausch, Submerged: Life on a Fast Attack Submarine in the Last Days of the Cold War

“Rule 22 of Robert Greene’s ‘The 48 Laws of Power’: If beaten, surrender quickly.”
― Henry Rausch, Submerged: Life on a Fast Attack Submarine in the Last Days of the Cold War

“Humans have a sixth sense that is so subtle that we take it for granted and don’t even consider it as a “sense” like the other five. But without this sense, walking is impossible. People who lose it are confined to a wheelchair. That sixth sense is proprioception, the awareness of the positions of all parts of one’s body. Close your eyes and consider where your arms, your hands, your head, your feet are. Move your hand in an arc above your head. As it moves, you are always aware of where your hand is relative to every single other part of your body. That is proprioception.”
― Henry Rausch, Submerged: Life on a Fast Attack Submarine in the Last Days of the Cold War

“You can delegate tasks and authority to conduct them, but not the responsibility.”
― Henry Rausch, Submerged: Life on a Fast Attack Submarine in the Last Days of the Cold War

“Things happened way too quickly. I was reacting, not anticipating.”
― Henry Rausch, Submerged: Life on a Fast Attack Submarine in the Last Days of the Cold War

“took a week to get my first ass chewing from”
― Henry Rausch, Submerged: Life on a Fast Attack Submarine in the Last Days of the Cold War