Of Commandership

This is the navy, where a commanding officer is a mighty and terrible thing-- a man to be feared and respected. All knowing, all powerful. Don't you dare say what you said to the boys back there again-- "I don't know." Those three words will kill a crew, dead as a depth charge. You're the skipper now, and the skipper always knows what to do, whether he does or not.

--From the movie, U-571