James Cook Quotes

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• Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.

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  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• From what I have said of the natives of New Holland they may appear to some to be the most wretched people upon earth but in reality they are far happier than we Europeans, being wholly unacquainted not only with the superfluous, but

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  Reality, People, Earth

  James Cook (1897). “Captain Cook's Voyages Round the World”

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• Remember, the greater the opportunity, the fewer are those who see it.

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  Opportunity, Remember, Fewer

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• Government employees move up the ladder through educational credentials rather than merit. People are given jobs and promotions based on seniority, race and gender rather than ability or talent. Such a system often overlooks the deserving and rewards the incompetent. There is no payoff for achievement.

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  Jobs, Educational, Moving

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• Going without a thing enhances the desire to get it.

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  Desire

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• Independent thinkers are usually geniuses or idiots and at times it's hard to tell which.

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  Independent, Genius, Idiot

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• To succeed in business, put the interest of the customer ahead of your own.

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  Succeed, Interest, Customers

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• The decline and fall of a civilization is barely noticed by most of its citizens.

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  Fall, Civilization, Citizens

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• Other than sex, two things bring people together; economic transactions and booze.

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  Sex, Two, People

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• To enslave a people, give them money they didn't earn.

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  People, Giving

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• Left-wing social policies sicken our behavior and corrupt our culture. People bend principles and sacrifice integrity to get as much as they can from the government. Giveaway programs encourage every imaginable sort of cheating and dishonesty. Wheeling and dealing in food stamps is a way of life. Lying and fraud are commonplace. Whenever you're dependent on the money, the end justifies the means.

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  Cheating, Lying, Integrity

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• It's easier to have faith in yourself if you have faith in God.

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  Have Faith, Faith In God, Easier

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• Faith puts the power of the universe at your disposal.

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  Universe

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• When wildlife damages agriculture we eliminate the wildlife. Rather we should eliminate agriculture when it damages wildlife.

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  Agriculture, Damage, Wildlife

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• Love of country is nowhere the same as love of government.

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  Country, Government

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• Those who live off of the donations of capitalism are often its greatest critics.

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  Donation, Critics, Capitalism

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• Management is simple, innovation is hard.

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  Simple, Innovation, Management

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• We evolved without social welfare and we are equipped to solve our problems without it.

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  Problem, Welfare, Social

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• Hardly anything works out as well as we hope.

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  Work Out, Wells, Things Work Out

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• Apparently there's nothing more dangerous than a religious criminal.

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  Religious, Criminals, Danger

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• Government is not using modern technology so much to modernize and improve services as it is to regulate, punish, collect taxes and keep an eye on us. They'd rather rule than serve.

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  Eye, Technology, Government

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• If you want the best results in an organization, you must rely solely on merit.

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  Organization, Merit, Want

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• A business owner who is liberal probably inherited the business.

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  Owners, Business Owners

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• No matter how great your wisdom, you can still make a fool of yourself.

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  Matter, Fool, Stills

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• You cannot rectify grievances from the past with today's charity.

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  Past, Charity, Today

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