Captains Quotes - Page 17

• You have to have the essential pleasure of making a movie. It's such a huge factor and adventure for a director because you really are the leader and the captain.

  Audrey Tautou

  Adventure, Leader, Directors

  Source: www.indiewire.com

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• As a rule, from what I've observed, the American Captain of Industry doesn't do anything out of business hours. When he has put the cat out and locked up the office for the night, he just relapses into a state of coma from which he emerges only to start being a Captain of Industry again.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Cat, Night, Office

  P. G. Wodehouse, David A. Jasen (1997). “Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories”, p.20, Courier Corporation

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• Waterloo is a battle of the first rank won by a captain of the second

  Victor Hugo

  Battle, Firsts, Waterloo

  Victor Hugo (1994). “Les Miserables Volume One”, p.236, Wordsworth Editions

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• It is observed at sea that men are never so much disposed to grumble and mutiny as when least employed. Hence an old captain, when there was nothing else to do, would issue the order to "scour the anchor.

  Samuel Smiles

  Men, Order, Anchors

  Samuel Smiles (2014). “Self-Help”, p.199, Cambridge University Press

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• Finally, I have lived the dream. I am extremely proud to have worn the armband and been captain of England and for that I will always be grateful.

  David Beckham

  Dream, Grateful, Proud

  "Terry in line as Beckham hands in his armband" by Daniel Taylor, www.theguardian.com. July 2, 2006.

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• He doesn't have demons. He's not Batman, he doesn't struggle with inner turmoil. The nature of this character is that he puts himself last and helps the common good. So he could easily slip into a world of boredom, The blessing and curse of Captain America is that he doesn't have that fancy an ability. He doesn't live in another world, or turn green. He doesn't have bells and whistles, he doesn't shoot missiles. He punches and kicks.

  Chris Evans

  Struggle, Character, Blessing

  "Chris Evans Taking a Break from Acting Once Marvel Contract Expires" by Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. March 3, 2014.

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• Oh yeah, I was one of the first guys writing comic books, I wrote Captain America, with guys like Stan Lee, who became famous later on with Marvel Comics.

  Mickey Spillane

  Book, Writing, America

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• I need to gain a lot more experience. I think so much of being a director, other than the technical aspect and the artistry of it, is the confidence that you are, I think in many ways, you're the captain of the ship.

  Josh Peck

  Thinking, Directors, Needs

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• I'll always rather be in a ship that's got a captain that has some vision.

  Susan Sarandon

  Vision, Ships

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• When I first started lifting I wanted to be a Super Hero.. But that was my motivation. I was huge into comics at a very young age and nothing made me feel better than helping people. So I wanted to build muscle to be like Superman, Captain America, Wolverine, etc.

  Scott Herman

  Motivation, Hero, Feel Better

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• But at the same time, the film industry just got torched. The risk tolerance for the types of movies we're talking about is lower, and the reason for that is that the captains of the industry were asleep at the switch when their core business was being disrupted. And they're never getting it back. In a way, it makes it all the more exciting when the good ones get through.

  Edward Norton

  Talking, Tolerance, Risk

  Interview with Bennett Miller, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 3, 2014.

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• People like Howlin' Wolf, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, John Lee Hooker, Nina Simone, Captain Beefheart - all of these artists were what I grew up listening to every day of my life. And there's a very healthy music scene in the west country of England, where I grew up.

  PJ Harvey

  Country, Artist, People

  "PJ Harvey: On War And The New 'England'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. February 15, 2011.

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• God Himself underwrites your battle and has appointed His own Son 'the captain of your salvation'.

  William Gurnall

  Son, Battle, Salvation

  William Gurnall (2015). “Daily Readings from The Christian in Complete Armour: Daily Readings in Spiritual Warfare”, p.23, Moody Publishers

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• Great sea captains are made in rough waters and deep seas.

  Kathryn Kuhlman

  Sea, Water, Made

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• One man wrote me, saying, 'You know who you are? You're nothing but a Captain Bly pissing up a drainpipe!'

  Robert Bly

  Men, Knows, One Man

  Interview with Francis Quinn, www.robertbly.com. April 2000.

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• When James Calvert went out as a missionary to the cannibals of the Fiji Islands, the ship captain tried to turn him back, saying, "You will lose your life and the lives of those with you if you go among such savages". To that, Calvert replied, "We died before we came here". Believers who have the Gospel keep mumbling it over and over to themselves. Meanwhile, millions who have never heard it once fall into the flames of eternal hell without ever hearing the salvation story.

  K.P. Yohannan

  Fall, Islands, Flames

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• A sea captain when he stands upon the bridge, or looks out from his deck-house, thinks much about God and about the world. Away in the valley yonder among the corn and the poppies men may well forget all things except the warmth of the sun upon the face, and the kind shadow under the hedge; but he who journeys through storm and darkness must needs think and think.

  William Butler Yeats

  Journey, Men, Thinking

  William Butler Yeats (2007). “The Celtic Twilight”, p.85, Library of Alexandria

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• Every man is captain of his career and there must be cooperation all around if he is to get what he wants out of life.

  Walt Disney

  Men, Careers, Want

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• I was really sad after 'The Avengers' when I realized I was not going to have a part in 'Thor 2' or 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier.' But I'm not arguing with my fantastic plane and my really cool car.

  Clark Gregg

  Winter, America, Car

  "‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D’: Clark Gregg on Marvel, Joss Whedon mind meld". Hero Complex interview, herocomplex.latimes.com. September 24, 2013.

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• I played lacrosse for a hot second, but I was mainly a swimmer - captain of my swim team.

  Grace Gummer

  Team, Swim, Lacrosse

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• A common and natural result of an undue respect for law is, that you may see a file of soldiers, colonel, captain, corporal, privates, powder-monkeys, and all, marching in admirable order over hill and dale to the wars, against their wills, ay, against their common sense and consciences, which makes it very steep marching indeed, and produces a palpitation of the heart.

  Henry David Thoreau

  War, Heart, Order

  Henry David Thoreau (2002). “The Essays of Henry D. Thoreau: Selected and Edited by Lewis Hyde”, p.202, North Point Press

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• I prefer to sail in a bad ship with a good captain rather than sail in a good ship with a bad captain.

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Ships, Sail

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• If you don't trust either the captain or the ship, there remains only one thing for safety: Trusting the storm!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Safety, Storm, Ships

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• [I am not] the captain of my soul; I am only its noisiest passenger.

  Aldous Huxley

  Soul, Fate And Destiny, Passengers

  Aldous Huxley (2002). “Complete Essays: 1939-1956”, Ivan R Dee

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• When a crew and a captain understand each other to the core, it takes a gale, and more than a gale, to put their ship ashore.

  Rudyard Kipling

  Ships, Gale, Crew

  Rudyard Kipling (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Rudyard Kipling (Illustrated)”, p.6748, Delphi Classics

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