Captains Quotes - Page 7

• I do think in this film [Captain America] we try to tie together that their relationship has gotten stronger - that their friendship has gotten stronger from the last film, sure.

  Elizabeth Olsen

  Thinking, Ties, America

  Source: screenrant.com

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• We all love narratives where we're the captain of our boat, and Americans love them more than anybody else.

  Anne-Marie Slaughter

  Narrative, Boat

  "Anne-Marie Slaughter – ‘This Country Is Ready for a Woman in the White House’". Interview with Britta Sandberg and Samiha Shafy, www.yerepouni-news.com. March 3, 2016.

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• He, general or mere captain, who employs every one in the storming of a position can be sure of seeing it retaken by an organized counterattack of four men and a corporal.

  Ardant du Picq

  Military, Men, Four

  Sun Tzu, Julius Caesar, Einhard, Niccolò Machiavelli, Carl von Clausewitz (2016). “Strategy Six Pack”, p.448, Lulu.com

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• To its committed members (the Democratic Party) was still the party of heart, humanity, and justice, but to those removed a few paces it looked like Captain Hook’s crew–ambulance-chasing lawyers, rapacious public policy grants persons, civil rights gamesmen, ditzy-brained movie stars, fat-assed civil servant desk squatters, recovering alcoholics, recovering wife-beaters, recovering child-buggers, and so forth and so on, a grotesque line-up of ill-mannered self-pitying, caterwauling freeloaders banging their tin cups on the pavement demanding handouts.

  Nicholas von Hoffman

  Stars, Children, Party

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• You know, the reward for 'Captain America' is amazing. It's always fun to see a giant spectacle film and see the fun stuff - the special effects.

  Chris Evans

  Fun, America, Special

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• The man is the captain, the women is the lieutenant and the kids are the soldiers. Like right now I'm not home with my kids. I teach my Wisdom so when I'm not there she takes care of the shorties. Just like the sun shines on the moon, and when the earth rotates and the moon is over here, and the sun is over here, and the sun and its shaded on the side we get light from the moon, showing and proving how we're symbolic to the stars and things of that nature.

  Rakim

  Stars, Home, Kids

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• In calm water every ship has a good captain.

  Grover Cleveland

  Water, Ships, Calm

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• Beatrix puts a distance between herself and the rest of the world. She’s very engaging, but also quite private in nature. I see the same qualities in Captain Phelan.” “Yes,” Amelia said. “You’re absolutely right, Catherine. Put that way, the match does seem more appropriate.” “I still have reservations,” Leo said. “You always do,” Amelia replied. “If you’ll recall, you objected to Cam in the beginning, but now you’ve accepted him.” “That’s because the more brothers-in-law I acquire,” Leo said, “the better Cam looks by comparison.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Brother, Distance, Law

  Lisa Kleypas (2010). “Love in the Afternoon”, p.157, Macmillan

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• But remember that the Captain belongs to the most dangerous enemy to truth and freedom, the solid unmoving cattle of the majority

  Ray Bradbury

  Enemy, Majority, Remember

  Ray Bradbury (2016). “Fahrenheit 451”, p.53, Hamilton Books

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• There was some murmuring, but also some grins on the faces of the men looking on: the sight of their Captain sitting on the ground and eye to eye with a young hobbit, legs well apart, bristling with wrath, was one beyond their experience.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Eye, Men, Wrath

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.454, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Vik? You ready? (Devyn) Your stupidity is what I live for, Captain. (Vik)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Stupidity, Ready

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• Any more bitching from the geriatric crew? What a bunch of old women. Should I hire another crewmate to change your bed diapers while I’m at it? Next time I’ll let The League have you. Vik, I’m relinquishing control back to you. (Devyn) It’s what I live for. By the way, ye organic life forms aren’t the only ones who’ve soiled themselves. Can I have a minute to attend my needs, Captain Asshole? (Vik)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  League, Bed, Needs

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• Sourav Ganguly has been an excellent captain, his record speaks for himself. I found him to be a tough competitor and every Indian should feel proud of Sourav.

  Nasser Hussain

  Records, Proud, Tough

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• Sourav is a very positive captain. Whatever his personal form, whatever the media writes about him, he has always been strong, focused and aggressive. Perhaps these are the qualities that make him India's most successful captain.

  Virender Sehwag

  Strong, Writing, Successful

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• Sourav's calm and assured presence sets him apart. His captaincy is of a high order but he bats sensibly and reads situations well. I hope Sourav too becomes a World Cup wining captain.

  Lata Mangeshkar

  Order, Bats, World

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• Pick any player of the world. Make him the captain of India. I can assure you that the results will still be the same. MS Dhoni just not lucky enough to have the kind of bowlers that top teams like Australia, South Africa and New Zealand have.

  Sourav Ganguly

  Team, Player, Ms Dhoni

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• Dare, dare, my dear brethren in Christ, to follow the Captain of your salvation, who was made perfect through sufferings

  George Whitefield

  Perfect, Suffering, Christ

  George Whitefield (1828). “Sermons on important subjects ... With a memoir of the Author by S. Drew; and a dissertation on his character, preaching, etc., by Joseph [or rather Josiah] Smith”, p.45

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• I had never experienced anything like the response I got from people for Pirates of the Caribbean, where you meet a 75-year-old woman who had seen Pirates and somehow related to the character, and then five minutes later you meet a six-year-old who says, 'Oh, you're Captain Jack!' What a rush. What a gift. That was the challenge with Wonka, too--to be, in a sense, like Bugs Bunny. I find it magical that a three-year-old can be mesmerized by Bugs, but so can a 40-year-old or an 80-year-old. It's a great challenge to see if you can appeal to that huge an age range.

  Johnny Depp

  Character, Years, People

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• Superman punched out Hitler. So did Captain America. That's one of the things they're there for.

  Frank Miller

  America

  "Frank Miller's Holy Terror sends superhero to battle al-Qaida" by Alison Flood, www.theguardian.com. June 29, 2011.

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• You are the Master of your Fate, the Captain of your Soul.

  Henry Ford

  Fate, Soul, Masters

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• In reality, in the history of it, the captains are only really in charge during an engagement. The rest of the time, everyone had got the same vote. It's been very interesting finding that.

  Zach McGowan

  Reality, Interesting, Engagement

  Source: collider.com

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• Captain Phelan,” Cam asked, choosing his words with care. “Have you come to ask for our consent to marry Beatrix?” Christopher shook his head. “If I decide to marry Beatrix, I’ll do it with or without your consent.” Leo looked at Cam. “Good God,” he said in disgust. “This one’s worse than Harry.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Care, Good God, Said

  Lisa Kleypas (2010). “Love in the Afternoon”, p.210, Macmillan

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• You got to tell me the brave captain Why are the wicked so strong? How do the angels get to sleep When the devil leaves the porch light on?

  Tom Waits

  Strong, Sleep, Angel

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• The light beyond my eyes flashflashflashes with a hundred futures for me. Doctor. Ship's captain. Forest ranger. Librarian. Beloved of that man or that women or those children or those people who voted for me or who painted my picture. Poet. Acrobat. Engineer. Friend. Guardian. Avenging whirlwind. A million futures--not all pretty, not all long, but all of them mine. I do have a choice" - p. 271

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Children, Eye, Men

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• During the great storms of our lives we imitate those captains who jettison their weightiest cargo.

  Honore de Balzac

  Simplicity, Storm, Cargo

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