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What a big book, captain, might be made with all that is known!" "And what a much bigger book still with all that is not known! — Jules Verne

We are still masters of our fate.
We are still captains of our souls. — Winston S. Churchill

The Dutchman sails as its captain commands! — Davy Jones

Calling all citizens all over the world, this is Captain America calling. — Ray Davies

Waterloo is a battle of the first rank won by a captain of the second — Victor Hugo

Politics can not only be drudgery and Captain Queeg with the balls in his hands. — John Kasich

In calm water every ship has a good captain. — Grover Cleveland

How many captains of stolen ships did it take to equal one disgraced UN official? That could tie a courtroom up for a few decades. — James S.A. Corey

Black is a color of power and strength, and to see all those players, with the captains linking their arms in front - it's a powerful picture. — Hayden Fry

God has appointed us captains of this our bodily fort, which, without treason to that majesty, are never to be delivered over till they are demanded. — Philip Sidney

Come,
Let's have one other gaudy night. Call to me
All my sad captains. Fill our bowls once more.
Let's mock the midnight bell. — William Shakespeare

He's been on vacation for a year and month. Captain Kirk never left the helm when the Enterprise was under attack. — Eddie Griffin

He's pulling him off! The Spanish manager is pulling his captain off — George Hamilton

I once performed The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald to about 15 sea captains. The song was about a ship that broke in half and sank. — Gordon Lightfoot

Do you feel it's right for the England Captain to avoid his media duties? — Garth Crooks

Great sea captains are made in rough waters and deep seas. — Kathryn Kuhlman

You're never too worried as a captain, when you know Rahul Dravid's still out there. — Sourav Ganguly

As Far As One-Day Cricket Is Concerned, Dhoni Is One Of The Greatest Captains Of All Times — Sourav Ganguly

I was elected a Captain of Volunteers
a success which gave me more pleasure than any I have had since. — Abraham Lincoln

Leaders: Captains of industry. — Thomas Carlyle

The captains of industry do not keep on working for the sake of making money, but for the love of completing a job successfully. — Charles M. Schwab

Let's not forget that the little emotions are the great captains of our lives and we obey them without realizing it. — Vincent Van Gogh

That's my No. 1 goal. I want to be part of (captain) Tom Lehman 's team. — Fred Funk

If I can't get the captains to respond appropriately and show the leadership I expect, how is anyone else going to respond? — Tony Dungy

You can pick captains, but you can't pick leaders. Whoever controls the locker room controls the team — Don Meyer

Dhoni backed Jadeja to play aggressively and backed Ishant to bowl short. I have not seen a better Indian captain than him. — Kapil Dev

We are the masters of our fate, the captains of our souls, because we have the power to control our thoughts. — Napoleon Hill

We are the Captains of Spaceship Earth ... we have the capacity to overcome our limits. — Jason Silva

I do not dwell on dreams I know how soon a dream becomes an expectation How can I have expectations? Look at me, No, Captain, Look at me, Look at me! — Stephen Sondheim

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

We have good corporals and good sergeants and some good lieutenants and captains, and those are far more important than good generals. — William Tecumseh Sherman

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is Good But Sourav Ganguly Best Captain — Yuvraj Singh

Above all, a director has to be a good captain. — Charlton Heston

Big storms create big captains and they destroy the little ones! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

A really conscientious doctor ought to die with his patient. The captain goes down with his ship. — Eugene Ionesco

Fans have been very important in my career. Even though I'm just doing me and doing my thing, they're the captains of this ship. — Prince Royce

I played under many Captains, but Dhoni is the one, who fulfilled my Dream of winning World Cup — Sachin Tendulkar

I am the captain of my pain. — Nick Cave

We're all responsible. I'm the leader, the captain of the ship, and I have to take responsibility. — Alan Trammell

A widow is like a frigate of which the first captain has been shipwrecked. — Alphonse Karr

Dhoni is the best captain India ever had — Sourav Ganguly

What would you do if your country's welfare depended on labor? When a ship is in a storm it requires one captain. — Fritz Sauckel

Don't be afraid of the storms; be afraid of the ship and the captain! Forget about the outside factors, what matters is the internal power! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Chance works for us when we are good captains. — George Meredith

During the great storms of our lives we imitate those captains who jettison their weightiest cargo. — Honore De Balzac

A frightened captain makes a frightened crew. — Lister Sinclair

Don't date the captain of the football team; be the captain of the football team. — Courtney Love

The captain of a ship is not chosen from those of the passengers who comes from the best family. — Blaise Pascal

A century before the concept took hold in America, pirate ships were democracies. Most captains were elected by crew and could be voted out anytime. — Robert Kurson

We don't break our captains. We kill them. — Vincent Gigante

Sourav is a great captain and we should be proud of such a leader. — Kapil Dev

All the great captains have performed vast achievements by conforming with the rules of art
by adjusting efforts to obstacles. — Napoleon Bonaparte

I am the captain of my destiny, I do not abandon the ship in hard times, But, I do have sense enough not to go down with the ship. — Cesare Pavese

As a man handles his troubles during the day, so he goes to bed at night a General, Captain, or Private. — E.W. Howe

No captain with all the hindsight in the world can predict how the wicket is going to play — Trevor Bailey

The captain of the Titanic, who said to room service, Who sent for all this ice? Never got a dinner! — Red Buttons

Alfred Hitchcock, Isaac Newton, Elvis Presley, Captain Bligh, they're heroic or pathetic depending on which book you buy. — Bob Seger

I've played lots of law enforcement agents, and I do have friends that are in the bureau, in the DEA, and who are detectives and captains. — Malik Yoba

Who ever thought that the world-famous Captain Obvious was really mild-mannered Colin Mochrie? — Drew Carey

There's a lot of me in Captain Jack and there's a lot of Captain Jack in me. And there is no pun intended. — John Barrowman

I'm obsessed with the Victorian era and the British Royal Navy ... I'd love to play a troubled sailor or captain or a boatman on a three masted ship. — Nick Offerman

Steven Gerrard would be the captain of my World XI dream team. — Francesco Totti

Everything a captain does in a team room is done to keep the team loose. — Beth Daniel

I always say the time to worry about flying is when you're on the ground. If you don't trust the captain, don't go. — Denzel Washington

Where are the fish, though?"
"In the sea they say, in the boats we pray," said Dan, quoting a fisherman's proverb. — Rudyard Kipling

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

Dhoni Is The Best Captain I Have Played Under — Sachin Tendulkar

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

There were times, Sham felt, when the captains regretted there being only two types of limb they could lose to their obsessions. — China Mieville

If i can't even protect my captain's dream, then whatever ambition i have is nothing but talk.. — Zoro

Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor. — Sophocles

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

Now, let's see how you fare against the Flying Dutchman and her vile captain, Davy Jones! — Davy Jones

Barack Obama volunteered to be the Captain of the Titanic AFTER it hit the iceberg — Van Jones

I miss the personalization that Vegas was - there were showroom captains and all the dealers knew the gamblers by their first names. — Wayne Newton

There are 2 types of captains in World Cricket. One is MS Dhoni and the other are the all others. — Navjot Singh Sidhu

Oh, I am a cook and a captain bold,
And the mate of the Nancybrig,
And a bos'sun tight, and a midshipmite,
And the crew of the captain's gig! — W.S. Gilbert

Call me 'Tuk-Tuk', and keep saying it, but remember I am the captain of Pakistan. — Misbah-ul-Haq

A man may own a ship, but unless he is captain of a crew he goes where the ship goes. — Josephine Tey

We all love narratives where we're the captain of our boat, and Americans love them more than anybody else. — Anne-Marie Slaughter

You are the captain of your own ship; don't let anyone else take the wheel. — Michael Josephson

You don't want captains in the army who know too much or think too much. — Robert Graves

Your life is your ship and you are the captain. Choose your course, take the wheel firmly and get on your way. — Michael Josephson

Captain Cuttle, like all mankind, little knew how much hope had survived within him under discouragement, until he felt its death-shock. — Charles Dickens

Acting on television is like being asked by the captain to entertain the passengers while the ship goes down. — Peter Ustinov

Sometimes you don't know if you're Caesar about to cross the Rubicon or Captain Queeg cutting your own tow line. — Anthony Kennedy

Somebody can be the captain of the ship, which allows you to make big mistakes. — Susan Sarandon

History deals mainly with captains and kings, gods and prophets, exploiters and despoilers, not with useful men. — H.L. Mencken

The death of a man is like the fall of a mighty nation That had valiant armies, captains, and prophets, And wealthy ports and ships all over the seas. — Czeslaw Milosz

MS Dhoni still the best bet as Test, ODI captain. No calmer finisher than Dhoni — Harsha Bhogle

A boat can't have two captains. — Akira Mori

When you do a movie, it's like going on a journey. It's really like the director is the captain of the ship, and that energy, everybody feels. — Kellan Lutz

I am not Captain Save-A-Ho; I can only save one at a time, and that's me! — Tamar Braxton

To my crew: Please be reasonable and do it my way.
The Captain — Rusty Mills

You never get a straight answer from captains. You should know that by now. — Jim Butcher

To sing of Wars, of Captains, and of Kings/Of Cities founded, Common-wealths begun/For my mean Pen are too superior things, — Anne Bradstreet

Every experience is a gift and happens for a reason. No matter how big or small, we are reminded that we are the captains of our ship. — Alexz Johnson

I'd Love to be captain of Arsenal for even just one day. — Ashley Cole

Captain Phillips is a knockout. — Peter Travers

Maybe they made me captain because I've been here so long. But if I'm supposed to lead by example, then I'll be a terrible captain. — Thurman Munson