Captain James Cook

Famous quotes containing the words captain, james and/or cook:

    Now that I had heard a part of his history, he appeared singularly destitute,—a captain without any vessel, only a greatcoat! and that perhaps a borrowed one! Not even a dog followed him; only his title stuck to him.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    The ‘I think’ which Kant said must be able to accompany all my objects, is the ‘I breathe’ which actually does accompany them.
    —William James (1842–1910)

    Even a clever wife finds it hard to cook without rice.
    Chinese proverb.