Captain James Cook

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

    You’ll be the first one on the ground.
    Alvah Bessie, Ranald MacDougall, and Lester Cole. Raoul Walsh. Captain Nelson (Errol Flynn)

    As there is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it, so reasonable arguments, challenges to magnanimity, and appeals to sympathy or justice, are folly when we are dealing with human crocodiles and boa-constrictors.
    —William James (1842–1910)

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