Captain James Cook

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

    “Do you know who’s sneaked into my stateroom at three o’clock this morning? Nobody, and that’s my complaint!”
    —S.J. Perelman, U.S. screenwriter, Arthur Sheekman, Will Johnstone, and Norman Z. McLeod. Groucho Marx, Monkey Business, a complaint shipboard stowaway Groucho makes to the ship’s captain (Ben Taggart)

    “... the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.”
    —William James (1842–1910)

    “‘Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)