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)

    “There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. If glad, it must not grin or snicker; if sad, it must not scream or curse.”
    —William James (1842–1910)

    “Even the cleverest housewife can’t cook without rice.”
    —Chinese proverb.