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)

    “She had an unequalled gift ... of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities.”
    —Henry James (1843–1916)

    “‘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!”’”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)