Captain James Hope

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

    Young men all of us—we’ve got to be. You know why? I’ll give you two good reasons. We jump out of planes, and guys shoot at us.
    Alvah Bessie, Ranald MacDougall, and Lester Cole. Raoul Walsh. Captain Nelson (Errol Flynn)

    The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
    —William James (1842–1910)

    They look quite promising in the shop; and not entirely without hope when I get them back into my wardrobe. But then, when I put them on they tend to deteriorate with a very strange rapidity and one feels so sorry for them.
    Joyce Grenfell (1910–1979)