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"Not only I lost what I had in the ship, but from the captain and the company generally what was good or worth the taking was carried away; all which was done unknown to the emperor."
"It is not given to princes, statesmen and captains to pierce the mysteries of the future, and even the most penetrating gaze reaches only conclusions which, however seemingly vindicated at a given moment, are inexorably effaced by time."
"Seeing him like this, dressed just for her in so patent a manner, she could not hold back the fiery blush that rose to her face. She was embarrassed when she greeted him, and he was more embarrassed by her embarrassment. The knowledge that they were behaving as if they were sweethearts was even more embarrassing, and the knowledge that they were both embarrassed embarrassed them so much that Captain Samaritano noticed it with a tremor of compassion."
"[I am not] the captain of my soul; I am only its noisiest passenger."
"During the great storms of our lives we imitate those captains who jettison their weightiest cargo."
"I'd Love to be captain of Arsenal for even just one day."
"That in the captains but a choleric word Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy."
"What do you do when it rains?" The captain answered frankly. "I get wet."
"I am the captain of my destiny, I do not abandon the ship in hard times, But, I do have sense enough not to go down with the ship."
"The captain of a ship is not chosen from those of the passengers who comes from the best family."
"But remember that the Captain belongs to the most dangerous enemy to truth and freedom, the solid unmoving cattle of the majority"
"I saw 'Captain America' in 3D. It's cool. I liked the beginning. It's a really good setup."
"I am nothing to you but Captain Nemo; and you and your companions are nothing to me but the passengers of the Nautilus."
"I was elected a Captain of Volunteers--a success which gave me more pleasure than any I have had since."
"You are the captain of your ship that never comes in"
"Hereafter, if you should observe an occasion to give your officers and friends a little more praise than is their due, and confess more fault than you can justly be charged with, you will only become the sooner for it, a great captain."
"I became a boat captain because I loved the water and had been on a boat since I was eight. I captained the boat by myself because I liked being alone."
"I always liked the idea of leadership and being a captain."
"I always say the time to worry about flying is when you're on the ground. If you don't trust the captain, don't go."
"A boat can't have two captains."
