Captain James Cook Quotes

Captain James Cook's ship, The Endeavour, hit a coral outcrop in the Great Barrier Reef in 1770. Cook and his crew camped in what is now called Cooktown for nearly two months while making repairs. Then they sailed south, where Cook claimed the east coast of Australia as British territory. ~ Julie Murphy

I ... had ambition not only to go farther than anyone had done before," wrote Captain James Cook, the eighteenth-century explorer of the Pacific, "but as far as it was possible for man to go." Two centuries later, Yuri Romanenko, on returning to Earth after what was then the longest space flight in history, said "The Cosmos is a magnet ... Once you've been there, all you can think of is how to get back. ~ Carl Sagan

Was Cook's ship a scientific expedition protected by a military force or a military expedition with a few scientists tagging along? That's like asking whether your petrol tank is half empty or half full. It was both. The Scientific Revolution and modern imperialism were inseparable. People such as Captain James Cook and the botanist Joseph Banks could hardly distinguish science from empire. ~ Yuval Noah Harari

In stories, you can find out all sorts of things. Did you know that in 1769 the English navigator Captain James Cook sighted Aotearoa (New Zealand)? He landed at Poverty Bay two days later. ~ Isaac Du Toit

Hopefully not another employee stealing credit cards, Brooke mused. Or any sort of headache-inducing "oops moment," like the time one of the restaurant managers called to ask if he could fire a line cook after discovering that the man was a convicted murderer.

"Jeez. How'd you learn that?" Brooke had asked.

"He made a joke to one of the waiters about honing his cooking skills in prison. The waiter asked what he'd been serving time for, and he said, 'Murder.'"

"I bet that put an end to the conversation real fast. And yes, you can fire him," Brooke had said.

"Obviously, he lied on his employment application." All of Sterling's employees, regardless of job position, were required to answer whether they'd ever been convicted of a crime involving "violence, deceit, or theft." Pretty safe to say that murder qualified.

Ten minutes later, the manager had called her back.
"Um . . . what if he didn't exactly lie? I just double-checked his application, and as it turns out, he did check the box for having been convicted of a crime."

Brooke had paused at that. "And then the next question, where we ask what crime he'd been convicted for, what did he write?"

"Uh . . . 'second-degree murder.'"

"I see. Just a crazy suggestion here, Cory, but you might want to start reading these applications a little more closely before making employment offers."

"Please don't fire me. ~ Julie James

There were more of them out there. More walkers. And I was being asked to step up and be ... what? Some kind of Captain Heroism who would lead the boys in the Red, White, and Blue to victory? What was I getting myself into? This wasn't task force duty, this wasn't even SWAT-team level. I'd never even smelled anything this big before and now I was expected to train and lead a black ops team? How frigging insane was this? Why were they asking me? I'm just a cop. Where are the guys who actually do this for a living? How come none of them were here? Where's James Bond and Jack Bauer? Why me, of all people? ~ Jonathan Maberry

Nobody heeds danger when they're making money. ~ James Cook

When people criticize the free market, they are usually complaining about what happens when you intervene in the free market. ~ James Cook

Whenever you have something nice someone will try to ruin it. ~ James Cook

Jesus, Captain, you look like shit. ~ James S.A. Corey

In the polling booth narrow self interest wins out over lofty principles. ~ James Cook

Subsidies have changed the way the nation behaves. ~ James Cook

The foremost corporate responsibility is to serve others so well you produce a profit. ~ James Cook

Where, indeed? Captain Vincent Reed had been born in the city of Richmond, Virginia, of northern parents who were stationed there by the telegraph company. He had attended West Point and he thought he knew something about warfare, having served under General Pope in his long and futile struggle against General Stonewall Jackson. Those men were fighters who would face the enemy till the last bullet was fired, but neither would participate in such a slaughter.
Reed had had his troops in position. He was quite prepared to rush in for the kill, and he had positioned himself so that he would be in the vanguard when his men made their charge against the guns of the young braves threatening the left flank. But when he saw that the enemy had no weapons, that even their bows and arrows were not at hand, and that he was supposed to chop down little girls and old women, he rebelled on the spot, taking counsel with no one but his own conscience. ~ James A. Michener

If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results, then liberalism is a form of insanity. ~ James Cook

In any given age it is only a few extremists who are right. ~ James Cook

Government is no more than taxpayers hiring the most inefficient organization to do the job. ~ James Cook

Not a week after Annie put her foot in Mrs. Huffmaster's duff, the Captain upped and laid down the date. ~ James McBride

There is a reason and not a reason for everything. ~ James Cook

You can't suffer over two things at once. ~ James Cook

The purer the application of socialism, the worse the results, the purer the application of capitalism, the better the results. ~ James Cook

When wildlife damages agriculture we eliminate the wildlife. Rather we should eliminate agriculture when it damages wildlife. ~ James Cook

Socialism is the triumph of people's prejudices over their reason. ~ James Cook

Captain," Amos said with mock surprise. "Have you actually learned from your past? Is this a new thing you do now? ~ James S.A. Corey

It's not capitalism that's failing the U.S. but socialism. ~ James Cook

We can never right the wrongs of the past. ~ James Cook

To succeed in business, put the interest of the customer ahead of your own. ~ James Cook

Apparently there's nothing more dangerous than a religious criminal. ~ James Cook

Gazzy: Captain, like the captain of a ship. And then Terror, you know, T-E-R-O-R. ~ James Patterson

We should worry about our own souls first and trust in God's plan for others. ~ James Cook

Welfare corrupts the lower class much faster than the middle class. ~ James Cook

We are destroying capitalism to pay for socialism. ~ James Cook

All too often unemployment is used as an excuse for misbehaving when jobs are available within walking distance. ~ James Cook

It's not up to God for us to use the gift of faith. ~ James Cook

During a heavy storm at sea a nervous woman passenger on a large liner went to the captain, seeking reassurance. "Captain," she asked tremulously, "are we in great danger?" "Don't worry, madam," he answered, "after all, we in the hands of God." "Oh," she gasped, terror written on her face, "is it as bad as that?" ~ James Keller

Easier will always win out over harder. ~ James Cook

Maiha
"Allow me to introduce you to the Children of Mars. On lead guitar and eight barreled Calliope Gatlin, Colonel Fujiyama. On bass and manning the double-barreled thirty millimeter PPC's we have Major Howard. Singing backup and key boards we have Fight Captain Benz with a lovely ten millimeter rapid fire gauss rifle. Her lovely partner Captain Martin on drums with her ten millimeter Hell-bore pulse laser rifle. And singing lead and front man, a true artist with a bang from the Castile sniper rifle, our Big Daddy, Papa of Death and Destruction, the one, the only, the man, the myth, the legend, Lord James Nakatoma- Bailey." When I finished Alice was giggling out loud. ~ Jessie Wolf

There are alternate explanations for everything. ~ James Cook