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Quotes About Captain

Long tradition of ship's cats in the navy." "This is the air force, Captain." "I won't tell him if you won't.
~ Elizabeth Bear
Rien had been the beloved of Perceval, and so Nova, too, had loved the Captain beyond the love that Angels had been built to suffer.
~ Elizabeth Bear
El capitán, seguro de no resistir mucho rato frente a cinco hombres armados y diestros en el oficio, decidió no andarse con lindezas de esgrima, y en vez de curar su salud procuró desbaratar la de sus enemigos.
~ Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Sarebbe stato più sopportabile, indubbiamente, se invece dell'amara lucidità che impregnava ogni sua azione e pensiero, il capitano Alatriste avesse goduto dei doni magnifici della stupidità, del fanatismo o della cattiveria. Perché solo gli stupidi, i fanatici e le canaglie vivono senza fantasmi, o senza rimorsi.
~ Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Y fue entonces cuando el capitán de la Cuesta, que andaba fatal de lenguas extranjeras pero tenía una memoria estupenda, dijo aquello de «ni srinden, ni veijiven, ni la puta que los parió, sin cuartel, señores, acordaos, ni un hereje vivo en este reducto»
~ Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Christ, our Captain, for a season deigned to dwell in Death's domain, That the dead, long time imprisoned, might return to life again, Breaking by His great example ancient sins' enthralling chain.
~ Aurelius Prudentius Clemens
All the way through the youth ranks at Sao Paulo, I've always been the captain.
~ Casemiro
I am extremely honoured to have been promoted to the rank of Captain. I would like to reaffirm my commitment for serving the people and the call of duty towards mother India.
~ Anurag Thakur
Being captain of Real Madrid is an honour and a big responsibility.
~ Marcelo
How do you govern by captaining the ship? How do you win without the trust of the crew?
~ Joe Sestak
I'm really enjoying my time at Tottenham - it's a great feeling to be the captain too. I think I can be proud of that.
~ Hugo Lloris
If we go to heaven they'll put us to work on the thunder, captain.
~ Georg Buchner
I'm going. A lot is possible. The weather's nice, Captain. Look: such a beautiful, solid, rough sky -you'd almost feel like pounding a block of wood into it and hanging yourself on it. Only because of the hyphen between yes and no? Is no to blame for yes, or yes for no? I'll have to think about that.
~ Georg Buchner
I'm very thrilled and excited to have been given the opportunity to captain England.
~ Kevin Pietersen
It did surprise me to be made captain. The obvious issue is my English. It's not that great, so communicating with players is not always easy. But I am thriving on the responsibility, both on and off the field.
~ Carlos Tevez
There is so much to sailing a ship. There's about a thousand different lines on a brig ship, and knowing what each one of those does, it takes a long time, and that's why you have these cabin boys that start on the ship, and they learn throughout the years, and that's why it takes so long to captain one.
~ Tom Holland
I was treated like a state enemy after throwing the captain's armband. Things went a lot further than I thought. I am the only one that paid a price as I'm no longer part of the national team. I sacrificed myself so that the team won't be booed anymore and players won't be cursed.
~ Eran Zahavi
With a character called Captain , you have to address the concept of who he is because his identity is tied to his country.
~ Joe Russo
The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of mortals.
~ Sallust
The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
~ Sallust
I thought, out of respect to her, she should have been captain. We all saw her as our leader.
~ Sam Walker
On the Tier One Teams I studied, the typical pecking order put the coach at the top, the talent on the bottom, and a water-carrying captain in the middle who served as an independent mediator between them. In this new order, where power and popularity went hand in hand, the middle manager's role had been squeezed out. Unless the captain was the superstar, the captain was a bystander.
~ Sam Walker
The friendship between officers is tarnished by the need for one or another to be promoted. The kindness of a captain is predicated on the obedience and efficiency of his underlings.
~ Sara Sheridan
Captain Kirk has been a source of pleasure and income for a long time.
~ William Shatner