Quotes About Pirates

There's a Douglas Fairbanks picture at the Strand. A swashbuckler. You love those." Evie closed one eye. "You're telling me not to lose hope because there are pirate pictures?" "I'm trying here, Baby Vamp. When you're facing evil, a good pirate picture doesn't hurt.

And if you do see any pirates, I don't want you to pick up any rough manners from them. Do you understand?

Later, Wendy would tell people on the ship that they had battled pirates. But she would never say that Tiger Lily had betrayed them, or that she had rescued them either. Because that would have meant asking a question she couldn't comprehend asking: why the native girl might have wanted her dead. It didn't fit her ideas of who was bad, and who was good, and what was a happy ending, and what wasn't.

Real pirates were better than in movies, more daring and terrifying and cunning than any screenwriter could imagine. They operated during the Golden Age of Piracy, from 1650 to 1720.

I was pleasantly surprised to find out that pirates did wear eye patches and have peg legs and have brightly colored beads. I never knew what the beads were for. They really were for frightening and terrifying their prey.

For a long time, I was under the impression that 'Terry and the Pirates' was the best comic strip in the United States.

The problem is, you can't tell people these things. They'll think you're crazy. And I say to myself: What can I do with this life inside me? I'd like to give it ... to make a present of it ... to go up to people and tell them: You need to be joyful! You know? You have to play at being pirates ... to build cities of marble ... to laugh ... to set off firecrackers

Ephron sembrava classificare i pirati insieme alle tempeste; erano solo parte dei rischi che un buon capitano doveva affrontare

[Pirates] are a victim of their own success. People have identified with pirates in a comic and caricature sense.

To say 'A High Wind in Jamaica' is a novel about children who are abducted by pirates is to make it seem like a children's book. But that's completely wrong; its theme is actually how heartless children are.

My family sits around and tells all these amazing stories of pirates and the wa. Then one day I'm having a beer after shooting an episode of 'Thank God You're Here,' and started telling Dave Hughes some stories, and he said, 'You've gotta turn this into a book.'

Astronomers who were recently sifting through thousands of signals from Sagittarius B2, a big dust cloud at the center of our galaxy, found a substance there called ethyl formate, which is the chemical responsible for the flavor of raspberries, and the smell of rum, the drink popular with pirates. Therefore, our galaxy tastes a bit of raspberries and smells of rum, which is nice.

The new era they're talking about is shit! The age where pirates dreams will be over, they say?! Huh?! HA HA HA HA HA HA!! A man's dream... will never die!!

The first 'Polly and the Pirates' is about a prim and proper girl who gets kidnapped out of her comfy boarding school by a bunch of pirates that think she's the daughter of their long lost queen. In the course of the adventure, she discovers she has a natural penchant for swashbuckling, despite her sheltered childhood.

Parrots have gone a bit quiet since pirates have gone.

I have a baby that is 21 months old, and I watch Disney Junior with him. A lot of those shows are about pirates. Even the T-shirts and pajamas I buy for him have pirate themes like, 'Aye-aye, argh and mate.' But, I definitely grew up watching pirates.

We wanted to step off our island and add the color of the third world. We got gold cigarette paper and stuck it around our teeth. We really did look like pirates and dressed to look the part.

I am part of this generation with 'Pirates of the Caribbean' and 'Peter Pan.' I think we all grew up in this culture of pirates.

Here I was, rushing off to save my little brother from pirates, only to find that he fancies being a pirate himself!

They'd still be outnumbered by the pirates, he thought. But then a savage grin lit his face. Being outnumbered didn't worry him. They were Skandians, after all.

Struikrovers zijn ook niet meer wat ze geweest zijn,' zei Will met gespeelde spijt terwijl hij Donald duimboeien ombond en hem aan hun kleine stoet toevoegde. 'Waren ze vroeger dan slimmer?' vroeg Maddie. Will haalde zijn schouders op. 'Dat kan toch haast niet anders?

Ik weet niet of het iemand interesseert,' zei hij voorzichtig, 'maar er lijkt een piratenschip op ons af te komen!

distinction between pirates and lawful princes; he that has force is without any more ado to be obeyed, and crowns and sceptres would become the inheritance only of violence and rapine.

Don't wander far. I'd hate to see kidnapped by pirates. They have an eye for a pretty man.