I think Captain Cousteau might be the father of the environmental movement.
Then, again, the ability to organize and conduct industrial, commercial, or financial enterprises is rare; the great captains of industry are as rare as great generals.
A good director has to be a captain - he has to work with a lot of people every day.
I'm like a ship captain: I have a woman in every port.
I played lacrosse for a hot second, but I was mainly a swimmer - captain of my swim team.
[first lines] Steve Rogers: On your left.
Captain Stanley: Australia. What fresh hell is this?
Captain Frye: Me and my boys are cocked, locked and ready to rock.
Captain Oveur: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?
To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman.
Wesley Crusher: Say goodbye, Data. Lt. Cmdr. Data: Goodbye, Data. [crew laughs] Lt. Cmdr. Data: Was that funny? Wesley Crusher: [laughs] Lt. Cmdr. Data: Accessing. Ah! Burns and Allen, Roxy Theater, New York City, 1932. It still works. [pauses] Lt. C...
Capt. Bart Mancuso: All back full. Lt. Cmdr. Thompson: Captain... Capt. Bart Mancuso: I said, all back full! Lt. Cmdr. Thompson: Back full, aye. [the Dallas reverses, churning the water] Seaman Jones: Captain, we're cavitating, he can hear us! Capt. ...
Aragorn: [to the corsair ships] You may go no further! You will not enter Gondor. Captain: Who are you to deny us passage? Aragorn: Legolas, fire a warning shot past the bosun's ear. Gimli: Mind your aim! [Legolas aims; Gimli knocks the bow as he sho...
Elizabeth: [when Pintel and Ragetti finds her hiding in the closet] Parley! Pintel: [pauses] What? Elizabeth: Parley. I invoke the right of parley. According to the Code set down by the pirates Morgan and Bartholomew says you have to take me to your ...
Lily Sloane: Jean Luc, blow up the damn ship! Captain Jean-Luc Picard: No! Noooooooooo! [Smashes glass and model ships with his phaser] Captain Jean-Luc Picard: I will not sacrifice the Enterprise. We've made too many compromises already; too many re...
Maria: I'd like to thank you all for the precious gift you left in my pocket today. Captain von Trapp: What gift? Maria: It's meant to be a secret between the children and me. Captain von Trapp: Then I suggest you keep it, and let us eat. Maria: Know...
Captain Colton: We are receiving a message from the Chancellor's office, sir. Senator Bail Organa: Send it through. Captain Colton: Yes, sir. [the pilot pushes some buttons and Mas Amedda appears on screen] Mas Amedda: Senator Organa... the Supreme C...
Robert Hitchins: [deleted scene] C'mon, pull! Pull! Smith: [Over brass megaphone] Come back! Come back to the ship! Boat 6, come back to the ship! Molly Brown: [to other rowers] Stop! We have to go back! Robert Hitchins: No. The suction will pull us ...
To be enraged with a dumb thing, Captain Ahab, seems blasphemous.
If I have food in the house and I'm laying in bed, I go, 'I bet that Captain Crunch is lonely in the cupboard.'
The hallmark of a great captain is the ability to win the toss, at the right time.
