If you want to know the truth, pirates can be even sillier…

“A good pirate fights back," said Jasper, "and a good pirate finds treasure.”

— Caroline Carlson

“Imagination is a deadly weapon, it pays to keep it sharp.”

— Sam Conniff Allende

Pirates are the very essence of profit maximising entrepreneurs described in neoclassical economics. Yet, whilst films such as 'The Pirates of the Caribbean' and…

— Peter Middlebrook

I have three sons, and the oldest wants to play pirates all the time. It has all these associations of living some kind of…

— Tobias Lindholm

Pirates have always fascinated me.

— Tanith Lee

“Piracy begins where creativity ends.”

— Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala

“Sparhawk had fallen into a nest of pirates.”

— Donna Thorland

I played cops and robbers and pirates and all the rest when I was a kid, but I didn't want to grow up and…

— James Spader

“Why would you go on a pirate dinner cruise?” He had to know. Her jaw dropped. “Are you kidding me? Why wouldn’t you go…

— Elle Rush

I had apprehensions of playing Jobs in 'Pirates of Silicon Valley.' TNT was really excited about me taking the part, but I had worries…

— Noah Wyle

I used to own an island in the Seychelles and had a big boat there and one day I came across some Somali pirates…

— Wilbur Smith

“It was a black and hooded head; and hanging there in the midst of so intense a calm, it seemed the Sphynx’s in the…

— Herman Melville

“The only rules that really matter are these; what a man can do, and what a man can’t do.” — Captain Jack Sparrow, Pirates…

— Michael Andrew

I have a brother who's six years older than me and we only ever watched stuff that he wanted to watch - 'Lord of…

— Iman Vellani

“In medieval times, contrary to popular belief, most knights were bandits, mercenaries, lawless brigands, skinners, highwaymen, and thieves. The supposed chivalry of Charlemagne and…

— Tod Wodicka