--- title: "9 Captains Quotes By Charles Dickens" description: "9 Captains quotes by Charles Dickens. Plus more from Charles Dickens and more Captains sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2be/charles-dickens-34_bite_it-s-an-old-habit-of-mine-wal-r-said-the_3222362.jpg" --- > [It's an old habit of mine, Wal'r," said the Captain, "any time these fifty year. When you see Ned Cuttle bite his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/it-s-an-old-habit-of-mine-wal-r-said-the-captain-any-time-these-fifty/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2be/charles-dickens-34_bite_it-s-an-old-habit-of-mine-wal-r-said-the_3222362.jpg) > [Would you, do you, my dear?" rejoined the Captain ... "I don't know. It's difficult navigation. She's very hard to carry on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/would-you-do-you-my-dear-rejoined-the-captain-i-don-t-know-it-s/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe6/charles-dickens-34_captains_would-you-do-you-my-dear-rejoined-the-ca_1463079.jpg) > [Captain Cuttle, like all mankind, little knew how much hope had survived within him under discouragement, until he felt its death-shock.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/captain-cuttle-like-all-mankind-little-knew-how-much-hope-had/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e25/charles-dickens-34_captains_captain-cuttle-like-all-mankind-little-k_1451184.jpg) > [The first diabolical character who intruded himself on my peaceful youth (as I called to mind that day at Dullborough), was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/the-first-diabolical-character-who-intruded-himself-on-my-peaceful/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a49/charles-dickens-34_appetite_the-first-diabolical-character-who-intru_502805.jpg) > [Ay," said the Captain, reverentially; "it's a almighty element. There's wonders in the deep, my pretty. Think on it when the winds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/ay-said-the-captain-reverentially-it-s-a-almighty-element-there-s/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cb/charles-dickens-34_almighty_ay-said-the-captain-reverentially-it-s-a_3190569.jpg) > [I am not afeard, my Heart's-delight," resumed the Captain. "There's been most uncommon bad weather in them latitudes, there's no denyin', and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/i-am-not-afeard-my-heart-s-delight-resumed-the-captain-there-s-been/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96f/charles-dickens-34_bad-weather_i-am-not-afeard-my-heart-s-delight-resum_640693.jpg) > [Hope, you see, Wal'r," said the Captain, sagely, "Hope. It's that as animates you. Hope is a buoy, for which you overhaul…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/hope-you-see-wal-r-said-the-captain-sagely-hope-it-s-that-as-animates/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f50/charles-dickens-34_anchors_hope-you-see-wal-r-said-the-captain-sage_508538.jpg) > [Mine ain't a selfish affection, you know," said Mr. Toots, in the confidence engendered by his having been a witness of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/mine-ain-t-a-selfish-affection-you-know-said-mr-toots-in-the/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/994/charles-dickens-34_affection_mine-ain-t-a-selfish-affection-you-know_1611404.jpg) > [The young woman who brought me acquainted with Captain Murderer had a fiendish enjoyment of my terrors, and used to begin, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/the-young-woman-who-brought-me-acquainted-with-captain-murderer-had-a/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/daa/charles-dickens-34_air_the-young-woman-who-brought-me-acquainte_3048568.jpg) ## Other authors on Captains ## More by Charles Dickens > [“All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself. Surely a curious thing. That I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/all-other-swindlers-upon-earth-are-nothing-to-the-self-swindlers-and/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [... Arthur Gride, whose bleared eyes gloated only over the outward beauties, and were blind to the spirit which reigned within, evinced - a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/arthur-gride-whose-bleared-eyes-gloated-only-over-the-outward/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [There can be no disparity in marriage like unsuitability of mind and purpose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/there-can-be-no-disparity-in-marriage-like-unsuitability-of-mind-and/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [I have tried to resign myself, and to console myself; and that, I hope, I may have done imperfectly; but what I cannot firmly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/i-have-tried-to-resign-myself-and-to-console-myself-and-that-i-hope-i/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [A new heart for a New Year, always!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/a-new-heart-for-a-new-year-always/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [“The suspense: the fearful, acute suspense: of standing idly by while the life of one we dearly love, is trembling in the balance; the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/the-suspense-the-fearful-acute-suspense-of-standing-idly-by-while-the/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [“Mrs. Joe was a very clean housekeeper, but had an exquisite art of making her cleanliness more uncomfortable and unacceptable than dirt itself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/mrs-joe-was-a-very-clean-housekeeper-but-had-an-exquisite-art-of/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [There seems a magic in the very name of Christmas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/there-seems-a-magic-in-the-very-name-of-christmas/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [“evening, they began to think that although he could never hope to be an Englishman, still it would be hard to visit that affliction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/evening-they-began-to-think-that-although-he-could-never-hope-to-be/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [“Besides which, all that I could have said of the Story to any purpose, I had endeavoured to say in it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/besides-which-all-that-i-could-have-said-of-the-story-to-any-purpose/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [“The wheels rolled on, and rolled down by the Monument, and by the Tower; and by the Docks; down by Ratcliffe, and by Rotherhithe;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/the-wheels-rolled-on-and-rolled-down-by-the-monument-and-by-the-tower/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [“The three customers pulled off their hats to Madame Defarge, with three flourishes. She acknowledged their homage by bending her head, and giving them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/the-three-customers-pulled-off-their-hats-to-madame-defarge-with/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [“What a situation!' cried Miss Squeers; '...What is the reason that men fall in love with me, whether I like it or not, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/what-a-situation-cried-miss-squeers-what-is-the-reason-that-men-fall/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [I admire machinery as much is any man, and am as thankful to it as any man can be for what it does for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/i-admire-machinery-as-much-is-any-man-and-am-as-thankful-to-it-as-any/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [“Mr. Pickwick was a philosopher, but philosophers are only men in armour, after all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/mr-pickwick-was-a-philosopher-but-philosophers-are-only-men-in-armour/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/captains/charles-dickens/#itemlist", "name": "9 Captains Quotes By Charles Dickens", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's an old habit of mine, Wal'r,\" said the Captain, \"any time these fifty year. 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