Captains Quote by Fritz Sauckel

The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.

— Plautus

Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck.

— Guy De Maupassant

How would the US be different today if people coming off the boat were greeted with a welfare check instead of a shovel?

— James M. Buchanan

“Any government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck." [ On Water ]”

— Guy de Maupassant

In many cruise ships, there are hundreds of workers from some of the poorest countries on earth who are paid minute amounts of actual…

— Adam Curtis

Sailors, with their built in sense of order, service and discipline, should really be running the world.

— Nicholas Monsarrat

If the workers took a notion they could stop all speeding trains; every ship upon the ocean they can tie with mighty chains.

— Joe Hill

To my crew: Please be reasonable and do it my way. The Captain

— Rusty Mills

There can be only one Captain to a ship.

— Thomas John Barnardo

It is observed at sea that men are never so much disposed to grumble and mutiny as when least employed. Hence an old captain,…

— Samuel Smiles

Living with generosity creates a swelling tide that raises all ships. Not just yours; not just the other person's; everyone's.

— Bob Burg

I wish I could get all the discourteous drivers on a ship and sail them away and make sure it's a really horrible, wavy…

— Alvin Martin