Captain jack Quote by Patrick O'Brian

“What's wrong with (Captain) Jack Aubrey?" "Everything, since he has a command and I have not.”

— Patrick O'Brian

Jack Aubrey is a tremendous tower of strength and you always want to read about him.

— Clive James

Great captains of industry are as rare as great generals

— William Graham Sumner

The surer of himself an admiral is, the finer the tactical development of his fleet, the better his captains, the more reluctant must he…

— Alfred Thayer Mahan

“I bow to the Captain—I think a curtsy would be a bit out of place here—and recite, in French, the little speech I had…

— L.A. Meyer

“Many notorious military blunders have been set up by poor personal relationships (if not wilful taciturnity) between key participants, the need for whose informal…

— Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon

“And then he leaves us to our own devices beside a store of gunpowder and flint and a cannon, thereby solidifying our captors’ reputation…

— Mackenzi Lee

We had generals who were admirals and admirals who wanted to be generals. Generals acting as admirals are bad enough, but it was the…

— Holland Smith

“Finisterre. When she was paid off, Captain Hamond had no difficulty in manning her again, for most of his people re-entered, and he even…

— Patrick O'Brian

This perception that a good captain is someone who beats his chest and roars like a lion and gives big Churchillian speeches, that's just…

— Andrew Strauss

There are many of our so-called captains on industry who, if the truth were told, and a shorter and uglier word were not unpermissible,…

— James Branch Cabell

“Naval heroes are seldom immodest, but soldiers quite often are. It is said of one gallant general that publication of his book was delayed…

— John Colville