Irony Quote by Patrick O'Brian

“The Captain turned away from the mirror and said, 'Thank God, I'm not in danger of prison here. I'm only in danger of death.”

— Graham Greene

“The captain of a ship can run a great ship, but he can't do anything about the tides.”

— Matthew Norman 2

“Man cannot spend all his time doing evil, and even in the company of pirates there must be some sweet moments on their sinister…

— Honoré de Balzac

“Oh, to see what they did to you. It would break your Captain’s heart.”

— Rick Remender

“The captain strikes me as a competent officer, and competent officers are never given enough information to work with.”

— Cherie Priest

“(last words) Don't worry, Captain Hammer will save us.”

— Joss Whedon

“Let him keep his mouth open, and (spend his breath) in the promotion of his affairs, and all his life there will be no…

— Laozi

“No counsel is more sincere than that given on ships which are in danger.”

— Leonardo da Vinci

“But the captain just shook his head. “That’s very good of you to say, Cress. But trust me. I would have blackmailed someone.”

— Marissa Meyer

“Everyone becomes a captain when they are forced to sail their own ship through troubled waters and through storms.”

— Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

“Everyone knows the ship could sink, unable to hold the piles of bodies that keep crawling on like raging ants from a disrupted nest.…

— Thanhha Lai

“He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea.”

— Thomas Fuller