Skipper Quotes

• Creo que si algo aprendí de nuestro capitán fue que no se trata de cómo te ves, sino de cómo actúas.

  Neil Armstrong

  Pensar, Mirar, Si

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• It's not how you look, it's how you feel in the dark

  Paula Wall

  Funny, Dark, Looks

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• An angry skipper makes an unhappy crew.

  Rudyard Kipling

  Sea, Unhappy, Sailor

  Rudyard Kipling (2016). “Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling (Illustrated Edition): 5 Novels & 350+ Short Stories, Poetry, Historical Military Works and Autobiographical Writings from one of the most popular writers in England, known for The Jungle Book, Kim, The Man Who Would Be King”, p.224, e-artnow (Open Publishing)

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• A small craft in the ocean is, or should be, a benevolent dictatorship. The skipper's brain is the vessel's brain and he must give up his soul to her, regardless of his own feelings or inclinations.

  Tristan Jones

  Giving Up, Ocean, Soul

  Tristan Jones (1990). “One Hand for Yourself, One for the Ship: The Essentials of Single-Handed Sailing”, p.26, Sheridan House, Inc.

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• Privacy and loneliness were the traditional luxuries accorded to a skipper.

  Tom Clancy

  Loneliness, Luxury, Privacy

  Tom Clancy (2010). “Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan”, p.2420, Penguin

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• Every drunken skipper trusts to Providence. But one of the ways of Providence with drunken skippers is to run them on the rocks.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Running, Rocks, Way

  George Bernard Shaw (2004). “Heartbreak House”, p.204, 1st World Publishing

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• When I put out to sea, I do not offer advice to the skipper about the management of the ship.

  Elsa Barker

  Sea, Advice, Ships

  Elsa Barker (1928). “The Cobra Candlestick”

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• Like an ox-cart driver in monsoon season or the skipper of a grounded ship, one must sometimes go forward by going back.

  John Barth

  Ships, Sometimes, Monsoons

  John Barth (1984). “The Friday Book: Essays and Other Nonfiction”

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• Hecho: El nuevo "90210" es más guay que el viejo "90210". Es el capitán ágil y aerodinámico de la venerable Barbie de la serie anterior. Atrás han quedado los padres tradicionales, sustituidos por una madre y un padre modernos a los que pillan besuqueándose en el coche.

  Diablo Cody

  Mom, Hipster, Car

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• I'm a poetry-skipper myself. I don't like to boast, but I have probably skipped more poetry than any other person of my age and weight in this country - make it any other two persons. This doesn't mean that I hate poetry. I don't feel that strongly about it. It only means that those who wish to communicate with me by means of the written word must do so in prose.

  Will Cuppy

  Country, Hate, Mean

  "How to Get From January to December". Book by Will Cuppy, 1951.

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• John Terry is the perfect skipper. It's obvious Chelsea means everything to him. When he makes those last ditch blocks, team-mates can't help but be inspired.

  Kasey Keller

  Block, Team, Mean

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• I still try to keep my eyes open. I'm always on the lookout for antlion traps in sandy soil, monarch pupae near milkweed, skipper larvae in locust leaves. These things are utterly common, and I've not seen one

  Annie Dillard

  Eye, Trying, Soil

  Annie Dillard (2011). “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek”, p.19, Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd

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• In a way, certain sections of the media always wanted to knock me because I had captained my country and been skipper at Old Trafford. It was all a bit odd really.

  Bryan Robson

  Country, Media, Way

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• Not scoring one for the whole calendar year last year was a bit disappointing but I didn't really feel any pressure to get my first one as skipper,.

  Ricky Ponting

  Years, Calendars, Lasts

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• Rock star do not jump!" The launch was cutting sharply, its skipper calling out a phrase that bore no relationship to the English language as Amy knew it. "Rock star in a hurry!" Nellie replied, one foot on the boat's gunwale.

  Peter Lerangis

  Stars, Cutting, Rocks

  Peter Lerangis (2011). “The 39 Clues #7: The Viper's Nest”, p.12, Scholastic Inc.

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• He may be a malevolent sorcerer, but Tiny Cooper is his own goddamned man, and if he wants to be a gigantic skipper, then that's his right as a huge American.

  John Green

  Hombres, Pueden, Querer

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• Media were never allowed into an Australian dressing room until I became skipper. I changed that and invited them in at the close of play each day, thereby confirming for many administrators they had appointed a madman as captain.

  Richie Benaud

  Media, Play, Each Day

  "Biografía/Citas personales". www.imdb.com.

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• We were to found a University magazine. A pair of little, active brothers-Livingstone by name, great skippers on the foot, great rubbers of the hands, who kept a book-shop over against the University building-had been debauched to play the part of publishers. We four were to be conjuct editors and, what was the main point of the concern, to print our own works; while, by every rule of arithmetic-that flatterer of credulity-the adventure must succeed and bring great profit. Well, well: it was a bright vision.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Brother, Book, Adventure

  Robert Louis Stevenson (2014). “Memories, Portraits, Essays and Records (Annotated Edition)”, p.54, Jazzybee Verlag

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