Monomaniacal Captain Quotes & Sayings

Fashion's about extravagance, and everyone needs a bit of that. — Carine Roitfeld

Colin Powell has said over the years that Saddam Hussein is like a toothache. It recurs from time to time, and you just have to live with it. At other times, he's compared Saddam Hussein to a kidney stone that will eventually pass. But he has never said, 'You have to operate and take out the kidney stone.' — Elaine Sciolino

She felt like Captain Ahab, for the first time sighting his great white whale. — Stephen King

The same feeling you get from succeeding is the same feeling I get from failing, now imagine what happens when I win. — Behdad Sami

I probably get a deeper satisfaction of having taken a very good photograph than of having written something very good, a very good story. Maybe it's because the element of magic is so present in a good photograph - luck and magic, but also hard work and being ready and all that. — Teju Cole

Celebrate those who have the courage to be second, because I do think that often there really is this claustrophobic pressure to innovate instead of to adapt. — Chelsea Clinton

I don't know if what I'm seeing are worms, or where they come from, or what they might be if they're not worms, or whether I want them to be worms or not, or what I have to believe about this woman if they aren't worms, or about the world or human bodies or this disease if they are. — Leslie Jamison

How terrible to be alcoholic. You just want to quietly soothe and maybe poison yourself, but you end up poisoning those around you as well, like trying to commit suicide with a gas oven and unwittingly murdering your neighbors. — Jonathan Ames

The world's full of people with unusual beliefs, Julia. Scientologists, Rastafarians, Catholics, Moonies, Mormons, Baptists, Tories, dentists, captains of industry - every madness has its cheerleader. The asylums and parliament are crammed full of delusionists, and only a madman would want to eliminate them. — Hanif Kureishi

You feel vulnerable when you hear things that are not being said — Alan Pardew

A philosopher is a man who can look at an empty glass with a smile. — Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar

We will hang you, never fear, Most politely, most politely. — William Gilbert

The GOP doesn't seem particularly afraid of being perceived as blocking reform, despite efforts by the Obama White House to establish that narrative. — Timothy Noah