Rackham Pirate Quotes & Sayings

Convinced myself, I seek not to convince. — Edgar Allan Poe

When I turned pro, I made a vow to myself never to bow to PR bullshit, to never be untrue to myself, and I'm proud to say that I've never really deviated from that principle - often with some fairly incendiary results. Having — Cavendish Mark

Randolph Henry Ash's Proserpine had been seen as a Victorian reflection of religious doubt, a meditation on the myths of resurrection. Lord Leighton had painted her, distraught and floating, a golden figure in a tunnel of darkness. Blackadder — A.S. Byatt

Never lose sight of this important truth, that no one can be truly great until he has gained a knowledge of himself, a knowledge which can only be acquired by occasional retirement. — Johann Georg Ritter Von Zimmermann

My mom told me, 'don't grow up too quickly; once you're an adult, you're an adult.' — Camilla Belle

There's a preacher on the radio that says the Beatles are trying to hypnotize us and turn us all into Communists. I was listening to 'Hey, Jude' the other day and I had the urge to move to Cuba, so there might be something to it. — Chris Fabry

The curse of modern times is, that almost everything does create controversy. — Horace Walpole

The game is to keep learning, and I don't think people are going to keep learning who don't like the learning process. — Charlie Munger

We have reason not to be afraid of the machine, for there is always constructive change, the enemy of machines, making them change to fit new conditions. — Charles Kettering

God descends to the humble as waters flow down from the hills into the valleys. — Patriarch Tikhon Of Moscow

I want Prince Charming to ride up on a white horse and carry me off to his castle. The only difference between me and other girls is once I get there, I want him to bend me over the throne and pull my hair while he fucks me hard and calls me names. — Stylo Fantome

Pirates almost never sailed with women. Just four or five are known to have worked as pirates during the Golden Age. Two of them - Mary Read and Anne Bonny - became famous, dressing as men and fighting alongside one of the most celebrated of all pirate captains, 'Calico' Jack Rackham. — Robert Kurson

Photographers stop photographing a subject too soon before they have exhausted the possibilities. — Dorothea Lange

In the life of every believer, there is conformity to Christ's suffering, a participation in Christ that inevitably includes the elements of self-denial, shame, and loss. — Cornelis P. Venema

We continue, however, to write about important people, prize-winning people, blacks of grandeur, women of great fire, fame or wit. We do not write about ordinary people. — Jonathan Kozol