Master & Commander Quotes

#1. I'd always thought that, in all the great sci-fi constructs, there's always the guy who seems like he's the commander, but then you reveal that there's an even bigger puppet master up above and beyond him.

Dan Fogelman

#2. There was a long silence, finally broken by Teff'ith. Jedi Grand Master mom, Supreme Commander dad. Now we get why Theron's so messed up. So you sending a fleet, or what?

Drew Karpyshyn

#3. Russell Crowe as Capt. Jack Aubrey in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, .. most unlikely.

Peter Weir

#4. She smiled then, an adorable, sweet smile that took his breath away. He forgot all about trying to maintain an air of civility. His inner caveman came barreling out, grunting and pounding his chest and muttering unintelligible words.

Maya Banks

#5. He's cute," I said.
"Uh-huh," the grey man agreed, "and so's dynamite.

Dashiell Hammett

#6. It ratified a theory of mine that great writing could sneak up on you, master of a thousand disguises: prodigal kinsman, messenger boy, class clown, commander of artillery, altar boy, lace maker, exiled king, peacemaker, or moon goddess.

Pat Conroy

#7. Come all you thoughtless young men,
a warning take by me
And never leave your happy homes
to sail the raging sea.

Patrick O'Brian

#8. If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#9. I was so afraid to go out west to my aunt's ranch. But the only choice my mother gave me was to go for two weeks or all summer. I wound up staying all summer. And that's where I learned about cattle. I could relate to their behavior, their fears.

Temple Grandin

#10. Some of you ... have never read a Patrick O'Brian novel. I beseech you to start now. Start with Master and Commander, which should be available in paperback from your nearest bookseller. And if he-or she-does not have a copy, then beat the wretched fellow.

Kevin Myers

#11. When I met Peter Weir, we did a movie called 'Master and Commander' together, and that's when I really started to understand the power of acting, the power of directing, finding the emotion in performance.

Robert Stromberg

#12. How wonderfully strange,' he thought, 'to be upset by this trifle; yet I am upset.

Patrick O'Brian

#13. How terrible to die without finishing a book, she thought. Never to know the end of the story.

Heather Young

#14. Comedy's really subjective, you know; that's why it's so hard.

Karl Pilkington

#15. Secular writers can tell a story about the physical, the emotional, and the intellectual parts of a character. But no matter how well they tell the story, they miss a facet that is innately part of all of us - the spiritual.

Karen Kingsbury

#16. Pleasure is spread through the earth In stray gifts to be claimed by whoever shall find.

William Wordsworth

#17. It is not enough just to get your forces from A to B - you have to keep them fed and watered as they go. The art of movement, therefore, is one of the most complex and vital that any commander must master if he is going to win.

Saul David

#18. Coat to a seamstress in Vegas who specialized in fabric manipulation for magicians. I thought for certain her topit would

Anonymous

#19. I sailed a bit as a child, but it wasn't until I was around 40, when I was halfway through Patrick O'Brian's 'Master and Commander' novels, that I had the sudden epiphany that I had to go sail on a square-rig ship.

Billy Campbell

#20. These words have been sanitized for your protection. An adjective and a noun, respectively.

Libba Bray

#21. Can I help it if my heart beats, if my hands go cold?

Jean Rhys

#22. What the world needs is an Emergency Boss. An Emergency Czar. An Emergency Commander. A true Master Of Disaster. One person completely responsible for the anticipation, immediate reconnaissance, and urgent execution of rescue and relief efforts around the world.

Steven Van Zandt

#23. Not knowing how near the truth is, we seek it far away.

Hakuin Ekaku

#24. That is one trouble about trading on a large scale.You cannot sneak out as you can when you pike along.

Edwin Lefevre

#25. The best is perhaps what we understand the least.

C.S. Lewis

#26. All men are so afflicted, from time to time.

George R R Martin