Pirate Flag Sayings

#1. Like a black pirate flag on the blue ocean of air, a hawk hung ominous; then, plummet-wise, dropped to the hedgerow, whence there rose, thin and shrill, a piteous voice of squealing. By

Kenneth Grahame

#2. I'm my own biggest critic. I'm the one who has to go home and look at myself in the mirror.

Tony Gonzalez

#3. All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie.

Bob Dylan

#4. Yo ho, yo ho, the pirate life, The flag o' skull and bones, A merry hour, a hempen rope, And hey for Davy Jones.' At

J.M. Barrie

#5. Contemporary poets got so obscure that poetry kind of fell out of favor,

Paul Ruffin

#6. I'll hit them when it matters.

Shaquille O'Neal

#7. The only difference between a pirate and a privateer is a flag,

Christopher Moore

#8. Even pirates, before they attack another ship, hoist a black flag.

Bela Kiraly

#9. I must capture the flag,' he breathed. 'That's what a pirate captain is supposed to do. Go to the roof, so I can capture the flag and gloat.'

'Capture the flag and goat?'

'Gloat.'

Isabella stood hands on hips. 'It's pronounced goooaaat, idiot.

Eoin Colfer

#10. You are special. So fucking special.

Ella Frank

#11. Today's Constitution is a realistic document of freedom only because of several corrective amendments. Those amendments speak to a sense of decency and fairness that I and other Blacks cherish.

Thurgood Marshall

#12. The kingly office is entitled to no respect. It was originally procured by the highwayman's methods. It remains a perpetuated crime, can never be anything but the symbol of a crime. It is no more entitled to respect than is the flag of a pirate.

Mark Twain

#13. Fear is an aid to the warrior. It is a small fire burning. It heats the muscles, making us stronger. Panic comes when the fire is out of control, consuming all courage and pride.

David Gemmell

#14. I think the thing to remember, though, the next time you hear someone who is really certain that he is on the side of the angels, is that the idea of angels was created by human beings, who are famous for being frequently untrustworthy and occasional.

Jon Carroll