James Cook Quotes

Bureaucracy by its nature resists change and nullifies progress.

James Cook

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• I don't think it's necessary to shout if you have a good story. But I also don't think you should shy away from being bold in the statement that you're making.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • Good
  • Think
  • Story

• Every time I step onto an airplane, I turn to the right and take a good, hard stare into the maw of the engine. I don't know what I'm looking for. I just do it.

  

  Barbara Kingsolver
  • Time
  • Good
  • Step

• I live on the same street as my family, actually. I live across the road. I'm a real family person!

  

  Naomie Harris
  • Live
  • Real
  • Family

• Awards for arts, where you make comparisons, don't make much sense.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • You
  • Arts
  • Awards

• I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.

  

  Dan Fogler
  • Up
  • Period
  • Movies

• A Nicklaus Design golf course is done by the guys in my company that I work with, that have been trained in my vision, and they do what they think I might do. They might come in the office and ask me questions and I'd certainly answer their questions, but I'm not involved in the site visits or anything else.

  

  Jack Nicklaus
  • Work
  • Done
  • Vision

• In the future, I want to have super-fights.

  

  Rafael dos Anjos
  • Future
  • Want

• I believe journalism or news will migrate to the online medium.

  

  Raghav Bahl
  • Believe
  • News
  • Journalism

• Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.

  

  Baltasar Gracian
  • Chance
  • Wise
  • Luck

• I love bass, I really do. Bass is ace!

  

  Karen O
  • Really
  • Bass
  • Ace

• Television offered me the opportunity to do new things; I had written a lot of scripts other than scary movies. I had actually written some romantic comedies and stuff that I really wanted to try my hand at, and nobody would let me do that. Television allowed me to do anything I wanted.

  

  Gary Sherman
  • Opportunity
  • Romantic
  • Scary

• Governments are not running the show anymore. Scumbag Entrepreneurs are, and they have a harsh and ruthless agenda.

  

  Ralph Steadman
  • Running
  • Show
  • Agenda

• The good news is when you open up in Vegas, you have a lot of friends, because they all come over to see your opening night.

  

  Yiannis Chryssomallis
  • Up
  • Good
  • Friends

• The river is constantly turning and bending and you never know where it's going to go and where you'll wind up. Following the bend in the river and staying on your own path means that you are on the right track. Don't let anyone deter you from that.

  

  Eartha Kitt
  • Up
  • Path
  • Wind

• Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.

  

  Baltasar Gracian
  • Friends
  • Existence
  • Second

• Taste is one of the five senses, and the man who tells us with priggish pride that he does not care what he eats is merely boasting of his sad deficiency: he might as well be proud of being deaf or blind, or, owing to a perpetual cold in the head, of being devoid of the sense of smell.

  

  E. F. Benson
  • Man
  • Proud
  • Pride

• We look upon the enemy of our souls as a conquered foe, so he is, but only to God, not to us.

  

  Oswald Chambers
  • God
  • Enemy
  • Look

• The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.

  

  Saint Ambrose
  • Church
  • Emperor
  • Above

• My favourite colour is red, but I also like jewel tones and monochrome, while my preferred shapes include A-line skirts and skinny trousers.

  

  Tamzin Merchant
  • Like
  • Red
  • Colour

• Make sure people get educated, help out with health emergencies. Those things, the government should do. That's 96 per cent of the economy, those two sectors.

  

  Bill Gates
  • People
  • Government
  • Health emergencies

• The Song Remains The Same is not a great film, but there's no point in making excuses. It's just a reasonably honest statement of where we were at that particular time. It's very difficult for me to watch it now, but I'd like to see it in a year's time just to see how it stands up.

  

  Jimmy Page Led Zeppelin
  • Song
  • Film
  • Remains

• Rejuvenation of younger players should be the job of the Indonesian Badminton Association. But local competitions will help identify new talent.

  

  Taufik Hidayat
  • Job
  • Help
  • Talent

• My mother wanted me to go to church to meet women. That's wrong, ain't it? 'Praise the Lord! Hey, how ya doing? Nice dress. Look, I'm going to go over there and get some of this wine and crackers, want some?'

  

  Simon Callow
  • Mother
  • Nice
  • Church

• Bureaucracy by its nature resists change and nullifies progress.

  

  James Cook
  • Change
  • Bureaucracy
  • Resists