253 Quotes by James Cook

in this Traffick they would frequently keep our goods and make no return, tell at last I was obliged to fire a Musquet ball Close past one man who had served us in this manner after which they observed a little more honisty and at length several of them came on board.

Ambition leads me not only farther than any other man has been before me, but as far as I think it possible for man to go.

To enslave a people, give them money they didn't earn.

Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.

You can't suffer over two things at once.

Nothing in life is guaranteed, including government guarantees.

Gifted women musicians and composers rarely received their due.

Hardly anything works out as well as we hope.

You cannot rectify grievances from the past with today's charity.