James Cook Quotes

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

From what I have said of the natives of New Holland they may appear to some to be the most wretched people upon earth but in reality they are far happier than we Europeans, being wholly unacquainted not only with the superfluous, but

Remember, the greater the opportunity, the fewer are those who see it.

Independent thinkers are usually geniuses or idiots and at times it's hard to tell which.

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

Other than sex, two things bring people together; economic transactions and booze.

It's easier to have faith in yourself if you have faith in God.

Left-wing social policies sicken our behavior and corrupt our culture. People bend principles and sacrifice integrity to get as much as they can from the government. Giveaway programs encourage every imaginable sort of cheating and dishonesty. Wheeling and dealing in food stamps is a way of life. Lying and fraud are commonplace. Whenever you're dependent on the money, the end justifies the means.

To succeed in business, put the interest of the customer ahead of your own.

The decline and fall of a civilization is barely noticed by most of its citizens.

Love of country is nowhere the same as love of government.

Apparently there's nothing more dangerous than a religious criminal.

Government employees move up the ladder through educational credentials rather than merit. People are given jobs and promotions based on seniority, race and gender rather than ability or talent. Such a system often overlooks the deserving and rewards the incompetent. There is no payoff for achievement.

Those who live off of the donations of capitalism are often its greatest critics.

A business owner who is liberal probably inherited the business.

Hardly anything works out as well as we hope.

Management is simple, innovation is hard.

Inflation makes the wealthiest people richer and the masses poorer.

Going without a thing enhances the desire to get it.

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

The universality of tattooing is a curious subject for speculation.

Never underestimate the totality of chaos and betrayal that comes through currency debasement.

Government is not using modern technology so much to modernize and improve services as it is to regulate, punish, collect taxes and keep an eye on us. They'd rather rule than serve.

When wildlife damages agriculture we eliminate the wildlife. Rather we should eliminate agriculture when it damages wildlife.

Governments without separation of powers commit the worst crimes.

Whatever you do without confidence will be done badly.

You slight yourself when you're easily slighted.

I could not help concluding, that this man felt the most supreme pleasure, while he was driven on, so fast and so smoothly, by the sea.

Gifted women musicians and composers rarely received their due.

Money could never have originated as paper.

Faith puts the power of the universe at your disposal.

No matter how great your wisdom, you can still make a fool of yourself.

If you want the best results in an organization, you must rely solely on merit.

Suffering perfects the soul.

You can't suffer over two things at once.

Self interest determines loyalty or betrayal.

Our contemporary brand of socialism has one fatal flaw. It's too expensive. When you try to shower benefits on so many recipients, you eventually must resort to subterfuge. Foremost among those tricks is money and credit expansion. Inevitably, you debase your currency.

Struggle is the architect of the soul.

When your mind tries to verify a preconceived notion you can miss the obvious.

Whatever you subsidize you get more of.

To use ones religion as a rationalization for lack of financial success demeans that faith.

We can never right the wrongs of the past.

No resource will flourish if managed by government.

We are destroying capitalism to pay for socialism.

Subsidies have changed the way the nation behaves.

The purer the application of socialism, the worse the results, the purer the application of capitalism, the better the results.

A free ride is life's most difficult journey.

Whenever you have something nice someone will try to ruin it.

Memory doesn't erase. The recall ability fails.

Government does the least good and the most harm through subsidies.