“How proud upon your quarterdeck you stand,
Conductor, Captain of the mighty bus!
Like some Columbus you survey the Strand,
A calm newcomer in a sea of fuss.”

“The death of a man is like the fall of a mighty nation
That had valiant armies, captains, and prophets,
And wealthy ports and ships all over the seas.”

Czeslaw Milosz (1911–2004) Polish, poet, diplomat, prosaist, writer, and translator

“You will start out standing, proud to steal her anything she sees, but you will wind up peeking through her keyhole down upon your knees.”

Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist

“May the Christmastide bear you to the highest level of your desires, and the ebbing year leave you stranded upon the Golden Shores of Peace, Prosperity and Happiness”

John Kendrick Bangs (1862–1922) American author, editor and satirist

“I stand by my opinions when I know I'm right, Captain Phelan. Whereas you stand by yours merely because you're stubborn.”

Lisa Kleypas (1964) American writer

“You are so proud of your intelligence," said the master. "You are like a like a condemned man, proud of the vastness of his prison cell.”

Anthony de Mello (1931–1987) Indian writer

“The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting.”

Confucius book Analects

“It's only some rice and beans Captain. It's not like I'm giving you Cara's hand in marriage." - Richard”

Terry Goodkind Faith of the Fallen

“When you write, it's like braiding your hair. Taking a handful of coarse unruly strands and attempting to bring then unity.”

Edwidge Danticat (1969) Novelist, short story writer, memoirist

“It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it.”

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) Scottish physician and author