Final Winning Captain

Famous quotes containing the words final, winning and/or captain:

    “It is the nature of aphoristic thinking to be always in a state of concluding; a bid to have the final word is inherent in all powerful phrase-making.”
    —Susan Sontag (b. 1933)

    “Most of our platitudes notwithstanding, self-deception remains the most difficult deception. The tricks that work on others count for nothing in that very well-lit back alley where one keeps assignations with oneself: no winning smiles will do here, no prettily drawn lists of good intentions.”
    —Joan Didion (b. 1934)

    “Fear has nothing to do with cowardice. A fellow is only yellow when he lets his fear make him quit.”
    —Jerome Cady, U.S. screenwriter, and Lewis Milestone. Captain Ross (Dana Andrews)