History Quotes / TheCaptain

-->- '''Lafiel''', [[LightNovel/CrestOfTheStars Banner of the Stars]]

-->--'''Lady Sybil Ramkin''' to '''Sam Vimes''', ''Discworld/GuardsGuards''

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->"''There are [[RuleofThree three things]] to remember about being a Starship Captain. [[StiffUpperLip Keep your shirt tucked in]], [[GoingDownWithTheShip go down with the ship]], and [[TheMenFirst never abandon a member of your crew]].''"
-->-- '''Captain Janeway''', ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''

->"''There are [[RuleofThree three things]] to remember about being a Starship Captain. Keep your shirt tucked in, [[GoingDownWithTheShip go down with the ship]], and [[TheMenFirst never abandon a member of your crew]].''"

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But I don't see you laughing"''\\
-- '''Music/TheyMightBeGiants''', ''"The Cap'm"''

-->- ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''

->''"He said 'CAPTAIN!', I said wot?\\
He said 'CAPTAIN!', I said wot?\\
He said 'CAPTAIN!', I said wot?\\
He said 'CAPTAIN!', I said wot d'ya want?!"''

->''Look me over, I'm the Cap'm \\
You say it's such a joke \\
But I don't see you laughing'' \\
-- '''Music/TheyMightBeGiants''', ''"The Cap'm"''

->''"You are the second in command of Starfleet's flagship, but still ''second'' in command. Your promotion will transfer you to a relatively insignificant ship in an obscure corner of the galaxy. But it will be ''your'' ship, and being who you are, it will soon be vibrant with your authority, your style, your vision. You know, there really is no substitute for holding the reins. "''

-> "''Make it so.''"
-->-- '''Captain Jean-Luc Picard''', ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''

-> Make it so.
-->-- '''Captain Jean-Luc Picard''', ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Star Trek]]''

-> A ship at sea is its own world. To be the captain of a ship is to be the unquestioned ruler of that world and requires all of the leadership skills of a prince or minister.

-> Don't. Don't let them [[KickedUpstairs promote you]]. Don't let them [[ReassignedToAntarctica transfer you]], don't let them do anything that takes you off the bridge of that ship because while you're there, you can make a difference.
-->-- '''Captain James T. [[TheKirk Kirk]]''', ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Trek]]''

-> "Captain is such a ''dashing'' title, I've always thought.' She gave him a bright, brittle smile. 'I mean, colonels and so on are all so stuffy, majors are pompous, but one always feels somehow that there us something so delightfully ''dangerous'' about a captain."

'''Geordi Laforge:''' ''That's the short definition of "Captain"''

->"''There are three things to remember about being a Starship Captain. Keep your shirt tucked in, [[GoingDownWithTheShip go down with the ship]], and [[TheMenFirst never abandon a member of your crew]].''"

-->- '''Lafiel''', BannerOfTheStars

-->-- '''Col. Corazon Santiago''', ''SidMeiersAlphaCentauri''

-- '''TheyMightBeGiants''', ''"The Cap'm"''

-->-- '''Captain Jean-Luc Picard''', ''[[StarTrekTheNextGeneration Star Trek]]''

-->-- '''Captain James T. [[TheKirk Kirk]]''', ''[[StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Trek]]''

-->-- Discussing their boss' job description in ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration''.

-->-- '''Captain Janeway''', ''StarTrekVoyager''

->'''Captain Kar'Danna:'''' You're the commander of the Normandy, responsible for the lives aboard it. That entitles you to respect among our people.

-> Don't. Don't let them promote you. Don't let them transfer you, don't let them do anything that takes you off the bridge of that ship because while you're there, you can make a difference.

-->--'''Lady Sybil Ramkin''' to ''Sam Vimes''', ''Discworld/GuardsGuards''

->"''There are three things to remember about being a Starship Captain. Keep your shirt tucked in, go down with the ship, and [[TheMenFirst never abandon a member of your crew]].''"