James Cook
James Cook
Captain James Cook FRS RNwas a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. Cook made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, during which he achieved the first recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionExplorer
Date of Birth27 October 1728
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Other than sex, two things bring people together; economic transactions and booze.
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Management is simple, innovation is hard.
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Remember, the greater the opportunity, the fewer are those who see it.
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Faith puts the power of the universe at your disposal.
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Hardly anything works out as well as we hope.
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Memory doesn't erase. The recall ability fails.
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If you want the best results in an organization, you must rely solely on merit.
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People who never seen to learn claim the government can be made more efficient.
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What is still more to our shame as civilized Christians, we debauch their morals already too prone to vice, and we introduce among them wants and perhaps disease which they never before knew and which serve only to disturb that happy tranquility which they and their forefathers enjoyed. If anyone denies the truth of this assertion, let him tell me what the natives of the whole extent of America have gained by the commerce they have had with Europeans.