Inspirational Pirate quotes will make you look at life differently and help you live a meaningful life.
Most Famous Pirate Quotes
As to hanging, it is no great hardship. For were it not for that, every cowardly fellow would turn pirate and so unfit the sea, that men of courage must starve. Anne Bonny
Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be Pirates. Mark Twain
Under the leadership of a man you have all chosen to flee. We shall see how you prove yourselves under the hand of a woman. Ching Shih
Ships are but boards, sailors but men; there be land rats and water rats, water thieves and land thieves, I mean pirates, and then there is the peril of waters, winds, and rocks. William Shakespeare
Damn you villains, who are you? And from whence came you? Edward Blackbeard’ Teach
Life’s pretty good, and why wouldn’t it be? I’m a pirate, after all. Johnny Depp
Damn my blood, I am sorry they won’t let you have your sloop again, for I scorn to do anyone a mischief, when it is not for my advantage. Black Sam Bellamy
In civilizations without boats, dreams dry up, espionage takes the place of adventure and the police take the place of pirates. Michel Foucault
There is none of you but will hang me, I know, whenever you can clinch me within your power. Bartholomew Black Bart Roberts
Damnation seize my soul if I give you quarters, or take any from you. Blackbeard
Let’s jump on board, and cut them to pieces. Edward ‘Blackbeard’ Teach.
Why join the navy if you can be a pirate? Steve Jobs
I am sorry to see you here, but if you had fought like a man, you needn’t be hanged like a dog. Anne Bonny
A merry life and a short one shall be my motto. Bartholomew Roberts
For my part, I am the innocentest person of them all, only I have been sworn against by perjured persons. William Kidd
Even pirates, before they attack another ship, hoist a black flag. Bela Kiraly
If you’ll turn sober, and mind your business, perhaps in time I may make you one of my Lieutenants, if not, here’s a boat alongside and you shall be set ashore. Captain Henry Avery
The pirate he will sink you with a kiss, he’ll steal your heart and sail away. Joni Mitchell
In an honest service there is thin commons, low wages, and hard labor; in this, plenty and satiety, pleasure and ease, liberty and power. Bartholomew ‘Black Bart’ Roberts
I don’t really know much about pirates, or pirate culture. I’d be a contrarian pirate. Todd Barry
Your words surround you like fog and make you hard to see. Edward Blackbeard Teach
When I was about 5 I think, I desperately wanted to be a pirate and have the hat and everything. Keira Knightley
Heaven, you fool? Did you ever hear of any pirates going thither? Give me hell, it’s a merrier place: I’ll give Roberts a salute of 13 guns at entrance. Thomas Sutton
As a pirate, she once undressed a fencing instructor using only her sword! Kathy Reichs
I am a man of fortune and must seek my fortune. Captain Henry Avery
There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea, and I no longer wonder at the cruelty of pirates. James Russell Lowell
I am a free prince, and I have as much authority to make war on the whole world, as he who has a hundred sail of ships at sea and an army of 100,000 men in the field. Black Sam Bellamy
A monarch, when good, is entitled to the consideration which we accord to a pirate who keeps Sunday School between crimes; when bad, he is entitled to none at all. Mark Twain
If there’s a man among ye, ye’ll come up and fight like the man ye are to be! Mary Read
Why couldn’t there be even a western slasher, or why couldn’t there be a serial killer in a kind of pirate buccaneer Caribbean, just someone that’s just doing terrible, terrible things in the ports, the sexy ports of Jamaica during the Pirate Renaissance. Robert Englund
Damnation seize my soul if I give you quarters, or take any from you. Edward Blackbeard’ Teach
It’s more fun to be a pirate than to join the Navy. Steve Jobs
Even pirates, before they attack another ship, hoist a black flag. Bela Kiraly
A pirate spreading misery and ruin over the face of the ocean. Thomas Jefferson
There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea, and I no longer wonder at the cruelty of pirates. James Russell Lowel
There is none of you but will hang me, I know, whenever you can clinch me within your power. Bartholomew Roberts
I think pirates, like astronauts, particularly for a boy, are always kind of worth thinking about. Daniel Handler
It is when pirates count their booty that they become mere thieves. William Bolitho
As to hanging, it is no great hardship. For were it not for that, every cowardly fellow would turn pirate and so unfit the sea, that men of courage must starve. Anne Bonny
The pirate he will sink you with a kiss, he’ll steal your heart and sail away.” – Joni Mitchell
It was a great experience for a kid because it was a bunch of kids playing on pirate ships and water slides, so looking back on it, it was the fondest experience of my childhood. Corey Feldman
In politics and in trade, bruisers and pirates are of better promise than talkers and clerks. Ralph Waldo Emerson
I started DJing soundclashes. I used to go to Jamaica a lot. I was like a hip-hop sound boy, where I took the dancehall culture and mixed it up with the hip-hop as well. I kept going, going, and I got real hot in the streets of Miami you know, doing pirate radio then ended up doing 99 Jamz, the big station out there. DJ Khaled
It’s funny that pirates were always going around searching for treasure, and they never realized that the real treasure was the fond memories they were creating. Jack Handey
Yea, death, and prison we mete out To small offenders of the laws, While honor, wealth, and full respect On greater pirates we bestow. To steal a flower we call mean. To rob a field is chivalry; Who kills the body he must die, Who kills the spirit he goes free. Khalil Gibran
A pirate spreading misery and ruin over the face of the ocean. Thomas Jefferson
Parrots have gone a bit quiet since pirates have gone. Karl Pilkington
Merchant and pirate were for a long period one and the same person. Even today mercantile morality is really nothing but a refinement of piratical morality. Friedrich Nietzsche
When a pirate grows rich enough, they make him a prince. George R. R. Martin
Life’s pretty good, and why wouldn’t it be? I’m a pirate, after all. Johnny Depp
Pirates could happen to anyone. Tom Stoppard
You can never predict when they’re going to do something incredibly stupid.
An apt and true reply was given to Alexander the Great by a pirate who had been seized. For when that king had asked the man what he meant by keeping hostile possession of the sea, he answered with bold pride. What thou meanest by seizing the whole earth; but because I do it with a petty ship, I am called a robber, whilst thou who dost it with a great fleet art styled emperor. Saint Augustine
My tremendous intuitive sense of the female creature informs me that you are troubled.
Even pirates, before they attack another ship, hoist a black flag. Bela Kiraly
Not all treasure is silver and gold, mate.
When a pirate grows rich enough, they make him a prince. George R R Martin
You may kill me but you might never insult me.
There’s very little admirable about being a pirate. There’s very little functional about a pirate. There’s very little real about a pirate. Will Oldham
I love those moments. I like to wave at them as they pass by.
There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea, and I no longer wonder at the cruelty of pirates. James Russell Lowell
You’re the ones in need of rescuing and I’m not sure if I’m in the mood.
Merchant and pirate were for a long period one and the same person. Even today mercantile morality is really nothing but a refinement of piratical morality. Friedrich Nietzsche
Why should I sail with any of you? Four of you tried to kill me in the past, one of you succeeded.
I think pirates, like astronauts, particularly for a boy, are always kind of worth thinking about. Daniel Handler
Did everyone see that? Because I will not be doing it again.
It’s funny that pirates were always going around searching for treasure, and they never realized that the real treasure was the fond memories they were creating. Jack Handey
But better to not know which moment may be your last. Every morsel of your entire being alive to the infinite mystery of it all.
Drinking rum before 10 am makes you a pirate, not an alcoholic. Earl Dibbles Jr.
Me? I’m dishonest and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly. It’s the honest ones you want to watch out for.
Every generation welcomes the pirates from the last. Lawrence Lessig
Close your eyes and pretend it’s all a bad dream. That’s how I get by.
The pirate he will sink you with a kiss, he’ll steal your heart and sail away. Joni Mitchell
Did no one come to save me just because they missed me?
In politics and in trade, bruisers and pirates are of better promise than talkers and clerks. Ralph Waldo
The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. Do you understand?
Live in the sunshine, swim in the ocean and drink in the wild air. Emerson
The seas may be rough but I am the Captain! No matter how difficult, I will always prevail.
No cause is lost if there is but one fool left to fight for it.
This is the day you will always remember as the day you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow.
May your anchor be tight, your cork be loose, your rum be spiced and your compass be true. Danny Taddei
Why fight when you can negotiate?
Right from the Voyage of Noah, surviving was by sailing. Avast ye! and sail against the tides.
James Norrington: You are without a doubt the worst pirate I’ve ever heard of. Jack Sparrow: But you have heard of me. The Pirates Of The Caribbean
To life, love and loot. Captain Morgan
Will Turner: This is either madness, or brilliance. Jack Sparrow: It’s remarkable how often those two traits coincide. The Pirates Of The Caribbean
May your blade always be wet, and powder dry. Captain O’Dunne
No survivors? Then where do the stories come from, I wonder.
There comes a time in most men’s lives where they feel the need to raise the Black Flag. Capt. D.
Crazy people don’t know they’re crazy, therefore I’m not crazy, isn’t that crazy?
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