Pirate Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old pirate quotes, pirate sayings, and pirate proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates' loot on Treasure Island. Walt Disney
Even pirates, before they attack another ship, hoist a black flag. Bela Kiraly
When a pirate grows rich enough, they make him a prince. George R R Martin
Let's jump on board, and cut them to pieces. Johnson 81
If the pirate with a scarf had been more poetically minded he'd have thought that her eyes were like a thousand emeralds, glittering in a far-off pirate treasure chest. But he wasn't, so he just thought that she had really really green eyes, a bit like seaweed. Gideon Defoe
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
There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea, and I no longer wonder at the cruelty of pirates. James Russell Lowell
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
A pirate spreading misery and ruin over the face of the ocean. Thomas Jefferson
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
But the pirates never showed, and the slaves found themselves trapped on a narrow peninsula. (Lesson: never trust pirates.) Erik Sass
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
Drinking rum before 10 am makes you a pirate, not an alcoholic. Earl Dibbles Jr.
Every generation welcomes the pirates from the last. Lawrence Lessig
It's more fun to be a pirate than to join the Navy. Steve Jobs
The pirate he will sink you with a kiss, he'll steal your heart and sail away. Joni Mitchell
In politics and in trade, bruisers and pirates are of better promise than talkers and clerks. Ralph Waldo