Titanic (1996)

George C. Scott: Captain Edward J. Smith

Quotes 

• Captain Edward J. Smith : There's a line... often quoted... in the newspapers. "God himself could not sink this ship". She was appropriately named! The Titans dared to challenge the gods. And for their arrogance, they were cast down into hell.

• Captain Edward J. Smith : You have broken one of the cardinal rules of safety: never turn your broadside to danger. Had we struck the berg head on, only one compartment would have been flooded!

  First Officer William Murdoch : I thought I could avoid the berg altogether, sir.

  Captain Edward J. Smith : And not only did you stop your engines, your reversed them! She would have turned more quickly the greater the forward motion!

• Captain Edward J. Smith : [Talking to Officer Harold Lowe on the ship in Southampton]  Now I'm afraid I must face the most perilous part of the voyage: meeting all of those reporters.

• Captain Edward J. Smith : [Talking to Isabella]  Sometimes being on a ship is like being in jail. With the possibility of drowning.

• Captain Edward J. Smith : "Low, low. Breathe and blow, wind from the western sea. Over the rolling waters go, come from the dying moon and blow."

  Second Officer Charles Lightoller : Sir?

  Captain Edward J. Smith : On my word, I have not thought of that verse since I was a cabin boy. Love of the ocean brought me to the sea as a lad and there's still wonder in it.