Any fool can steer a ship, sir. Its just knowing where to take it. — Philip Martin Brown Copy Share Image
A ship is a bit of terra firma cut off from the main; it is a state in itself; and the captain… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“The displacement of water is equal to the something of something.” — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
I'm a fisherman, so I like places like the River Test in Hampshire, which is wonderfully peaceful. — Bernard Cribbins Copy Share Image
Many actions, like the Rhone, have two sources,--one pure, the other impure. — Augustus William Hare Copy Share Image
Water can be a symbol of purification, to stand naked before someone a sign of truth, of nothing to hide. - Nick… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
They say that the captain stays fast with the ship through still and storm but this ain't the Dakota, and the water… — Brand New Copy Share Image
You know, you throw rocks in the lake and scientists will tell you you're raising the level of the lake, but all… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
As rivers, the nearer they come to the ocean whither they tend, the more they increase their waters, and speed their streams;… — John Owen Copy Share Image
When the ship goes down, the waves very quickly roll over the top of it, and attention shifts elsewhere. It's just the… — Hugh Laurie Copy Share Image
“Don’t forget that the boat and the water are in love with each other; you should never let them on their own;… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
Salzburg... is a mountain town with a rushing river running right through the center, everything in the rain various shades of green… — Jonathan Carroll Copy Share Image
When its errands are noble and adequate, a steamboat bridging the Atlantic between Old and New England, and arriving at its ports… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Darius was clearly of the opinion That the air is also man's dominion, And that, with paddle or fins or pinion, We… — John Townsend Trowbridge Copy Share Image
When you race a sailboat, the selection of your crew is just completely paramount. It's impossible to be an effective skipper if… — Diane Greene Copy Share Image
Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
“The ripple effect. You throw a pebble into the water and it creates ripples. Your action was to throw the pebble—the representation… — Michele Bardsley Copy Share Image
Though they live far from the coast, they retain a great fascination and passion for the ocean. The sound of crashing waves,… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
“This internal sea. The problem is that this beautiful ocean carries with it loads ay poisonous flotsam and jetsam … that poison… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
“How many times have I photographed this glorious seascape? . . . The late-afternoon rusted tones of the Saudi Arabian mountains on… — Linda Ruth Horowitz Copy Share Image
A plump, well-fed stream is as satisfying to behold as a well-fed animal or a thrifty tree. One source of charm in… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
“The boat was a type called an Optimist dinghy. It is a beginner's boat. If that little boat had been able to… — Margareta Magnusson Copy Share Image
“THIRTEEN PAIRS OF EYES scanned the ocean as the lifeboat glided slowly eastward. Only the four men rowing the skiff did not… — Scott Prussing Copy Share Image
The city of Cork - the urban center, where all the shops and bars and everything are - is actually an island,… — John Jeremiah Sullivan Copy Share Image
The expanse of the ocean is seldom seen by the novice with indifference. — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
“A single poem, alone can turn tides scatter galaxies and burst forth with rivers from paradise.” — Sanober Khan Copy Share Image
A river without monsters is a scarier prospect because it means the water is unhealthy. — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
The breeze of God's grace is blowing continually. You have to set your sail to catch that breeze. — Swami Prabhavananda Copy Share Image
The breeze of grace is always blowing on you. You have to open the sails and your boat will move forward. — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one. — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
“I hate when people say primitive people didn’t even have running water. What do they call rivers?” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
The things that happen on the sea take you beyond yourself, beyond human capability. — Abby Sunderland Copy Share Image
“The captain of a ship can run a great ship, but he can't do anything about the tides.” — Matthew Norman 2 Copy Share Image
The places where water comes together with other water. Those places stand out in my mind like holy places. — Raymond Carver Copy Share Image
Life's a vast sea That does its mighty errand without fail, Painting in unchanged strength though waves are changing. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind. — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Copy Share Image
