The cork was in the bottle. He and the Atropos were trapped.

Man and woman, love, what is it? A cork and a bottle.

— James Joyce

“Hornblower worked as hard to conceal his human weaknesses as some men worked to conceal ignoble birth.”

— C.S. Forester

“Bush put both arms round Hornblower’s shoulders and walked with dragging feet. It did not matter that his feet dragged and his legs would…

— C.S. Forester

I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There is an inward fermentation, and there must be a…

— Henry Ward Beecher

The chance for mistakes is about equal to the number of crew squared.

— Ted Turner

There's no such thing as bad weather - only the wrong clothes.

— Billy Connolly

The wonder is always new that any sane man can be a sailor.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

There is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. In or out of 'em, it…

— Kenneth Grahame

It's the quintessential Greek sport: harmonious, competitive, agonizing, nautical, and above all, intelligent. It combines Odysseus's brains and brawn and love of the sea…

— Barry S. Strauss

Whenever your preparations for the sea are poor; the sea worms its way in and finds the problems.

— Francis Stokes

And the winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

— Edward Gibbon

Some years ago - never mind how long precisely - having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me…

— Herman Melville

Waves are not measured in feet or inches, they are measured in increments of fear.

— Buzzy Trent

One trend I always go for is nautical: stripes, navy, rope knot belts, gold buckles.

— Poppy Delevingne

The goal is not to sail the boat, but rather to help the boat sail herself.

— John Rousmaniere