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title: "10 Boat Said Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [I did a 'Love Boat!' And based on my trip on the 'Love Boat,' I said, 'I'd just as soon not do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hanks/i-did-a-love-boat-and-based-on-my-trip-on-the-love-boat-i-said-i-d/)

[Tom Hanks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hanks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/924/tom-hanks-1717_boat_i-did-a-love-boat-and-based-on-my-trip-o_1281259.jpg)

> [The boats came, and they were only taking a few people at a time, so what happened was they took a boat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-lee/the-boats-came-and-they-were-only-taking-a-few-people-at-a-time-so/)

[Anna Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-lee/)

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> [“We need to borrow your boat," said Vimes. "Bugger off!" "I'm choosing to believe that was a salty nautical expression meaning 'Why,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/we-need-to-borrow-your-boat-said-vimes-bugger-off-i-m-choosing-to/)

[Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/)

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> [“In a universe, on a continent, in a country, in a state, in a county, on a river, in a small yellow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-monninger/in-a-universe-on-a-continent-in-a-country-in-a-state-in-a-county-on-a/)

[Joseph Monninger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-monninger/)

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> [“I know a guy who has a boat,” she said, a little breathless, a smart smile on her lips now and hunger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-kauffman/i-know-a-guy-who-has-a-boat-she-said-a-little-breathless-a-smart/)

[Donna Kauffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-kauffman/)

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> [You wanna hear something funny? There was a man who was drowning, and a boat came, and the man on the boat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-wanna-hear-something-funny-there-was-a-man-who-was-drowning-and-a/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“…”But on an occasion like this we must wait for sunset. Setting out in the right way is just as important as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tove-jansson/but-on-an-occasion-like-this-we-must-wait-for-sunset-setting-out-in/)

[Tove Jansson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tove-jansson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/811/tove-jansson-1846_journey_but-on-an-occasion-like-this-we-must-wai_2937327.jpg)

> [“They both looked out at the water, then back to each other. “Boat it is,” they said at the same time. “But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-kauffman/they-both-looked-out-at-the-water-then-back-to-each-other-boat-it-is/)

[Donna Kauffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-kauffman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e6/donna-kauffman-2275_pirate_they-both-looked-out-at-the-water-then-b_3198029.jpg)

> [“How’d you like to take a ride on my new boat this Saturday?” he asked her one evening after class. “No, thank…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-sachar/how-d-you-like-to-take-a-ride-on-my-new-boat-this-saturday-he-asked/)

[Louis Sachar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-sachar/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/585/louis-sachar-4066_gaze_how-d-you-like-to-take-a-ride-on-my-new_2379534.jpg)

> [“I can’t believe I’m thirty-one-years-old, lying on my back on a pier in broad daylight--in my own hometown, I might add--trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-kauffman/i-can-t-believe-i-m-thirty-one-years-old-lying-on-my-back-on-a-pier/)

[Donna Kauffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-kauffman/)

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