--- title: "12 North Atlantic Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 North Atlantic quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best North Atlantic sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/784/mark-dever-3175_all-time_we-may-be-sinking-in-the-north-atlantic_1992486.png" --- > [We may be sinking in the North Atlantic in the most famous ship disaster of all time, but God can still use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-dever/we-may-be-sinking-in-the-north-atlantic-in-the-most-famous-ship/) [Mark Dever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-dever/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/784/mark-dever-3175_all-time_we-may-be-sinking-in-the-north-atlantic_1992486.png) > [The battle of the North Atlantic is a grim business, and it isn't going to be won by charm and personality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-h-north/the-battle-of-the-north-atlantic-is-a-grim-business-and-it-isn-t/) [Edmund H. North](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-h-north/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/660/edmund-h-north-49726_atlantic_the-battle-of-the-north-atlantic-is-a-gr_2801973.jpg) > [Men might as well project a voyage to the Moon as attempt to employ steam navigation against the stormy North Atlantic Ocean.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dionysius-lardner/men-might-as-well-project-a-voyage-to-the-moon-as-attempt-to-employ/) [Dionysius Lardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dionysius-lardner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b08/dionysius-lardner-79615_atlantic-ocean_men-might-as-well-project-a-voyage-to-th_207989.png) > [Too often, when Europeans talked of trans-Atlantic ties, we focused on the North Atlantic only.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/federica-mogherini/too-often-when-europeans-talked-of-trans-atlantic-ties-we-focused-on/) [Federica Mogherini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/federica-mogherini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/384/federica-mogherini-10664_atlantic_too-often-when-europeans-talked-of-trans_1390929.jpg) > [For some it is harder to write a novel than to row a bathtub across the North Atlantic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-n-frey/for-some-it-is-harder-to-write-a-novel-than-to-row-a-bathtub-across/) [James N. Frey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-n-frey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/575/james-n-frey-31646_atlantic_for-some-it-is-harder-to-write-a-novel-t_601459.jpg) > [What appealed to me was that the focus of 'North Atlantic' was more about performance rather than emoting, because I was at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maura-tierney/what-appealed-to-me-was-that-the-focus-of-north-atlantic-was-more/) [Maura Tierney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maura-tierney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86f/maura-tierney-15519_atlantic_what-appealed-to-me-was-that-the-focus-o_366467.jpg) > [The Atlantic conference in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland is a dramatic moment in World War II history because for the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-dallek/the-atlantic-conference-in-the-north-atlantic-off-newfoundland-is-a/) [Robert Dallek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-dallek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fe/robert-dallek-3456_atlantic_the-atlantic-conference-in-the-north-atl_176628.png) > [“When the North Atlantic Squadron steamed into New York harbor on September 29, 1899—its progress upriver marked by a Journal balloon that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-wallace/when-the-north-atlantic-squadron-steamed-into-new-york-harbor-on/) [Mike Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-wallace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b1/mike-wallace-5222_north-atlantic_when-the-north-atlantic-squadron-steamed_2956271.png) > [Tired of trying to sort them out, you relax for a second, then your head drops and you sit up with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-johnson/tired-of-trying-to-sort-them-out-you-relax-for-a-second-then-your/) [Amy Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74d/amy-johnson-46803_atlantic_tired-of-trying-to-sort-them-out-you-rel_1344032.jpg) > [On June 14, 1998, I pushed off under quiet gray skies from Nags Head, N.C, in the American Pearl, a 23 foot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tori-murden/on-june-14-1998-i-pushed-off-under-quiet-gray-skies-from-nags-head-n/) [Tori Murden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tori-murden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e3/tori-murden-71966_attempting_on-june-14-1998-i-pushed-off-under-quiet_407842.png) > [ One night I was on my \[Navy\] ship... on my first cruise crossing the North Atlantic in a horrible storm, chained to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-gibson/one-night-i-was-on-my-navy-ship-on-my-first-cruise-crossing-the-north/) [Ralph Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/364/ralph-gibson-36227_bigs_one-night-i-was-on-my-navy-ship-on-my-fi_2893554.png) > [The events in Prague, together with the Berlin blockade, convinced the European recipients of American economic assistance that they needed military protection…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-events-in-prague-together-with-the-berlin-blockade-convinced-the/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdd/anonymous-1_assistance_the-events-in-prague-together-with-the-b_573002.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/north-atlantic/#itemlist", "name": "North Atlantic Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We may be sinking in the North Atlantic in the most famous ship disaster of all time, but God can still use us to reach out and save others through our witness.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Dever" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-dever/we-may-be-sinking-in-the-north-atlantic-in-the-most-famous-ship/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/784/mark-dever-3175_all-time_we-may-be-sinking-in-the-north-atlantic_1992486.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/784/mark-dever-3175_all-time_we-may-be-sinking-in-the-north-atlantic_1992486.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/784/mark-dever-3175_all-time_we-may-be-sinking-in-the-north-atlantic_1992486.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We may be sinking in the North Atlantic in the most famous ship disaster of all time, but God can still use…” — Mark Dever", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The battle of the North Atlantic is a grim business, and it isn't going to be won by charm and personality.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Edmund H. 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