You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bon-fire under her deck? I have no time… — Napoleon On Robert Fulton's Steamship Copy Share Image
The ocean doesn't want me today, But I'll come back tomorrow to play. The riptide is waging And the life guard's away… — Tom Waits 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
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
The result of a single action may spread like the circles that expand when a stone is thrown into a pond, until… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Water, that wonderful, flowing medium, the luck of the planet - which would serve humankind in so many ways, and which would… — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
As water in a fountain flows as one stream, but falls in many drops divided by time and space, so are the… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
“The oceans never stop. They know no beginning or end. The wind never finishes. Sometimes it disappears, but only to gather momentum… — M.L. Stedman Copy Share Image
Free shackled rivers!...The finest fantasy of eco-warriors in the West is the destruction of [Glen Canyon] Dam and the liberation of the… — David Foreman Copy Share Image
“Don't stay in the harbour and miss the greatness of the sea. Just because everyone else is anchored, doesn't mean you have… — Joyce Rachelle Copy Share Image
I am an intelligent river which has reflected successively all the banks before which it has flowed by meditating only on the… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“In a river, the water flows more slowly near the banks and faster in the middle but it still flows. So forget… — Soroosh Shahrivar 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
Why cross and ocean when you can cross a river? Why should we sail to Washington when we can meet right away… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
“Time itself is a thing, so it seems to me, that stands solidly like a fence of iron palings with its endless… — Gene Wolfe 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
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
“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
Water is the grand epic of creation; and there is not a human soul but feels the influence of its majesty, its… — Sarah Josepha Hale Copy Share Image
I had a '56 Ford, and my first car was a '49 Chevy. I converted it to a stick and used to… — Craig T. Nelson Copy Share Image
“We know only too well that what we are doing is nothing more than a drop in the ocean. But if the… — Heidi Baker Copy Share Image
The journey over the bridge had unnerved me. The river water passed me by like an untouched drink. I suspected that even… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“The water you touch in a river is the last of that which has passed, and the first of that which is… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
We're all water from different rivers, That's why it's so easy to meet, We're all water in this vast, vast ocean, Someday… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
“The SS San Pasqual was taken along Cuba’s northern coast and purposely run aground off Cayo Santa María where she remains to… — Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba Copy Share Image
O'er Ocean, with a thousand masts, sails forth the stripling bold- One boat, hard rescued from the deep, draws into port the… — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
our sons and daughters are only passing through. ... If we are lucky, they always will consider our home their harbor, but… — Jacquelyn Mitchard Copy Share Image
“But sometimes, a boat needs to rock; a boat needs to head straight for the heart of a storm and come out… — Marisa de los Santos Copy Share Image
“River, It's always been you. From the minute I saw you at the bar, I think it's always been you. I never… — Kim Karr Copy Share Image
With River's birth, nothing went according to plan. My water broke three weeks early, and after 12 hours of labor and Pitocin,… — Daniela Ruah Copy Share Image
Words are like sand. The tide flows over them again and again and they are gone. Actions are like rocks. The tides… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
I often stay in Tokyo's Daikanyama neighbourhood. You can go for a peaceful morning run along the Meguro river, and it is… — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
Liesel crossed the bridge over the Amper River. The water was glorious and emerald and rich. She could see the stones at… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
It Is Easy To Enclose The Sea In Drop But, It Is Rather Tough To Control The People's Tongue. Don't Bother About… — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
Vulgar souls look hastily and superficially at the sea and accuse it of monotony; other more privileged beings could spend a lifetime… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
“To some conservationists, the Colorado River is the preeminent symbol of everything mankind has done wrong—a harbinger of a squalid and deserved… — Marc Reisner Copy Share Image
“Before leaving the wreck we placed two plaques on her remains. One on the stern, honoring those who had died, and one… — Bill Allen Copy Share Image
When the ship is sinking and you're forced to choose sides, the new solution is to jump from island to island to… — Shia LaBeouf Copy Share Image
The channel is known only to the natives; so that if any stranger should enter into the bay without one of their… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
“This isn’t going to end well,” Marce said to his sister. “Does it ever?” she asked, banking toward the Warta, the wide… — John Scalzi Copy Share Image