Sail Quotes · Page 9

A man lies upon the floor, spreads his arms, and transforms himself into a ship of a thousand sails.

— Rick Yancey

She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails.

— Elizabeth Edwards

I would rather sail and hit a rock than sit and rot in dry dock.

— Lester Roloff

The oceans are a way of life. We fish; we sail; we have a robust marine economy.

— Sheldon Whitehouse

When ships to sail the void between the stars have been built, there will step forth men to sail these ships.

— Johannes Kepler

Thus, I steer my bark, and sail On even keel, with gentle gale.

— Matthew Green

I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way.

— John Paul Jones

Time is a slippery thing: lose hold of it once, and its string might sail out of your hands forever.

— Anthony Doerr

I wish I could get all the discourteous drivers on a ship and sail them away and make sure it's a really…

— Alvin Martin

Those who spread their sails in the right way to the winds of the earth will always find themselves born by a…

— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

“I would be up for a sail, but my boat is up for sale. I think I’m going to stay inside and…

— Jarod Kintz

I warn the marauder dragging plunder, chaotic, rich beyond all rights: he'll strike his sails, harried at long last, stunned when the…

— Aeschylus

Raphael paints wisdom, Handel sings it, Phidias carves it, Shakespeare writes it, Wren builds it, Columbus sails it, Luther preaches it, Washington…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Laws were changed and regulations repealed until an Enron can set sail without responsibility, supervision, or accountability.

— Molly Ivins

The Full Sail crowd was one that I had a very special relationship with, when I first debuted they were right there…

— Mojo Rawley

Some people may say my curved panels look like sails. Well, I am a sailor, so I guess I probably do use…

— Frank Gehry

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving:…

— Anonymous

I've always been a very careful sailor. I know, me and being careful - doesn't really sound right, does it? But when…

— David Crosby

At last the anchor was up, the sails were set, and off we glided. It was a sharp, cold Christmas; and as…

— Herman Melville

You think I love flattery (says Dr. Johnson), and so I do; but a little too much always disgusts me: that fellow…

— Samuel Johnson

I had to keep breathing. Even though there was no reason to hope... I stayed alive. I kept breathing. And one day…

— Tom Hanks

I have walked with people whose eyes are full of light but who see nothing in sea or sky, nothing in city…

— Helen Keller

As soon as somebody demonstrates the art of flying, settlers from our species of man will not be lacking on the Moon…

— Johannes Kepler

Praise be to Nero's Neptune The Titanic sails at dawn And everybody's shouting "Which Side Are You On?" And Ezra Pound and…

— Bob Dylan

We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end.

— Blaise Pascal

Stately as a galleon, I sail across the floor,Doing the military two-step, as in the days of yore.

— Joyce Grenfell

For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if freedom fail?

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Never defend yourself; agree with your critics, it takes the wind out of their sails.

— Fay Weldon

Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]

— George Herbert

Trying to have wisdom without application is like trying to catch the winds without raising the sails!

— Thomas Russell

A ship under sail and a big-bellied woman, Are the handsomest two things that can be seen common.

— Benjamin Franklin

Hone and spread your spirit till you yourself are a sail, whetted, translucent, broadside to the merest puff.

— Annie Dillard

A captain who does not know where he wants to sail, there is no wind on Earth that will bring him there.

— Ami Ayalon

“Perhaps this isn't your boat. Perhaps it doesn't sail where you want to go.”

— Jessica Brockmole

O proudly name their names who bravely sail| To seek brave lost in Arctic snows and seas!

— Helen Hunt Jackson

The white sail of his soul has rounded the promontory - death.

— William Alexander

I sail and play tennis, and I don't smoke or drink caffeine.

— Princess Michael of Kent

“Where we sail and anchor our heart fill up the multitude odyssey paving to the coming home of our soul.”

— Angelica Hopes

While local matters are happening around you, let your mind sail to the ocean of universal matters.

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

“You can't sail towards your future if you're still anchored in the past.”

— Julie-Anne