Sailboat Quotes

In a sailboat I become oblivious to everything else in the world.

— Albert Einstein

It's out there at sea that you are really yourself.

— Vito Dumas

The days pass happily with me wherever my ship sails.

— Joshua Slocum

The thing I realized this last few days is that the earth is a big place.

— Paul Cayard

At sea, I learned how little a person needs, not how much.

— Robin Lee Graham

I wanted freedom, open air and adventure. I found it on the sea.

— Alain Gerbault

“You can't steer a sailboat unless it is moving.”

— Les Trachtman

I think we d like life to be like a train..but it turns out to be a sailboat.

— Barbara Brown Taylor

The cabin of a small yacht is truly a wonderful thing; not only will it shelter you from a tempest, but from…

— Lewis Francis Herreshoff

“Life with out purpose is like a sailboat with out it's sail, with out one...you'll get nowhere.”

— Timothy Pina

My only extravagance in life is my sailboat. I'm bonkers about that, but other than that, I don't spend money on myself.

— Frank Gehry

I sailboat raced, I love to go out on my motorcycle alone, but I also love my family dearly. I love that…

— Bob Seger

“non-strength and safety” item aboard a small sailboat on a big ocean with only two people aboard is their windvane.”

— Cap'n Fatty Goodlander

I try to look at this music career thing as the means to an end. And really, at the end of it,…

— Michelle Shocked

“I love sailboats. No other man-made object blends design, craftsmanship, passion, and pure optimism the way a sailboat does. With a good…

— John Kretschmer

“He was leaving my stepmother for a sailboat. Not that I blamed him. A sailboat would at least be useful.”

— Darynda Jones

I wrote 'Millie's Cafe' driving out of Ft. Worth, Texas one time. I was in a dust storm in my old bus.…

— Fred Eaglesmith

All of us are called by something in this world that attracts us. And it doesn't matter what it is - you…

— Richard Bach

Go with the wind, you know, like a sailboat. I think that's really important when it comes to peace… inner peace especially.…

— Jhene Aiko

At pains to define liberty, that most resolute of indefinables, our minds fall back on spatial images; on birds, sailboats, and mountains;…

— Robert Grudin

“Life changes so quickly and like a sailboat you either wait for whatever cross wind comes your way to move you on…

— Wes Adamson

The rough and ready improvisational quality to life on board the International Space Station is reminiscent of a long trip in a…

— Chris Hadfield

“In order to do this in the most fun, convenient way possible, I realized I needed my own private kingdom, my own…

— Cap'n Fatty Goodlander

I loved the sea. I loved steamers and sailboats and surf and sailors. And I yearned and strained to the sea, always…

— L. Ron Hubbard

“I have a hunch the world is darker than I could ever imagine and there is less reason for hope than I…

— Brian K. Friesen

I am happiest in the brush and by myself - whether that's the woods of northern Minnesota or the wilds of Alaska…

— Gary Paulsen

Canoes, too, are unobtrusive; they don't storm the natural world or ride over it, but drift in upon it as a part…

— John Graves

“A good sailboat (and skipper) works with the sea and therefore reaps the benefits of kinship with the world that no amount…

— Rick Page

I like the process of giving control away [at the recording]. When you give it up to people, it's another intelligent organism…

— Pantha du Prince

Four people wheel out a huge wedding cake from a side room. Most of the guests back up, making way for this…

— Suzanne Collins

“Are you ready to go for a sail?" John MacGuire asked his wife. A young, handsome man, he stood on the edge…

— Barbara Freethy

“An alternative — and better — definition of reality can be found by naming some of its components: air, sunlight, wind, water,…

— Robert M. Pirsig

“the presence of an old salt aboard the Elizabeth Seaman was profoundly reassuring. “Iron men in wooden boats,” they were called, as…

— Jennifer Egan

“First time on a sailboat?” she asked, as casually as if she wasn’t standing there, gripping the wheel of a sleek, forty-foot…

— Donna Kauffman

Out of sight of land the sailor feels safe. It is the beach that worries him.

— Charles Davis

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

— Edward Gibbon

Sailboat racing becomes a game of chance only when you are not prepared

— Buddy Melges

To young men contemplating a voyage I would say go.

— Joshua Slocum

Land was created to provide a place for boats to visit.

— Brooks Atkinson

“sloop   n. a one-masted sailboat with a fore-and-aft mainsail and a jib.”

— Oxford University Press