The big change, the really radical change in communication, was in the late 19th century. The shift from sailing ships to telegraph… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There is nothing like lying flat on your back on the deck, alone except for the helmsman aft at the wheel, silence… — Errol Flynn Copy Share Image
He who lets the sea lull him into a sense of security is in very grave danger. — Hammond Innes Copy Share Image
It's remarkable how quickly a good and favorable wind can sweep away the maddening frustrations of shore living. — Ernest K. Gann Copy Share Image
As a cabin boy on a Norwegian sailing ship I earned five kronen a week in addition to my keep. — Fritz Sauckel Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Quentin had an obsolete sailing ship that had been raised from the dead. He had psychotically effective swordsman and an enigmatic witch-queen.… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination. — Fitzhugh Dodson Copy Share Image
The thing I realized this last few days is that the earth is a big place. — Paul Cayard Copy Share Image
I hate a Barnacle as no man ever did before, not even a Sailor in a slow-sailing ship. — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
When it comes to politics, one has to do as one at sea with a sailing ship, reach one's course having regard… — William Lyon Mackenzie King Copy Share Image
Every flyer who ventures across oceans to distant lands is a potential explorer; in his or her breast burns the same fire… — Jean Batten Copy Share Image
