Hence a ship is said to head the sea, when her course is opposed to the setting or direction of the surges. — William Falconer Copy Share Image
The boat dipped and swayed and sometimes took on water, but it did not sink; the two brothers had waterproofed it well.… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I'd happily cover the British Open every year until St. Andrews slides into the sea or Scotland runs out of beer, whichever… — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
As the fisherman depends upon the rivers, lakes and seas and the farmer upon the land for his existence, so does mankind… — Ansel Adams Copy Share Image
. . . . spending more time with my fly firmly attached to the branches of trees and almost none of it… — Tom Sutcliffe Copy Share Image
All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power. If you want to… — Laozi Copy Share Image
My mind changes often ... People who have no mind can easily be steadfast and firm, but when a man is loaded… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
In view of the fading animals the proliferation of sewers and fears the sea clogging, the air nearing extinction we should be… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
If all the theories were correct, there wouldn't be a fish left in all of our lakes and rivers and streams. — Izaak Walton Copy Share Image
“You see? I know where every single book used to be in the library.' She pointed to the shelf opposite. 'Over there… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
When you want to build a ship, then do not drum the men together in order to procure wood, to give instructions… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
Columbus and his men, they say, Conveyed the virus hither Whereby my features rot away And vital powers wither; Yet had they… — Richard Wilbur Copy Share Image
Costa Rica and Germany have simply been pawns in the Japanese quest to silence Sea Shepherd in an attempt to stop our… — Paul Watson Copy Share Image
The beach is in our blood. Everyone in our family returns to the beach instinctively, just like the sea turtles. — Sandy Archibald Copy Share Image
But The Same Sea is set precisely in this Israel, which never makes it to the news headlines anywhere. It is a… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
THE POET A moody child and wildly wise Pursued the game with joyful eyes, Which chose, like meteors, their way, And rived… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Why did they make birds so delicate and fine as those sea swallows when the ocean can be so cruel? — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
One of the many, many salutary aspects of Barack Obama's impending presidential nomination is the sea change his victory marks in the… — Eric Alterman Copy Share Image
[Out To Sea] began a relationship I had with [director] Martha Coolidge for a few years that was wonderful, and she certainly… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
I wonder what a soul…a person's soul…would look like,' said Priscilla dreamily. 'Like that, I should think,' answered Anne, pointing to a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A man ... needs to get out in the open air and sweat and blow off the stink. — William Kittredge Copy Share Image
Photosynthetic organisms in the sea yield most of the oxygen in the atmosphere, take up and store vast amounts of carbon dioxide,… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
The hills are reared, the seas are scooped in vain If learning's altar vanish from the plain. — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
In the islands of the Aegean Sea, every island is full of graves. — James Theodore Bent Copy Share Image
To a person uninstructed in natural history, his country or sea-side stroll is a walk through a gallery filled with wonderful works… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Tess," I say. "I'm going to head down to the water.I'll be back in a minute." "You sure you can make it… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
...We're allotted a little space on earth and that we survive in that wilderness that can take back what it has given,… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Broad based upon her people's will, And compassed by the inviolate sea. — Alfred Lord Tennyson Copy Share Image
South Sea natives who have been exposed to American movies classify them into two types, 'kiss-kiss' and 'bang-bang. — Hortense Powdermaker Copy Share Image
I have a Bird in spring Which for myself doth sing - The spring decoys. And as the summer nears - And… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
Agent Jones switched to the big screen and a grainy video of MoMo sitting at his enormous desk, a swivel-hipped Elvis clock… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
I was fortunate to sell at a time of great sea change in the romance genre; suddenly heroines were allowed to be… — JoAnn Ross Copy Share Image
The creatures of the sea hold special mystery, and they are among the most exciting, graceful, and beautiful on Earth. Just consider… — Carl Safina Copy Share Image
A modern fleet of ships does not so much make use of the sea as exploit a highway. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“I tell you naught for your comfort, Yea, naught for your desire, Save that the sky grows darker yet And the sea… — Anonymous Copy Share Image