--- title: "8 Seafarers Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 8 Seafarers quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Seafarers sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07f/rose-george-8313_better_the-days-of-languorous-shore-leave-are-l_489384.png" --- > [The days of languorous shore leave are long gone. Overnight stays are unheard of and sailor towns a distant memory. In better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-george/the-days-of-languorous-shore-leave-are-long-gone-overnight-stays-are/) [Rose George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-george/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07f/rose-george-8313_better_the-days-of-languorous-shore-leave-are-l_489384.png) > [It's difficult on a ship to get away from your job because that accommodation house, which is where seafarers live, is their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-george/it-s-difficult-on-a-ship-to-get-away-from-your-job-because-that/) [Rose George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-george/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d48/rose-george-8313_accommodation_it-s-difficult-on-a-ship-to-get-away-fro_1001499.png) > [“Only another breath will I breathe in this still air, only another loving look cast backward, And then I shall stand among…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/only-another-breath-will-i-breathe-in-this-still-air-only-another/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dae/khalil-gibran-286_quote_only-another-breath-will-i-breathe-in-th_1219256.jpg) > [“and it seemed to me that we was like seafarers, and the tober was the ocean. We was passing the landlubbers by.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanine-cummins/and-it-seemed-to-me-that-we-was-like-seafarers-and-the-tober-was-the/) [Jeanine Cummins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanine-cummins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23d/jeanine-cummins-106309_quote_and-it-seemed-to-me-that-we-was-like-sea_1260535.jpg) > [Australian seafarers make an important contribution to national security in a country with thousands of kilometres of uninhabited coastline.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-albanese/australian-seafarers-make-an-important-contribution-to-national/) [Anthony Albanese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-albanese/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/012/anthony-albanese-21999_australian_australian-seafarers-make-an-important-c_1495711.jpg) > [The shortest route is not the most direct one, but rather the one where the most favorable winds swell our sails:Mthat is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/the-shortest-route-is-not-the-most-direct-one-but-rather-the-one/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f19/friedrich-nietzsche-15_character_the-shortest-route-is-not-the-most-direc_1775286.jpg) > [Seafarers are used to being exploited. At sea, the captain moans at chandlers who supply ships with green bananas that will never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-george/seafarers-are-used-to-being-exploited-at-sea-the-captain-moans-at/) [Rose George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-george/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39b/rose-george-8313_bananas_seafarers-are-used-to-being-exploited-at_2218700.png) > [“Seafarers of yore were superstitious lot and paid a great deal of attention not to invoke the ire of the Gods. Walking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-suppressed-i-rise/seafarers-of-yore-were-superstitious-lot-and-paid-a-great-deal-of/) [Captain Hank Bracker, "Suppressed I Rise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/captain-hank-bracker-suppressed-i-rise/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/410/captain-hank-bracker-suppresse_bad-luck_seafarers-of-yore-were-superstitious-lot_2758751.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/seafarers/#itemlist", "name": "Seafarers Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The days of languorous shore leave are long gone. Overnight stays are unheard of and sailor towns a distant memory. 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