There is no second country for an Englishman, except a ship and the sea. — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
The voyage of the best ship is a zigzag line of a hundred tacks. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
There are silver ships There are gold ships, But there are no ships Like friendships. — W Mitchell Copy Share Image
Top-heavy was the ship as a dinnerless student with all Aristotle in his head. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Dreadful is the mysterious power of fate; there is no deliverance from it by wealth or by war, by walled city or… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
I am not the captain of my ship. My ship is out there, but I don't have my course. You never know… — Jamie Farr Copy Share Image
For me, boviscopophobia is an even stronger motive than semi-agoraphobia for staying on the ship when we're in port. — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
I communicate with fans on Twitter. I enjoy the ability to impulsively write something and ship it out to the fans and… — Neil Diamond Copy Share Image
Journeys are the midwives of thought. Few places are more conducive to internal conversations than moving planes, ships or trains. — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Well, I could be wrong, but I believe diversity is an old, old wooden ship that was used during the Civil War… — Will Ferrell Copy Share Image
It's time for Black people to stop playing the separating game of geography, of where the slave ship put us down. We… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
We will send ships and Marines as soon as possible for the protection of American life and property. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Sometimes a decision has to be made by a single individual, who has the authority to enforce it. That's why you need… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
Although you do look at the big picture, if you're dealing with the now, it can be kind of frustrating. You're losing… — Carmelo Anthony Copy Share Image
“That’s a stupid name! Whirly-gig is much better, I think. Who in their right mind would point at this thing and say,… — Nathan Reese Maher Copy Share Image
Archimedes said Eureka, Cos in English he weren't too aversed in, when he discovered that the volume of a body in the… — Richard Digance Copy Share Image
Sailing has given me some of the most pleasant and exciting moments of my life. It also has taught me something of… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I came out of school one day, and there was this pulp magazine. It was a rainy day, and it was floating… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
Mother of the Sun, Theia of many names, for your sake men honor gold as more powerful than anything else; and through… — Pindar Copy Share Image
Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course. Piracy, for example, is a tradition that has been… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We walked on the beach, fed blue corn ships to the seagulls, and munched on blue jelly beans, blue saltwater taffy and… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
It struck him that in moments of crisis one is never fighting against an external enemy, but always against one’s own body...… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Going to Europe, someone had written, was about as final as going to heaven. A mystical passage to another life, from which… — Shirley Hazzard Copy Share Image
“The definition for the “Poop Deck” as found in nautical books would lead you to believe that the name was derived from… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One Copy Share Image
This is my life, I thought...I have excised the cancer from my past, cut it out; I have crossed the high plains,… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
It never takes longer than a few minutes, when they get together, for everyone to revert to the state of nature, like… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
Take a look at the Supreme Court decision that just authorized an effort by U.S. claimants against Iran for terrorist acts. What… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
To me, the amazing thing is that so much that was science fiction back then, political fiction, today is reality. We have… — George Takei Copy Share Image
Celebrate the success of others. High tide floats all ships. — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
