Change Quote by Barbara Tuchman

“and everything generally made shipshape, which seemed a desirable state of affairs, given that we were in fact aboard a ship.”

— Diana Gabaldon

“Let me see a complete reorganization of the North Atlantic fleet’s defensive strategy against Nazi U-boats. And if it won’t go on one side…

— Patrick Robinson

“But sailors were much better adversaries than the average aristocrat. They flipped cards with feral tricks, swore when they lost, swore when they won,…

— Marie Rutkoski

“...for all its apparent speed, the ship was almost perfectly silent, and he experienced an enervating, eerie feeling, as though the ancient warship, mothballed…

— Iain M. Banks

“Without a dedicated naval staff to define requirements and shape policy in technical matters, and, where appropriate, tap civilian expertise, the Navy was bound…

— Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon

“Hidden in my desire to become a naval aviator was something more complex: a personal engagement with the problem of violence that expressed itself…

— Parker J. Palmer

“At a time of deep naval peace, when social connections were a means to the top, when royal yachts brought career advantage, and when…

— Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon

“Adept sailors emerge after sailing tough storms.”

— Donald Ngonyo

“I’ve never sailed on HMS Penultimate, and as luck would have it she has the finest reputation for turn of speed.”    “Is that…

— Francine Howarth

“The great difference between voyages rests not in ships, but in the people you meet on them.”

— Amelia Barr

“who hadn’t at some point in his life wanted to climb to the top of a sailing ship in full flight?”

— Lev Grossman

“That was the most flagrant display of overt independence and disobedience I have ever had the misfortune to witness,” the squadron leader began severely.”

— Sarah Brazytis