Quote by Bill Bryson Download Open image ““The Seaman’s Practice,”” — Bill Bryson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“...for there is nothing mysterious to a seaman unless it be the sea itself...” — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“He was a seaman, but he was a wanderer, too, while most seamen lead, if one may so express it, a sedentary life. Their… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“After all, for a seaman, to scrape the bottom of the thing that's supposed to float all the time under his care is the… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“there is nothing mysterious to a seaman unless it be the sea itself, which is the mistress of his existence and as inscrutable as… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Every seaman is not only a navigator, but a merchant and also a soldier. — William Petty Copy Share Image
I do not know whether I have been a good seaman, but I know I have been a very faithful one. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
...for there is nothing mysterious to a seaman unless it be the sea itself, which is the mistress of his existence... — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“(about sailors) Their minds are of the stay-at-home order, and their home is always with them - the ship; and so is their country… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
For every Seaman of Industry and Ingenuity, is not only a Navigator, but a Merchant, and also a Soldier. — William Petty Copy Share Image
Recollect that you must be a seaman to be an officer and also that you cannot be a good officer without being a gentleman. — Horatio Nelson Copy Share Image
The humblest craft that floats makes its appeal to a seaman by the faithfulness of her life. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Most big companies don't like you very much, except hotels, airlines and Microsoft, which don't like you at all. — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“But Welsh spellings are as nothing compared with Irish Gaelic, a language in which spelling and pronunciation give the impression of having been devised… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“Pantaloons were often worn tight as paint and were not a great deal less revealing, particularly as they were worn without underwear. . .… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
If you go out on the Appalachian Trail, you have to bring so much more equipment - a tent, sleeping bag - but if… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“The dining table was a plain board called by that name. It was hung on the wall when not in use, and was perched… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“From almost nothing, France in four years built up an aircraft industry that employed nearly 200,000 people and produced some 70,000 planes. Britain built… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“Every twenty minutes on the Appalachian Trail, Katz and I walked farther than the average American walks in a week. For 93 percent of… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“A diarist named George Templeton Strong recorded in the winter of 1866 that even with two furnaces alight and all the fireplaces blazing, he… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Tune your television to any channel it doesn't receive and about 1 percent of the dancing static you see is accounted for by this… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
As a rule of thumb, I would submit that if you need to call your floss provider, for any reason, you are probably not… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Nobody gets excited about the future at all, ever. The future is something we find depressing and worrisome. — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“What made this particularly interesting is that John Howard is by far the dullest man in Australia. Imagine a very committed funeral home director… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
