Boat Quotes

848 Boat quotes by 678 unique authors

The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea In a beautiful pea-green boat: They took some honey, and plenty of money Wrapped up in a… — Edward Lear
She must find a boat and sail in it. No guarantee of shore. Only a conviction that what she wanted could exist, if she dared… — Jeanette Winterson
When you are in the middle of a story it isn't a story at all, but only a confusion; a dark roaring, a blindness, a… — Margaret Atwood
But if I hadn't shoved you off the boat back there,you'd be lost at sea now,wouldn't you? We'd all be lost! So thanks to me… — Dave Barry
This was an evil beyond thinking. The killing of a man was not so evil as the killing of a boat. For a boat does… — John Steinbeck
America was never innocent. We popped our cherry on the boat over and looked back with no regrets. You can't ascribe our fall from grace… — James Ellroy
A world in which time is absolute is a world of consolation. For while the movements of people are unpredictable, the movement of time is… — Alan Lightman
You know how this is: if I look at the crystal moon, at the red branch of the slow autumn at my window, if I… — Pablo Neruda
You belong among the wildflowers You belong in a boat out at sea You belong with your love on your arm You belong somewhere you… — Tom Petty
...this beginning motion, this first time when a sail truly filled and the boat took life and knifed across the lake under perfect control, this… — Gary Paulsen
Show me a completely smooth operation and I'll show you someone who's covering mistakes. Real boats rock. — Frank Herbert
I am running through a snowfall which is her thighs, he dramatized in purple. Her thighs are filling up the street. Wide as a snowfall,… — Leonard Cohen
Tomorrow. The word hangs in the air for a moment, both a promise and a threat. Then it floats away like a paper boat, taken… — Thrity Umrigar
Thou art the Lord who slept upon the pillow, Thou art the Lord who soothed the furious sea, What matters beating wind and tossing billow… — Amy Carmichael
Adam hid in the Garden of Eden. Moses tried to substitute his brother. Jonah jumped a boat and was swallowed by a whale...Man likes to… — Mitch Albom
This boat that we just built is just fine - And don't try to tell us it's not The sides and the back are divine… — Shel Silverstein
Pirate Dreams Needles and pins, Needles and pins, Sew me a sail to catch me the wind. Sew me a sail strong as the gale,… — Shel Silverstein
But that's one lifetime." Yeah." But while doing that one I'd want to be able to have done other stuff. Whole other lives- the one… — Dave Eggers
One of the world's most tiresome questions is what object one would bring to a desert island,because people always answer "a deck of cards" or… — Daniel Handler
Once released from life, having lost it in such violence, I couldn’t calculate my steps. I didn’t have time for contemplation. In violence it is… — Alice Sebold
Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need - a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends, worth… — Jerome K. Jerome
Past one o’clock. You must have gone to bed. The Milky Way streams silver through the night. I’m in no hurry; with lightning telegrams I… — Vladimir Mayakovsky
There was nothing new in sitting on this dock, on this or that wooden bench, watching for his boat to come. In some ways, she… — Ann Brashares
All right, you got that out of your system. Can I get back in the boat without you striking me again? Or should I stay… — Jeaniene Frost
I say I drownin' in river. She don't look me like I'm crazy but say, If you just sit there the river gonna rise up… — Sapphire

Who Wrote These Boat Quotes

678 authors contributed a total of 848 Boat Quotes, led by these top contributors: