Boats Quotes

185 quotes by 169 authors

On a boat cruising down east, sardines are scooped out of the holding seine at Eastport at dawn. 'Sardines' may be any of several species… — Luis Marden
A singular disadvantage of the sea lies in the fact that after successfully surmounting one wave you discover another behind it just as important and… — Stephen Crane
Most of all, I like the quiet, rounded tugs. They remind me of women. As I watch them work I see them as kindly, no-fuss… — Hazel Hawke
If you can not arrive in daylight, then stand off well clear, and wait until dawn. After all, that's one of the things God made… — Tristan Jones
The great religions are the ships, Poets the life boats. Every sane person I know has jumped overboard. — Hafez
It's still popular to ... insist that globalization is a rising tide that lifts all boats, but the hard reality is that the last thirty… — John Michael Greer
Friends are supposed to act like harbor boats-let you know if you're off course. But it ain't always possible. — Rebecca Wells
A rising tide (in the economy) lifts all boats. — John F. Kennedy
We enjoy sailing small boats, two of which I have designed and built myself. — Martin Ryle
Voyaging begins when one burns one's boats, adventures begin with a shipwreck. — Michel Serres
There is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. In or out of 'em, it doesn't… — Kenneth Grahame
Power should be reserved for weightlifting and boats, and leadership really involves responsibility. — Herb Kelleher
The Spoonsize Boys steal the dollhouse toys while the cat by the fire is curled. Then away they floats in their eggshell boats, down the… — Tim Powers
It's a combination of targeting higher paying jobs in these growth areas and fostering closer cooperation with higher education; a rising tide that lifts all… — John Hoeven
In the pale light of daybreak the gravestones looked like so many white sails of boats anchored in a busy harbor. They were sails that… — Yukio Mishima
I don't need to go into office for the power. I have houses all over the world, stupendous boats... beautiful airplanes, a beautiful wife, a… — Silvio Berlusconi
My steamboat voyage to Albany and back, has turned out rather more favorable than I had calculated. The distance from New York to Albany is… — Robert Fulton
I knew the whistle of each of the river boats on the Tennessee. — William Christopher Handy
I don't travel by airplane. I mean that because when my wife, my kids and I travel on trains or boats, we meet a lot… — Aaron Spelling
Had it been published by a voice from heaven, that twelve poor men, taken out of boats and creeks, without any help of learning, should… — Stephen Charnock

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