Coastline Quotes

28 quotes by 25 authors

War is just a racket... I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else. — Smedley Butler
No amphibious attack in history has approached this one in size. Along miles of coastline there were hundreds of vessels and small boats afloat and… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
There was a magic about the sea. People were drawn to it. People wanted to love by it, swim in it, play in it, look… — Cecelia Ahern
Ecologically speaking, a spilt tanker load is like sticking a safety pin into an elephant's foot. The planet barely notices. After the Exxon Valdez accident… — Jeremy Clarkson
Why is geometry often described as 'cold' and 'dry?' One reason lies in its inability to describe the shape of a cloud, a mountain, a… — Benoit Mandelbrot
The beauty of the air, from the air... You haven't seen Australia unless you see it from the air. The coastline, the colours of the… — Nancy Bird Walton
In ten years [i.e., 1980] all important animal life in the sea will be extinct. Large areas of coastline will have to be evacuated because… — Paul R. Ehrlich
Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a straight line. — Benoit Mandelbrot
Look atÂ The Adventure. A boat by night is a wonderful sight. This is the way to start a new life, with a hurricane lamp… — Tove Jansson
For more than two decades, I repeatedly voiced the mantra that â€” situated as we are virtually on the coastline of the world's richest economy… — Edward Seaga
I've had the hat for four years and it keeps getting better with age. It's been in the ocean and the pool several times, yet… — Andy Spade
Next door to Ethiopia spreading out along the strategic Red Sea coastline is Eritrea, a relatively new country, and a place that few Americans seem… — Dana Rohrabacher
When we went to Belfast we saw some beautiful countryside and coastlines. — Sarah Sutton
Some things are only capable of being done in space. Examples of that are looking at our Earth from that far away, and understanding the… — Laurel Clark
I love driving; driving along the California coastline is the best drive in the world. — Al Jardine
And if there is one thing we can be sure of, itâ€™s that extreme weather events like Superstorm Sandy, Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, and… — Naomi Klein
About 95% of people can be compared to ships without rudders. Subject to every shift of wind and tide, they're helplessly adrift. And while they… — Earl Nightingale
California has a beautiful coastline. It can be a rough coastline. The waves are huge. The rocks are steep. Same thing in Vancouver. It has… — Jennifer Granholm
Success is more dangerous than failure, the ripples break over a wider coastline. — Graham Greene
If left unchecked, global change will create violent conflict, torrential storms, shrinking coastlines, and irreversible catastrophe. — Valerie Jarrett

Who Wrote These Coastline Quotes

25 authors contributed a total of 28 Coastline Quotes as follows: