Docks Quotes

58 quotes by 54 authors

Most people stand on the dock of life waiting for their ship to come in when deep down inside they know it has never left… — Zig Ziglar
A ship in dock, surrounded by quays and the walls of warehouses, has the appearance of a prisoner meditating upon freedom in the sadness of… — Joseph Conrad
I have trouble with seafood because it tastes like a dock. — Douglas Coupland
Once I knew the City very well, spent my attic days there, while others were being a lost generation in Paris, I fledged in San… — John Steinbeck
I went to Morocco, joined a band called Pegasus, ran out of money, went to Gibraltar and worked on the docks, writing songs about the… — Graham Parker
Hickory dickory dock, I just want to be your clock. Just set me for a lifetime, and I'll wake you up every morning. — Smokey Robinson
The hardest work begins in dry dock. — Sam Wineburg
The even mead, that erst brought sweetly forth The freckled cowslip, burnet, and green clover, Wanting the scythe, all uncorrected, rank, Conceives by idleness, and… — William Shakespeare
The ancient man approached God (or even the gods)as the accused person approaches his judge. For the modern man the roles are reversed. He is… — C.S. Lewis
Look at where Jesus went to pick people. He didn't go to the colleges; he got guys off the fishing docks. — Jeff Foxworthy
For about a year, I just didn't know what to do. I did laboring jobs, working in the docks, construction sites. — Daniel Day-Lewis
I just have this deep kind of connection to reality of being like... in a way, I feel like a dock worker. I want to… — Eddie Vedder
A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much… — H.G. Wells
I thought of Gatsby's wonder when he first picked out the green light at the end of Daisy's dock. He had come a long way… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
To sit in solemn silence on a dull, dark dock in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp… — W. S. Gilbert
If it wasnâ€™t for the mist we could see your home across the bay," said Gatsby. "You always have a green light that burns at… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
When the ship docks, I'm getting off with you. This is crazy. I know it doesn't make any sense, that's why I trust it. — James Cameron
I've learned .... That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere. — Andy Rooney
He had never been interested in stories at any age, and had never quite understood the basic concept. He'd never read a work of fiction… — Terry Pratchett
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

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