Ocean Quotes

2174 Ocean quotes by 1339 unique authors

I want to be a scientist who studies the ocean when I grow up. I would go out to sea, and scuba dive, and find… — James Patterson
He wondered what the years had done to his face as he traced the effects on hers. Eyes the same blue-lit green, but where mischievous… — Victoria Hanley
The mythology of your culture hums in your ears so constantly that no one pays the slightest bit of attention to it. Of course man… — Daniel Quinn
When I have seen by Time's fell hand defaced The rich proud cost of outworn buried age; When sometime lofty towers I see down-razed And… — William Shakespeare
A certain person wondered why a big strong girl like me wouldn't keep a job which paid a normal salary. I took my time to… — Maya Angelou
Might as well try to drink the ocean with a spoon as argue with a lover. — Stephen King
Doesn't it seem to you," asked Madame Bovary, "that the mind moves more freely in the presence of that boundless expanse, that the sight of… — Gustave Flaubert
And telling you I care about you is a waste of time. I wouldn't have crossed the ocean, come out of hiding, tracked you down,… — Anne Stuart
Time has told me not to ask for more, someday our ocean will find its shore. — Nick Drake
I believe in God. Maybe not the Catholic God or even the Christian one because I have a hard time seeing any God as elitist.… — Dennis Lehane
Unlike a fountain that circulates the same water in an enclosed, perpetually recycling system, a human being circulates thoughts in an unlimited reservoir of self.… — Vera Nazarian
I missed Rosaleen's snoring the way you'd miss the sound of the ocean waves after you've gotten used to sleeping with them. I didn't realize… — Sue Monk Kidd
comparing what you see during an eclipse to the darkness at night is like comparing an ocean to a teardrop. — Wendy Mass
Indeed, I cannot think why the whole bed of the ocean is not one solid mass of oysters, so prolific the creatures seem. Ah, I… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Once upon a time there were two countries, at war with each other. In order to make peace after many years of conflict, they decided… — Vera Nazarian
You wouldn't think you could kill an ocean, would you? But we'll do it one day. That's how negligent we are. — Ian Rankin
Somewhere in the ocean, a shark was missing its cold eyes because this man had them. — Steve Hamilton
This is what separates artists from ordinary people: the belief, deep in our hearts, that if we build our castles well enough, somehow the ocean… — Anne Lamott
Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life," murmured Niko. "They bring new food for shore creatures, and take ships out to sea. They… — Tamora Pierce
We don't go to the ocean for anything as simple as happiness, do we? We go there to feel alive. Like life, the ocean holds… — Eileen Wilks
There is a gulf as wide as an ocean between should and want, and I am drowning in it. — Jodi Picoult
Don't be offended, but you seem to be one of those people who just attract accidents like a magnet. So . . . try not… — Stephenie Meyer
Dive deep into the ocean, Sita, and you will find that the greatest treasures you find are the illusions you leave behind. — Christopher Pike
I’m telling you, trouble is like the ocean. It covers two thirds of the world. — Chris Cleave
Men really do need sea-monsters in their personal oceans — John Steinbeck

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