Port Quotes

213 Port quotes by 175 unique authors

No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men: but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. In the first… — James Boswell
In the midst of this chopping sea of civilized life, such are the clouds and storms and quicksands and thousand-and-one items to be allowed for,… — Henry David Thoreau
My biggest accomplishment was playing "Lark" on the daytime drama Port Charles because it was the most regular acting job I have had, and I… — Amy Weber
It should be our endeavor to cultivate the peace and friendship of every nation . . . . Our interest will be to throw open… — Thomas Jefferson
It is easier to port a shell than a shell script. — Larry Wall
Now shut the engines off. Come down and flatten out, feel the long float, and at the given moment pull the stick right home. She's… — Unknown Author
Suzanne had a room on a waterfront street in the port of Montreal. Everything happened just as it was put down. She was the wife… — Leonard Cohen
Be as the sailor who keeps the polestar in his eye. By so doing we may not arrive at our port within a calculable period,… — Henry David Thoreau
It has been wonderful to be the home port for the brave and brilliant forces of ABC News around the world and to feel every… — Diane Sawyer
It is this world, a world where cruise ships throw away more food in a day than most residents of Port-au-Prince see in a year,… — Barack Obama
If zoos are like arks, then rare animals are like passengers on a voyage of the damned, never to find a port that will let… — Peter Singer
A Christian state should be established [in Lebanon], with its southern border on the Litani river. We will make an alliance with it. When we… — David Ben-Gurion
As, however, the port in reality lies in thirty-two degrees thirty-four minutes, according to the observations that have been made, they went much beyond it,… — Junipero Serra
I would attack any squadron blockading a port. Nothing could prevent me from dropping out of the clear blue sky on to a battleship with… — Unknown Author
A pilot's business is with the wind, and with the stars, with night, with sand, with the sea. He strives to outwit the forces of… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Let's just say I'm like a ship passing through storms, resting in ports now and then until it's time to continue the journey. I once… — Jimmy Page
I’ve been telling people for 12 years that if you want to get a nuclear device into the United States, just bring it through the… — Tom Clancy
One flesh. Or if you prefer, one ship. The starboard engine has gone. I, the port engine, must chug along somehow till we make harbour.… — C.S. Lewis
Last week in the Homeland Security Committee, Republicans were against port security; and today, one week after Democrats unveiled our Real Security Agenda, they're for… — Jim Clyburn
And let us be frank, the security threats that emanate from our ports come from foreign cargo. — Dana Rohrabacher
Jerusalem is a port city on the shore of eternity. — Yehuda Amichai
Major Trends [is] the canonical modern work on the nature and history of Jewish mysticism. For a sophisticated understanding, not only of the dynamics of… — Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi
There is abundant proof that the opening of our ports always tends to raise the price of foreign corn to the price in the English… — Joseph Hume
If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable. — Seneca the Younger
Talk of the imperial decay of your invalid port. Its gracious withdrawal from perfection, keeping a hint of former majesty withal, as it hovers between… — Stephen Potter

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