Port Quotes

213 Port quotes by 175 unique authors

It is easy enough to be moral after a good dinner beside a snug coal fire, and with our hearts well warmed with fine old… — Henry Mayhew
The American people have every right to be outraged with the administration's approval of the UAE port deal. It is time the people's House make… — Russ Carnahan
Man does not drift into goodness...the chance port of an aimless voyage. He must fight ever for his destination. — William George Jordan
If the pilots were in charge, Columbus would still be in port. They believe the assertion that the world is flat. — Robert Crandall
If a man does not know to what port he is steering, no wind is favorable to him. Ignoranti quem portum petat, nullus suus ventus… — Seneca the Younger
Thank God I arrived the day before yesterday, the first of the month, at this port of San Diego, truly a fine one, and not… — Junipero Serra
Terrorists have already attacked our Nation once. There is every reason to believe that they will try again - possibly with a weapon of mass… — Mike Fitzpatrick
The news today that Bush has vowed to veto any legislation that reviews the security implications of the Dubai Port World's potential management of our… — John Conyers
Happiness always returns to port . . . — Unknown Author
If you are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy's propensity to lean too far to port, both of you… — Kenneth Kaye
All places that the eye of heaven visits Are to a wise man ports and happy havens. Teach thy necessity to reason thus; There is… — William Shakespeare
Every age has its dreams, its symbols of romance. Past generations were moved by the graceful power of the great windjammers, by the distant whistle… — Arthur C. Clarke
After a prosperous, but to me very wearisome, voyage, we came at last into port. Immediately on landing I got together my few effects; and,… — Adelbert von Chamisso
Objectives can be compared to a compass bearing by which a ship navigates. A compass bearing is firm, but in actual navigation, a ship may… — Peter Drucker
It is the duty of the ship's captain to make port, cost what it may. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The nearer I approach death the more I feel like one who is in sight of land at last and is about to anchor in… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
If you lack the iron and the fizz to take control of your own life, then the gods will repay your weakness by having a… — Tom Robbins
The ship is safest when it is in port, but that’s not what ships were built for. — Paulo Coelho
Seeing the whales off James Price Point, mothers, babies, bull whales, seeing the count, going up into the thousands of these whales, the assurance that… — Bob Brown
When I had youth I had no money; now I have the money I have no time; and when I get the time, if I… — Louisa May Alcott
For me, boviscopophobia is an even stronger motive than semi-agoraphobia for staying on the ship when we're in port. — David Foster Wallace
I believe in living, I believe in birth, I believe in the sweat of love and in the fire of truth and I believe that… — Assata Shakur
To reach a port we must set sail — Franklin D. Roosevelt
God works all things together for your good. If the waves roll against you, it only speeds your ship towards the port — Charles Spurgeon
A man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder - never likely to reach home port. To us comes the signal: chart… — Thomas S. Monson

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