Port Quotes

213 Port quotes by 175 unique authors

I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book. — Jack Vance
A single bomb of this type, carried by boat and exploded in a port, might very well destroy the whole port, together with some of… — Albert Einstein
Ports are necessities, like postage stamps or soap, but they seldom seem to care what impressions they make. — Elizabeth Bishop
One of the most widespread myths about the deal is that the Administration is outsourcing the security of our ports to a company from the… — Christopher Bond
We know that the most fundamental responsibility of our Federal Government is to ensure the safety of its people and to protect and ensure our… — Vito Fossella
I saw Ronnie Hawkins play near my hometown, Port Dover, Ontario, and I saw him play there on New Year's Eve and the following spring… — Rick Danko
The budget acknowledges the importance of maintaining our ports and waterways to encourage commercial deep-draft navigation and economic competitiveness. — Jeff Landry
One can give advice comfortably from a safe port. — Friedrich Schiller
There came to port last Sunday night The queerest little craft, Without an inch of rigging on; I looked and looked--and laughed. It seemed so… — George Washington
Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of humankind pass by. — Oliver Goldsmith
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
But the 3% who have taken the time and exercised the discipline to decide on a destination and to chart a course sail straight and… — Earl Nightingale
Our guests have an insatiable curiosity for up close and personal worldwide adventures - whether one is taking a segment of the World Cruise or… — Bill Smith
Cruise passengers can be blinded to the very real perils of the sea by ship operators unwilling to interrupt the party for security warnings. And… — Chris Shays
For a sailor to sail around the world, the thought is just, sometimes, too much. Thus, one simply goes from port to port in the… — Hal Moore
It is a dreadful thing to see the dead city. Next to the port I found children, women, the old, waiting for a way to… — Golda Meir
If you want a free email service that doesn't use your words to target ads to you, you'll have to figure out how to port… — Al Franken
The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead station. — William Gibson
To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor. — Oliver Wendell Holmes
Years ago I met Richard Burton in Port Talbot, my home town, and afterwards he passed in his car with his wife, and I thought,… — Anthony Hopkins
A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for. — Grace Hopper
I got treated very badly in Texas. They don't treat beatniks too good in Texas. Port Arthur people thought I was a beatnik, though they'd… — Janis Joplin
If I could make a device where people could just intuit everything you are thinking - a little cable you plug into, like, a USB… — Mindy Kaling
One can advise comfortably from a safe port. — Soren Kierkegaard
Only through the conscious action of the working masses in city and country can it be brought to life, only through the people's highest intellectual… — Rosa Luxemburg

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