Port Quotes

213 Port quotes by 175 unique authors

My wound is geography. It is also my anchorage, my port of call. — Pat Conroy
Where would you like to go, what would you really like to do with your life? See Istanbul, Port Said, Nairobi, Budapest. Write a book.… — Ray Bradbury
You know, Qhuinn's an interesting character." Saxton reached out with an elegant hand and picked up his port. "He's one of my favorite cousins, actually.… — J R Ward
After a universal silence, Leo was the first to speak. “Did anyone else notice—” “Yes,” Catherine said. “What do you make of it?” “I haven’t… — Lisa Kleypas
Wild Nights – Wild Nights! Were I with thee Wild Nights should be Our luxury! Futile – the winds – To a heart in port… — Emily Dickinson
Conrad placed on the title page an epigraph taken from Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene: "Sleep after toyle, port after stormie seas, Ease after warre,… — Joseph Conrad
Thus, sped by currents of curiosity afloat the swift river of rumor do secrets sail to strange ports. — Will Eisner
For white men, to live is to own, or to try to own more, or to die trying to own more. Their appetites are astonishing!… — David Mitchell
And now you're off to Port Caynn. Watch them sailor lads. They'll have your skirts up and a babe in your belly afore you know… — Tamora Pierce
Get rid of their mast, knock holes in the hull, then get back on board." "You want us to sink her?" Gundar asked, and Halt… — John Flanagan
History overflows time. Love overflows the allowance of the world. All the vessels overflow, and no end or limit stays put. Every shakable thing has… — Wendell Berry
In my opinion, there is a huge lack of imaginative, unconventional music being created by artists today and what little there is, goes widely unappreciated… — Adam Young
The boat is safer anchored at the port; but that’s not the aim of boats. — Paulo Coelho
No one blames a pilot who takes refuge in port when the storm begins to blow. It is not cowardice to duck under a bullet;… — Jose Rizal
They were indeed what was known as 'old money', which meant that it had been made so long ago that the black deeds which had… — Terry Pratchett
For sailors who love the wind, memory is a good port of departure. — Eduardo Galeano
Our actions are like ships which we may watch set out to sea, and not know when or with what cargo they will return to… — Iris Murdoch
Rafe asks him, could the king's freedom be obtained, sir, with more economy of means? Less bloodshed? Look, he says: once you have exhausted the… — Hilary Mantel
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favourable. — Seneca the Younger
If you don't know what port you are sailing to, no wind is favourable. — Seneca the Younger
A good resolve will make any port. — Horace
Ships are obliged to take on harbor or river pilots - who provide specialized local navigation - when they approach a port, but in the… — Rose George
Everything in a modern container port is enormous, overwhelming, crushing. — Rose George
My dad was a longshoreman in the Port of Miami. Tough job. I worked down there in the summer once. One day. Never again. My… — Nick Ferguson
If your child is born with a port-wine stain, they should be seen immediately by a pediatric dermatologist. Your pediatrician does not understand these birthmarks… — Hannah Storm

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