Sail Quotes

512 Sail quotes by 385 unique authors

Gray sail against the sky, Gray butterfly! Have you a dream for going. Or are you the blind wind's blowing? — Dana Burnet
Civilization sails prettily like a child's rubber balloon until it hits a sharp object; then it is likely to collapse like the balloon. — Austin O'Malley
Mountains inspire awe in any human person who has a soul. They remind us of our frailty, our unimportance, of the briefness of our span… — Elizabeth Aston
Shrewd and crafty politicians, when they wish to bring about an unpopular measure, must not go straight forward to work, if they do they will… — Charles Caleb Colton
Let passion fill your sails, but let reason be your rudder. — Khalil Gibran
I'm not like most designers, who have to set sail on an exotic getaway to get inspired. Most of the time, it's on my walk… — Alexander Wang
I wish I could get all the discourteous drivers on a ship and sail them away and make sure it's a really horrible, wavy journey… — Alvin Martin
Thought is the wind and knowledge the sail. — David Hare
This is largely the methodology I've used throughout my career - that is, starting with a question as to what might be the properties of… — Donald Cram
For all my years in public life, I have believed that America must sail toward the shores of liberty and justice for all. There is… — Edward Kennedy
Those who want to row on the ocean of human knowledge do not get far, and the storm drives those out of their course who… — Franz Grillparzer
If we are strong, and have faith in life and its richness of surprises, and hold the rudder steadily in our hands. I am sure… — Freya Stark
If the Spray discovered no continents on her voyage, it may be that there were no more continents to be discovered. She did not seek… — Joshua Slocum
We were wavering around like a ship without a sail. — Judy Holliday
Separately there was only wind, water, sail, and hull, but at my hand the four had been given purpose and direction. — Lowell Thomas
If I have a Sunday free, I'll go up the coast and spend some time on the beach. I scuba dive and swim and sail.… — Parker Stevenson
I can't control the wind but I can adjust the sail. — Ricky Skaggs
It is a ship with a great deal of sail but a very shallow keel. — Robert Bork
Hoist up sail while gale doth last, Tide and wind stay no man's pleasure. — Robert Southwell
Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor. — Thomas B. Macaulay
Never weather-beaten sail more willing bent to shore. — Thomas Campion
Everybody Sails alone, but we can travel side by side — KT Tunstall
Have Jesus always for your patron, His Cross for a mast on which you must spread your resolutions as a sail. Your anchor shall be… — Saint Francis de Sales
The anthropologist must relinquish his comfortable position in the long chair on the veranda of the missionary compound, Government station, or planter's bungalow, where, armed… — Bronislaw Malinowski
The Atheist complains about the wind. The Christian prays for it to change. The Satanist adjusts his sails. — Anton Szandor LaVey

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