Sailing Quotes

331 Sailing quotes by 258 unique authors

There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. — Kenneth Grahame
I would never talk just to be social. Now, to sit down with a bunch of engineers and talk about the latest concrete forming systems,… — Temple Grandin
What I mean by that is that the point of life, as I see it, is not to write books or scale mountains or sail… — Bernard Cornwell
A lot of people attack the sea, I make love to it. — Jacques Yves Cousteau
It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage. — George William Curtis
The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea. — Isak Dinesen
To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare… — Henry Van Dyke
Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price. — Amelia Earhart
Clouds do not really look like camels or sailing ships or castles in the sky. They are simply a natural process at work. So too,… — Roger Ebert
Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails. — Euripides
The effect of sailing is produced by a judicious arrangement of the sails to the direction of the wind. — William Falconer
Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel. — Augustus Hare
A sailing ship is no democracy; you don't caucus a crew as to where you'll go anymore than you inquire when they'd like to shorten… — Sterling Hayden
When I go abroad I always sail from Boston because it is such a pleasant place to get away from. — Oliver Herford
Loki in 'Thor' is the most incredible springboard into a sort of excavation of the darker aspects of human nature. So that was thrilling, coming… — Tom Hiddleston
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
Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to sail under, but few will use it as a rudder… — Oliver Wendell Holmes
No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a… — Samuel Johnson
We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch - we are… — John F. Kennedy
I use filming as an excuse to take classes. I got my certification in sailing for 'Wedding Crashers,' and now I can handle a 26-foot… — Rachel McAdams

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