Sailing Quotes

331 Sailing quotes by 258 unique authors

We went sailing one time, and he wore a Speedo, and any smart woman should know that means bisexual at least. — Chuck Palahniuk
A war of ideas can no more be won without books than a naval war can be won without ships. Books, like ships, have the… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates. — Mark Twain
Sail on silver girl, sail on by...your time has come to shine all your dreams are on their way...see how they shine..oh and if you… — Paul Simon
Orcs, and talking trees, and leagues of grass, and galloping riders, and glittering caves, and white towers and golden halls, and battles, and tall ships… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Lines I die but when the grave shall press The heart so long endeared to thee When earthy cares no more distress And earthy joys… — Emily Bronte
It also occurred to him that throughout history, humankind has told two stories: the story of a lost ship sailing the Mediterranean seas in quest… — Jorge Luis Borges
What she really loved was to hang over the edge and watch the bow of the ship slice through the waves. She loved it especially… — Kristin Cashore
The act of imagination is the opening of the system so that it shows new connections. Every act of act of imagination is the discovery… — Jacob Bronowski
i wish i was away in Ingo far across the briny sea sailing over deepest waters where neither care nore worry trouble me — Helen Dunmore
Not so much two ships passing in the night as two ships sailing together for a time but always bound for different ports. — P.D. James
The ship of my life may or may not be sailing on calm and amiable seas. The challenging days of my existence may or may… — Maya Angelou
But God!Who could live like this , anyway, with the kind of guesswork that was enough to make a person crazy, just sailing along, taking… — Sarah Dessen
You seemed to me to be soaring far up in the blue - to be sailing in the bright light, over the heads of men.… — Henry James
Success is a finished book, a stack of pages each of which is filled with words. If you reach that point, you have won a… — Tom Clancy
...this beginning motion, this first time when a sail truly filled and the boat took life and knifed across the lake under perfect control, this… — Gary Paulsen
At the end of the day, no amount of investing, no amount of clean electrons, no amount of energy efficiency will save the natural world… — Thomas Friedman
We clear the harbor and the wind catches her sails and my beautiful ship leans over ever so gracefully, and her elegant bow cuts cleanly… — L.A. Meyer
Have I mentioned that I expect death around every turn, that every blue sky has a safe sailing out of it, that every bus runs… — Rick Moody
Let's get one thing clear right now, shall we? There is no Idea Dump, no Story Central, no Island of the Buried Bestsellers; good story… — Stephen King

Who Wrote These Sailing Quotes

258 authors contributed a total of 331 Sailing Quotes, led by these top contributors: