Sailing Quotes

331 Sailing quotes by 258 unique authors

The difference between a fairy tale and a sea tale? A fairy tale starts with "Once upon a time". A sea tale starts with "… — Edith Widder
I'm telling you that India is that way, now set my course. — Christopher Columbus
My wind is turned to bitter north, That was so soft a south before; My sky, that shone so sunny bright, With foggy gloom is… — Arthur Hugh Clough
The desire to build a house is the tired wish of a man content thenceforward with a single anchorage. The desire to build a boat… — Arthur Ransome
If a man is to be obsessed by something, I suppose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better than most. — Elwyn Brooks White
The wonder is always new that any sane man can be a sailor. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The only way to get a good crew is to marry one. — Eric Hiscock
The ocean is an object of no small terror. — Edmund Burke
The sea drives truth into a man like salt. — Hilaire Belloc
I have always been inspired by the dream of America-families in the country, weathered trucks and farmhouses; sailing off the coast of Maine; following dirt… — Ralph Lauren
Barack Obama has brought glamour back to American politics - not the faux glamour-by-association of campaigning with movie stars or sailing with the Kennedys, but… — Virginia Postrel
Even though I grew up surfing and sailing in Southern California, I was born horse crazy. — Bo Derek
When I was 11 years old, my parents wanted me to do something besides get in trouble. So they enrolled me in sailing classes at… — David Crosby
Sailing became one of the mainstreams of my life. I suppose my father was an influence. I remember seeing a photo of him at home… — David Crosby
I grew up sailing in the North Sea. — Laura Dekker
The romantic appeal of solar sailing has ensured that its advocates consistently come from the worlds of both science fiction and science fact. — Thomas Mallon
The green appeal of solar sailing - traveling by light, once chemical propellants have done their dirty job of orbital insertion - ought to be… — Thomas Mallon
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable. — Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Instead of sailing off into the sunset, he hopes to sail into the next century. — Dave Anderson
Their elegant shape, showy colours, and slow, sailing mode of flight, make them very attractive objects, and their numbers are so great that they form… — Henry Walter Bates

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