Sailing Quotes

331 Sailing quotes by 258 unique authors

When young Galileo, then a student at Pisa, noticed one day during divine service a chandelier swinging backwards and forwards, and convinced himself, by counting… — Hermann von Helmholtz
If you're going through difficult times today, hold steady. It will change soon. If you are experiencing smooth sailing and easy times now, brace yourself.… — James Dobson
I love sailing and water sports; whether it's water skiing, body boarding or surfing or simply swimming in the ocean. — Karolina Kurkova
I'm going to Iowa for an award. Then I'm appearing at Carnegie Hall, it's sold out. Then I'm sailing to France to be honored by… — Groucho Marx
We returned home, after these experiments, with the conviction that sailing flight was not the exclusive prerogative of birds. — Otto Lilienthal
Every flyer who ventures across oceans to distant lands is a potential explorer; in his or her breast burns the same fire that urged the… — Jean Batten
I enjoy the competition and the process of learning as we compete. The whole thing is just fascinating. I don't know what I'll do when… — Larry Ellison
Of course, an exhausting day at sail lines and nets left little energy to expend on running or laughing. Perhaps that was why her parents… — Anne McCaffrey
Layering and changeability: this is the key, the combination that is worked into most of my buildings. Occupying one of these buildings is like sailing… — Glenn Murcutt
I love cities that are on the water. I love the water element, specifically the sea. I grew up on the sea and I grew… — Connie Nielsen
I grew up on the beaches of Southern California surfing and sailing and I've always loved horses so it was part of my dream that… — Bo Derek
On the Trans-Atlantic Single-handed Race Mr Owen Smithers has been disqualified for using both hands. — Unknown Author
If everything is smooth sailing right from the beginning, we cannot become people of substance and character. By surmounting paining setbacks and obstacles, we can… — Daisaku Ikeda
Life is like sailing. You can use any wind to go in any direction. — Robert Breault
The sooner we learn to be jointly responsible, the easier the sailing will be. — Ella Maillart
But who is this, what thing of sea or land,- Female of sex it seems,- That so bedeck'd, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing… — John Milton
If you are going to do something, do it now. Tomorrow is too late. — Pete Goss
The planning stage of a cruise is often just as enjoyable as the voyage itself, letting one's imagination loose on all kinds of possibilities. Yet… — Unknown Author
Aeronautics confers beauty and grandeur, combining art and science for those who devote themselves to it. . . . The aeronaut, free in space, sailing… — Unknown Author
They were singing, Gillette, the best a man can get, with a lot of guys hugging their fathers and sailing and riding bikes. I suddenly… — Craig Ferguson
Nothing comes sailing by itself. — Alexander Dale Oen
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
Three fishers went sailing away to the west,/ Away to the west as the sun went down. — Charles Kingsley
I wanted to be a doctor in sports medicine; I was into sailing and all that sort of thing. — Christopher Atkins

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