Sailor Quotes

233 quotes by 184 authors

There is in the American Government...a want of unity.... The Sailors, the helmsman, the engineer, do not seem to have one purpose or obey one… — James Bryce
So there'll be no guiding light for you and me We are not sailors lost out on the sea We were always headed toward eternity… — Emmylou Harris
The one weapon every man, soldier, sailor, or airman should be able to use effectively is the rifle. It is always his weapon of personal… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Politicians who complain about the media are like sailors who complain about the sea. — Enoch Powell
Be as the sailor who keeps the polestar in his eye. By so doing we may not arrive at our port within a calculable period,… — Henry David Thoreau
What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics than you will ever find at sea. Piracy, broadsides, blood… — David Lloyd George
Although I do have a sailor's mouth, it's not attractive for me to hear men cursing. That kinda talk is not charming. — Leah Remini
I always played a soldier, sailor, or policemen. — John Ratzenberger
We did not think about the personal nature of killing in the air. We were proud of every victory in the air, and particularly happy… — Gunther Rall
We all know that Washington families are making a tremendous commitment to winning the War on Terror. Tonight, more than 22,000 Washington state soldiers, sailors,… — Patty Murray
Out of sight of land the sailor feels safe. It is the beach that worries him. — Charles Davis
My room was in one of those turrets and at night I could hear the sea and the faint rustle of eelgrass in the soft… — Katherine Page
They that go down to the sea in ships' see strange things, but what they tell is oft-times stranger still. A faculty for romancing is… — Gertrude Bacon
If you have a story that seems worth telling, and you think you can tell it worthily, then the thing for you to do is… — Dashiell Hammett
Evolution did not intend trees to grow singly. Far more than ourselves they are social creatures, and no more natural as isolated specimens than man… — John Fowles
To say Congress is spending like drunken sailors is an insult to drunken sailors. — Ronald Reagan
The difference between congressmen and drunken sailors is that drunken sailors are spending their own money. — Tom Feeney
For the Deist ... prayer is calling across a void to a distant deity. This lofty figure may or may not be listening. He, or… — N. T. Wright
I have already transmitted to Congress the report of the naval court of inquiry on the destruction of the battleship Maine in the harbor of… — William McKinley
In New Yorkâ€™s Times Square a white-clad girl clutches her purse and skirt as an uninhibited sailor plants his lips squarely on hers. — Alfred Eisenstaedt

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