Sailor Quotes

233 quotes by 174 authors

One can no more keep the mind from returning to an idea than the sea from returning to a shore. For a sailor, this is… — Victor Hugo
Look at that sea, girls--all silver and shadow and vision of things not seen. We couldn't enjoy its loveliness any more if we had millions… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
Honor to the soldier and sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country's cause. Honor, also, to the citizen who cares for his brother in the… — Abraham Lincoln
Exultation is the going Of an inland soul to sea Past the houses, past the headlands Into deep eternity! Bred as we, among the mountains… — Emily Dickinson
A sailor chooses the wind that takes the ship from a safe port. Ah, yes, but once you're abroad, as you have seen, winds have… — Unknown Author
Yes, my consuming desire is to mingle with road crews, sailors and soldiers, barroom regularsâ€”to be a part of a scene, anonymous, listening, recordingâ€”all this… — Sylvia Plath
Sailors have an expression about the weather: they say the weather is a great bluffer. I guess the same is true of our human society… — Elwyn Brooks White
Astraeus,' Aven called out. 'God of the four winds and friend to sailors. Say a little prayer when you look at him, so he will… — James A. Owen
You know, when one's in love,' I said, 'and things go all wrong, one's terribly unhappy and one thinks one won't ever get over it.… — W. Somerset Maugham
A sailor may choose the wind to ride out of seaport, but the wind has a mind of it's own. — Unknown Author
They hate kings, they hate priests, they hate soldiers, they hate sailors. They distrust men of science, they denounce the middle classes, they despair of… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing… — Herman Melville
I trembled to think of a world without stars. No guide for the sailor to trust at see, no jewels to dazzle our sense of… — Michael Jackson
I muttered a swear word to myself. After I heard Angel cussing like a sailor when she stubbed her toe, my new resolution was to… — James Patterson
The disc, being flat, has no real horizon. Any adventurous sailor who got funny ideas from staring at eggs and oranges for too long and… — Terry Pratchett
My daughter," I said blankly. "I see. Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought it took a man, as well as a woman,… — Juliet Marillier
My skin prickled and I looked back at the ocean. None of us ask for the things we inherit; they are thrust upon us, willy-nilly.… — Aimee Friedman
All night I streched my arms across him, rivers of blood, the dark woods, singing with all my skin and bone ''Please keep him safe.… — Richard Siken
I am Sailor Moon, champion of justice! On behalf of the moon, I will right wrongs and triumph over evil, and that means you! -… — Naoko Takeuchi
Beautiful. All this suffering at the moment of destruction. — Naoko Takeuchi

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