Sea Quotes

3453 Sea quotes by 1910 unique authors

The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean. From it we have learned most of what we know. Recently, we have… — Carl Sagan
The things we truly love, the things forming the basis and roots of our being, are generally things we never look at. A huge piece… — Jean Dubuffet
The opinions which we hold of one another, our relations with friends and kinsfolk are in no sense permanent, save in appearance, but are as… — Marcel Proust
We [Raymond and Meursault] stared at each other without blinking, and everything came to a stop there between the sea, the sand, and the sun,… — Albert Camus
A different image came to me a few weeks ago.The unknown thing to be known appeared to me as some stretch of earth orhard marl,… — Alexander Grothendieck
I was lucky enough to see with my own eyes the recent stock-market crash, where they lost several million dollars, a rabble of dead money… — Federico Garcia Lorca
I was lucky enough to see with my own eyes the recent stock-market crash, where they lost several million dollars, a rabble of dead money… — Federico Garcia Lorca
Sit back picture yourself swooping up a shell of purple with foam crests of crystal drops soft nigh they fall unto the sea of morning… — Robert Hunter
Verse 11. (They presented unto Him gifts). The people of the east never approach the presence of kings and great personages, without a present in… — Adam Clarke
Along the coast the sea roars, and inland the mountains roar – the roaring at the center, like a distant clap of thunder. — Yasunari Kawabata
If Americans in 2100 came to see 12 meters sea-level rise as inevitable by 2200, who can even begin to fathom how the nation would… — Joseph J. Romm
If our government won't spend the money to protect New Orleans sufficiently today, what are the chances we will spend the money to protect dozens… — Joseph J. Romm
Some 3 million years ago, when the earth was a little more than 3°C warmer than preindustrial levels (about 2.2°C warmer than today), Antarctica had… — Joseph J. Romm
The first few feet of sea-level rise alone will displace more than 100 million people worldwide and turn all our major Gulf and Atlantic coast… — Van Jones
The last time Earth was 1°C warmer than today, sea levels were 20 feet higher. — Joseph J. Romm
There was no violence, no speed. It moved to the rhythm of an elder dance, putting all the rituals of the world to shame. Black,… — Tanith Lee
The human being is a self-propelled automaton entirely under the control of external influences. Willful and predetermined though they appear, his actions are governed not… — Nikola Tesla
The smell of the sea, of kelp and fish and bitter moving water, rose stronger in my nostrils. It flooded my consciousness like an ancestral… — Ross Macdonald
He whose pure mind turns inward and searches whence does this 'I' arise, knows the Self and merges in You, the Lord, as a river… — Ramana Maharshi
The sea is endless when you are in a rowboat. — Adolfo Bioy Casares
In ten years [i.e., 1980] all important animal life in the sea will be extinct. Large areas of coastline will have to be evacuated because… — Paul R. Ehrlich
We are all pirates at heart. There is not one of us who hasn't had a little larceny in his soul. And which one of… — Roger Caras
The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion. — Barbara Tuchman
It has been said that one bad general is better than two good ones, and the saying is true if taken to mean no more… — Abraham Lincoln
HURRICANE, n. An atmospheric demonstration once very common but now generally abandoned for the tornado and cyclone. The hurricane is still in popular use in… — Ambrose Bierce

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