Sea Quotes

3453 Sea quotes by 1910 unique authors

It was really cool going to Sea World. We had an amazing time. They were amazing to us. We got to swim with the dolphins,… — Sarah Chalke
In every island of the Aegean Sea are found abundant traces of a vast prehistoric empire. — James Theodore Bent
Discoveries that are anticipated are seldom the most valuable. ... It's the scientist free to pilot his vessel across hidden shoals into open seas who… — John Charles Polanyi
It is fashionable nowadays to talk about the endless riches of the sea. The ocean is regarded as a sort of bargain basement, but I… — Jacques Yves Cousteau
There was wildlife, untouched, a jungle at the border of the sea, never seen by those who floated on the opaque roof. Describing his early… — Jacques Yves Cousteau
There's nothing situate under heaven's eye But hath his bond in earth, in sea, in sky. The beasts, the fishes, and the winged fowls Are… — William Shakespeare
The sea is mother-death and she is a mighty female, the one who wins, the one who sucks us all up. — Anne Sexton
To gaze into the depths of the sea is, in the imagination, like beholding the vast unknown, and from its most terrible point of view.… — Victor Hugo
There is indeed, perhaps, no better way to hold communion with the sea than sitting in the sun on the veranda of a fishermen's café — Joseph Beach
Far out in the ocean, where the water is as blue as the prettiest cornflower, and as clear as crystal, it is very, very deep;… — Hans Christian Andersen
And then, the unspeakable purity - and freshness of the air! There was just enough heat to enhance the value of the breeze, and just… — Anne Bronte
There is no more thrilling sensation I know of than sailing. It comes as near to flying as man has got to yet - except… — Jerome K. Jerome
I would not creep along the coast but steer Out in mid-sea, by guidance of the stars. — George Eliot
It was one of those hot, silent nights, when people sit at windows listening for the thunder which they know will shortly break; when they… — Charles Dickens
Time and tide will wait for no man, saith the adage. But all men have to wait for time and tide. — Charles Dickens
The wide stare stared itself out for one while; the Sun went down in a red, green, golden glory; the stars came out in the… — Charles Dickens
When we came within sight of the sea, the waves on the horizon, caught at intervals above the rolling abyss, were like glimpses of another… — Charles Dickens
The sky aft was dark as pitch, but the moon still shone brightly ahead of us and lit up the blackness. Beneath its sheen a… — H. Rider Haggard
And the voices in the waves are always whispering to Florence, in their ceaseless murmuring, of love - of love, eternal and illimitable, not bounded… — Charles Dickens
"Ay," said the Captain, reverentially; "it's a almighty element. There's wonders in the deep, my pretty. Think on it when the winds is roaring and… — Charles Dickens
"I am not afeard, my Heart's-delight," resumed the Captain. "There's been most uncommon bad weather in them latitudes, there's no denyin', and they have drove… — Charles Dickens
Start her, now; give 'em the long and strong stroke, Tashtego. Start her, Tash, my boy-start her, all; but keep cool, keep cool-cucumbers is the… — Herman Melville
No mercy, no power but its own controls it. Panting and snorting like a mad battle steed that has lost its rider, the masterless ocean… — Herman Melville
Yea, foolish mortals, Noah's flood is not yet subsided; two thirds of the fair world it yet covers. — Herman Melville
Let America add Mexico to Texas, and pile Cuba upon Canada; let the English overswarm all India, and hang out their blazing banner from the… — Herman Melville

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