Sea Quotes

3453 Sea quotes by 1910 unique authors

It is pleasurable, when winds disturb the waves of a great sea, to gaze out from land upon the great trials of another. — Lucretius
Ye marshes, how candid and simple and nothing-withholding and free, Ye publish yourselves to the sky and offer yourselves to the sea. — Sidney Lanier
Like a sea-beast fished up from the depths, or a diver too suddenly hoisted, my veins threatened to burst from the fall in pressure. I… — Winston Churchill
I firmly believe that if the whole material medica, as now used, could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be better… — Oliver Wendell Holmes
Mock on, mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau! Mock on, mock on: 'Tis all in vain! You throw the sand against the wind, And the wind blows… — William Blake
The sun rose on the flawless brimming sea into a sky all brazen-all one brightening for gods immortal and for mortal men on plowlands kind… — Homer
We are still tossed about by the disturbances of this life, which is like a stormy sea, where those who are not attached to J[esus]… — Vincent de Paul
We feel the breath of the wind upon our cheeks, we see the dust and the leaves blowing before the wind, we see the vessels… — Reuben Archer Torrey
I sought them far and found them, The sure, the straight, the brave, The hearts I lost my own to, The souls I could not… — A. E. Housman
Well I know Gyuri [the familiar diminutive of Georg or György], that human beings are unapproachable, that their souls are as far from each other… — Gyorgy Lukacs
There is a horrifying loneliness at work in this time. No, listen to me. We lived six and seven to a room in those days,… — Anne Rice
Reserved people often really need the frank discussion of their sentiments and griefs more than the expansive. The sternest-seeming stoic is human after all, and… — Charlotte Bronte
For a bag of pepper, they could cut each other's throats without hesitation, and would forswear their souls... The bizarre obstinacy of that desire made… — Joseph Conrad
In the love of narrow souls I make many short voyages but in vain-I find no sea room-but in great souls I sail before the… — Henry David Thoreau
I would not that death should take me asleep. I would not have him merely seize me, and only declare me to be dead, but… — John Donne
About fifteen miles above New Orleans the river goes very slowly. It has broadened out there until it is almost a sea and the water… — Frank Yerby
Jacob wrote that the true poet 'is like a man who is happy anywhere, in endless measure, if he is allowed to look at leaves… — Jacob Grimm
Today my son and I went for a stroll and saw the sea lions and watched the sunset and played ball in the park with… — Charisma Carpenter
When ... we realize the possibilities of deep sea life still unknown to us, every haul of the dredge should be welcomed by an expectant… — William Beebe
To indicate how large a part of the Earth is covered by the oceans, we might call attention to the fact that a whole hemisphere,… — Paul J. H. Schoemaker
We know what the surface of the moon is better than we know what the surface of the sea floor is. — James Garner
The deep sea is the largest museum on earth, it contains more history than all the museums on land combined, and yet we're only now… — Robert Ballard
My final question: Why are we not looking at moving out onto the sea? Why do we have programs to build a habitation on Mars… — Robert Ballard
I have sat by night beside a cold lake And touched things smoother than moonlight on still water, But the moon on this cloud sea… — F. R. Scott
The sea never changes and its works, for all the talks of men, are wrapped in mystery. — Joseph Conrad

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