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Ship Quotes by David Dixon Porter
- If the Marines are abolished half the efficiency of the Navy will be destroyed. They are as necessary to the well being of a ship…
- A ship without Marines is like a garment without buttons.
More Ship Quotes
- On landing at New York I caught the yellow fever. The kind man who commanded the ship that brought me from France… — John James Audubon
- We never had planned to hijack a ship. We never thought of any war plans outside the Palestinian lands. We wished that… — Abu Abbas
- It's extremely difficult to get these jobs because you can't get a job on a ship unless you have seaman's paper's, and… — Paul Auster
- The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer,… — Henry Adams
- I run a tight ship, but I try and make it seem like I'm not doing that at all. — Lynda Barry
- We did not all come over on the same ship, but we are all in the same boat. — Bernard Baruch
- The sincere friends of this world are as ship lights in the stormiest of nights. — Giotto di Bondone
- Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship. — Omar N. Bradley
- One leak will sink a ship: and one sin will destroy a sinner. — John Bunyan
- I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship. — Louisa May Alcott
- I sum up the prospects for 1967 in three short sentences. We are back on course. The ship is picking up speed.… — James Callaghan
- Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the midst… — John Calvin