Ship Quotes

860 Ship quotes by 656 unique authors

The ship is sinking The ship is sinking There's leak, there's a leak,in the boiler room The poor, the lame, the blind Who ore the… — Tom Waits
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
A ship is always safe at the shore - but that is NOT what it is built for. — Albert Einstein
Cities at night, I feel, contain men who cry in their sleep and then say Nothing. It's nothing. Just sad dreams. Or something like that...Swing… — Martin Amis
Oh, so that's why you're up here. For a pity party." "This isn't a joke. I'm serious." I could tell Lissa was getting angry. It… — Richelle Mead
It also occurred to him that throughout history, humankind has told two stories: the story of a lost ship sailing the Mediterranean seas in quest… — Jorge Luis Borges
What wings are to a bird, and sails to a ship, so is prayer to the soul. — Corrie Ten Boom
One ship drives east and another drives west With the selfsame winds that blow. Tis the set of the sails And not the gales Which… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Like the vital rudder of a ship, we have been provided a way to determine the direction we travel. The lighthouse of the Lord beckons… — Thomas S. Monson
Witch Baby wanted to ask Ping how to find her Jah-Love angel. She knew Raphael was not him, even though Raphael had the right eyes… — Francesca Lia Block
Well, label me very impressed and ship me to Carthak! — Tamora Pierce
And my haunting instinct that somehow good was not merely a tool to be used, but a relic to be guarded, like the goods from… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
What she really loved was to hang over the edge and watch the bow of the ship slice through the waves. She loved it especially… — Kristin Cashore
When the ship docks, I'm getting off with you. This is crazy. I know it doesn't make any sense, that's why I trust it. — James Cameron
I can't even dial one phone number right away. But you strained your own body to go and see them. I was surprised. The frightened… — Arina Tanemura
It never takes longer than a few minutes, when they get together, for everyone to revert to the state of nature, like a party marooned… — Michael Chabon
That girl will rain destruction down on you and your ship. She is an albatross, Captain. Way I remember it, albatross was a ship's good… — Joss Whedon
If words had weight, a single sentence from Death would have anchored a ship. — Terry Pratchett
Life is short And pleasures few And holed the ship And drowned the crew But o! But o! How very blue the sea is. — Clive Barker
The ship of my life may or may not be sailing on calm and amiable seas. The challenging days of my existence may or may… — Maya Angelou
The world's thy ship and not thy home. — Therese of Lisieux
Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out to it. — Cathy Hopkins
Gazzy: "Captain, like the captain of a ship. And then Terror, you know, T-E-R-O-R. — James Patterson
They will not be pleased. But they know we must catch the monsoon with a well-found ship; and they know they are in the Navy--they… — Patrick O'Brian
It struck him that in moments of crisis one is never fighting against an external enemy, but always against one’s own body... On the battlefield,… — George Orwell

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