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Ship Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- A ship is worse than a gaol. There is, in a gaol, better air, better company, better conveniency of every kind; and a ship has…
- No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a…
- Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.
More Ship Quotes
- The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer,… — Henry Adams
- There is little man has made that approaches anything in nature, but a sailing ship does. There is not much man has… — Alan Villiers
- 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
- A man who is all theory is like "a rudderless ship on a shoreless sea." ... Theories and speculations may be indulged… — Elisha Gray
- The true beloveds of this world are in their lover's eyes lilacs opening, ship lights, school bells, a landscape, remembered conversations, friends,… — Truman Capote
- 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
- The sincere friends of this world are as ship lights in the stormiest of nights. — Giotto di Bondone
- I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship. — Louisa May Alcott