Ships Quotes

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Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls… — Aristophanes
On landing at New York I caught the yellow fever. The kind man who commanded the ship that brought me from France took charge of… — 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 the program had… — 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 you can't get… — Paul Auster
There's huge, massive mother ships going up to the Yukon. They've been filmed and are on video. — Dan Aykroyd
Most of the southern hemisphere is unexplored. We had more exploration ships down there during Captain Cook's time than now. It's amazing. — Robert Ballard
The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to… — Henry Adams
The great difference between voyages rests not with the ships, but with the people you meet on them. — Amelia Barr
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
We will build new ships to carry man forward into the universe, to gain a new foothold on the moon and to prepare for new… — George W. Bush
I sum up the prospects for 1967 in three short sentences. We are back on course. The ship is picking up speed. The economy is… — James Callaghan
Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the midst of shipwrecks, there… — John Calvin
A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder. — Thomas Carlyle
'The time has come,' the walrus said, 'to talk of many things: of shoes and ships - and sealing wax - of cabbages and kings.' — Lewis Carroll
The major advances in speed of communication and ability to interact took place more than a century ago. The shift from sailing ships to telegraph… — Noam Chomsky

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