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Ships Quotes by Herman Melville
- And, as for me, if, by any possibility, there be any as yet undiscovered prime thing in me; if I shall ever deserve any real…
- Though amid all the smoking horror and diabolism of a sea-fight, sharks will be seen longingly gazing up to the ship's decks, like hungry dogs…
- It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships' cables and hawsers. A Polar wind blows through it, and birds…
- Top-heavy was the ship as a dinnerless student with all Aristotle in his head.
- A whale ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.
- If I had been downright honest with myself, I would have seen very plainly in my heart that I did but half fancy being committed…
- Thou saw'st the locked lovers when leaping from their flaming ship; heart to heart they sank beneath the exulting wave; true to each other, when…
More Ships Quotes
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- 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
- 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,… — 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