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Ships Quotes by Walt Whitman
- To me the sea is a continual miracle; The fishes that swim - the rocks - the motion of the waves - the ships, with…
- O Captain my Captain! our fearful trip is done, / The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won
- Joy, shipmate, joy! (Pleased to my soul at death I cry), Our life is closed, our life begins, The long, long anchorage we leave, The…
- Sail Forth- Steer for the deep waters only. Reckless O soul, exploring. I with thee and thou with me. For we are bound where mariner…
- Lo! body and soul!--this land! Mighty Manhattan, with spires, and The sparkling and hurrying tides, and the ships; The varied and ample land,--the South And…
- O captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done. The ship has weather'd every wrack The prize we sought is won The port is near,…
- A perfect writer would make words sing, dance, kiss, do the male and female act, bear children, weep, bleed, rage, stab, steal, fire cannon, steer…
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