Vessel Quotes

322 quotes by 273 authors

If you pour oil and vinegar into the same vessel, you would call them not friends but opponents. — Aeschylus
Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching… — Warren Buffett
Aside from what it teaches you, there is simply the indescribable degree of peace that can be achieved on a sailing vessel at sea. I… — Billy Campbell
Ironically, the Canadian naval vessels, aircraft and personnel in the Persian Gulf I mentioned earlier who are fighting terrorism will provide more support indirectly to… — Paul Cellucci
But Canada remains a crucial partner in this global war on terrorism, and we are grateful for that. Canadian naval vessels, aircraft and military personnel… — Paul Cellucci
Children are not vessels to be filled but lamps to be lit. — Chinmayananda Saraswati
No amphibious attack in history has approached this one in size. Along miles of coastline there were hundreds of vessels and small boats afloat and… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
My story starts at sea, a perilous voyage to an unknown land. A shipwreck. The wild waters roar and heave. The brave vessel is dashed… — William Shakespeare
Possess purity in an eminent degree, and jealously preserve this fragrant flower. I earnestly desire to see you shine by the brilliancy of this virtue;… — Paul of the Cross
It is quite wrong to think of old age as a downward slope. On the contrary, one climbs higher and higher with the ad-vancing years,… — George Sand
It was in the days when France's power was already broken upon the seas, and when more of her three-deckers lay rotting in the Medway… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Observation by means of the microscope will reveal more wonderful things than those viewed in regard to mere structure and connection: for while the heart… — Marcello Malpighi
Gospel artists are messengers; they are vessels of a message. — Boris Kodjoe
There may be troubled waters along the many paths my life shall take, but only I as a man, may keep my vessel afloat, and… — Robert M. Hensel
I am stealing the golden vessels of the Egyptians to build a tabernacle to my God from them, far far away from the boundaries of… — Johannes Kepler
The world is like a vast sea: mankind like a vessel sailing on its tempestuous bosom. ... [T]he sciences serve us for oars. — Oliver Goldsmith
There is more evidence to prove that saltness [of the sea] is due to the admixture of some substance, besides that which we have adduced.… — Aristotle
Tell them, that, to ease them of their griefs, Their fear of hostile strokes, their aches, losses, Their pangs of love, with other incident throes… — William Shakespeare
Go with the pain, let it take you. Open your palms and your body to the pain. It comes in waves like the tide and… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
My rule is: If you meet the weakest vessel, attack. If it is a vessel equal to yours, attack. And if it is stronger than… — Stepan Makarov

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