Quote by Ernest Hemingway

“Ah! These commercial interests -- spoiling the finest life under the sun. Why must the sea be used for trade -- and for war…

— Joseph Conrad

“You are standing up on the seat of your swing and sailing higher than you really ought to, with that bold, planted stance of…

— Marilynne Robinson

“A seagoing lieutenant in the United States Navy once asked me if merchant ships have radar. After learning that they do, he asked if…

— John McPhee

“Who that has ever visited the borders of this classic sea, has not felt at the first sight of its waters a glow of…

— Edward Forbes

“For the only safe harbour in this life's tossing, troubled sea is to refuse to be bothered about what the future will bring and…

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Smooth seas don't produce skillful sailors.' It's the rought waters that train us to e His disciples. He uses the turbulent times I our…

— Anonymous

“There's a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood, leads onto fortune, omitted, all their voyages end in shallows and…

— William Shakespeare

It's called a sea anchor,' [Evanlyn] explained. 'It'll stop us drifting too far.' Alyss was impressed. 'And you said you were pig-ignorant when it…

— John Flanagan

“Clever dicks will notice that the figure changes as the boat gets deeper or lighter because the area of the waterplane changes. You can…

— Bill Cooper

“I’m tired of sailing my little boat Far inside of the harbor bar; I want to be out where the big ships float —…

— Verne Harnish

Since my childhood I learned that to understand the world we need to go further and take the risks of sailing in unknown seas.

— Paulo Coelho

“Aren’t you going to ask me what kind of boat I own?” he asked. “Sure. What kind of boat do you own?” “A sailboat.”…

— Elizabeth Lowell