Finesse Quote by Herman Melville

The sailor is frankness, the landsman is finesse. Life is not a game with the sailor, demanding the long head--no intricate game of chess…

— Herman Melville

In all lands, sailors form a race apart. They profess a congenital contempt for landlubbers. As for the tradesman, he understands nothing of sailors…

— Honore de Balzac

The man who has a girl in every port is not a sailor but a wholesaler.

— Evan Esar

It is part of a sailor's life to die well.

— Stephen Decatur

I've always been a very careful sailor. I know, me and being careful - doesn't really sound right, does it? But when I sail,…

— David Crosby

As we sail thru life, don't avoid rough waters, sail on because calm waters won't make a skillful sailor.

— Anonymous

Cease, rude Boreas, blustering railer! List, ye landsmen all, to me; Messmates, hear a brother sailor Sing the dangers of the sea.

— George Alex Stevens

“A true sailor is one who finds love in every port.”

— Tapan Ghosh

I swear like a sailor.

— Anya Taylor-Joy

The sailor's life is at the best a life of danger. He pursues honor on the mountain wave and finds it in the battle…

— John Tyler

Each petty hand Can steer a ship becalm'd; but he that will Govern and carry her to her ends, must know His tides, his…

— Ben Jonson

“He was a seaman, but he was a wanderer, too, while most seamen lead, if one may so express it, a sedentary life. Their…

— Joseph Conrad