Country Quote by John Sergeant Wise

I do not know whether I have been a good seaman, but I know I have been a very faithful one.

— Joseph Conrad

I was an able-seaman, a deck hand. As I say, it's the way to see the world and get paid for it.

— David Walker

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 you can't…

— Paul Auster

One of my uncles was actually a sapper who cleared land mines for Anzacs, Australian soldiers, and we had to flee Vietnam. There were…

— Anh Do

“The Seaman’s Practice,”

— Bill Bryson

Recollect that you must be a seaman to be an officer and also that you cannot be a good officer without being a gentleman.

— Horatio Nelson

Every seaman is not only a navigator, but a merchant and also a soldier.

— William Petty

“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

There was once an old sailor my grandfather knew, Who had so many things which he wanted to do That, whenever he thought it…

— A. A. Milne

For every Seaman of Industry and Ingenuity, is not only a Navigator, but a Merchant, and also a Soldier.

— William Petty

It so happened that I was on a German sailing vessel on the way to Australia when the ship was captured, and on the…

— Fritz Sauckel

I spent six years before the mast on all types of merchant ships, and naturally I feel well qualified for seafaring roles.

— Van Heflin