Books Quote by Joseph Wheelan

“no man who rises to command of a United States naval ship can possibly be a coward. And”

— Herman Wouk

Somebody can be the captain of the ship, which allows you to make big mistakes.

— Susan Sarandon

“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

“If anyone says that the best life of all is to sail the sea, and then adds that I must not sail upon a…

— Seneca

“Fisher said, “to be a good admiral, a man does not need to be a good sailor. That’s a common mistake. He needs good…

— Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon

“I’m a sea captain. I can afford to be a little eccentric.”

— Mira Grant

“(about sailors) Their minds are of the stay-at-home order, and their home is always with them - the ship; and so is their country…

— Joseph Conrad

Cyrus Pembridge, the Never Land’s captain, was widely regarded as the most incompetent man to comman a ship since the formation of water. “Who…

— Dave Barry

“having coauthored The Wrong Guys: False Confessions and the Norfolk Four, a book about four U.S. Navy sailors who, under intense police pressure and…

— Beverly Lowry

No matter how important a man at sea may consider himself, unless he is fundamentally worthy the sea will some day find him out.

— Felix Riesenberg

“Most of us carry a faded old picture in our heads of what a great captain looks like. It’s usually an attractive person who…

— Sam Walker

“Everyone becomes a captain when they are forced to sail their own ship through troubled waters and through storms.”

— Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu