Seamen Quote by Sterling Hayden

The legislature have anxiously provided for those most useful and deserving body of men, the seamen and marines of this country.

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

Aubade THE lark now leaves his wat'ry nest, And climbing shakes his dewy wings. He takes this window for the East, And to implore…

— William Davenant

To young men contemplating a voyage I would say go.

— Joshua Slocum

One ship is very much like another and the sea is always the same. In the immutability of their surroundings the foreign shores, the…

— Joseph Conrad

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

For the Members of the Assembly having before their eyes so many fatal Instances of the errors and falshoods, in which the greatest part…

— Robert Hooke

But where, after all, would be the poetry of the sea were there no wild waves?

— Joshua Slocum

The days of languorous shore leave are long gone. Overnight stays are unheard of and sailor towns a distant memory. In better ports, seafarers…

— Rose George

“The seamen had whitewashed the smoky ceilings of the ward, and that dear homely smell carried the vividness of thatch and lumpy walls and…

— Peter Carey

Great waves, and blaze with fire like them.In beauty, but do not condemn,The seamen who embark and fail,But only those who will not sail.

— John Piper

Heads of state are notoriously ill prepared for their mature careers; think of Adolf Hitler (landscape painter), Ho Chi Minh (seaman), and our own…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

A great philosopher in the wrong is like a beacon on the reefs which says to seamen: steer clear of me.

— Jacques Maritain