Pleasure Quote by William McFee Download Open image “There is a pleasure unknown to the landsman in reading at sea.” — William McFee ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Pleasure Reading Sea
As it is pleasant to see the sea from the land, so it is pleasant for him who has escaped from troubles to think… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
I love reading about the sea. I love reading about it a lot more than actually being on the sea, when you think about… — Clive James Copy Share Image
...for there is nothing mysterious to a seaman unless it be the sea itself, which is the mistress of his existence... — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
The man who voyages strange seas must of necessity be a little unsure of himself. It is the man with the flashy air of… — Fred Hoyle Copy Share Image
“there is nothing mysterious to a seaman unless it be the sea itself, which is the mistress of his existence and as inscrutable as… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
For all that has been said of the love that certain natures (on shore) have professed for it, for all the celebrations it has… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
He sees the land of meaning, and one path to it, and the so-called “normal” people traveling swiftly and in comfort to the land;… — Janet Frame Copy Share Image
“(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 Copy Share Image
“He found himself in the strange predicament all sailors share: essentially he belonged neither to the land nor to the sea. Possibly a man… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
It is a pleasure for to sit at ease Upon the land, and safely for to see How other folks are tossed on the… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
Responsibility's like a string we can only see the middle of. Both ends are out of sight. — William McFee Copy Share Image
Woman dwell always in the palace of unpalatable truth and never by any chance is there a magic talisman to save them from their… — William McFee Copy Share Image
There is far too much talk of love and grief benumbing the faculties, turning the hair gray, and destroying a man's interest in his… — William McFee Copy Share Image
People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right, writes no guarantee against misfortune. — William McFee Copy Share Image
“People don't seem to realize that doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune.” — William McFee Copy Share Image
An Englishman never takes his collar off when he is writing. How can you expect him to show you his soul? — William McFee Copy Share Image
A trouble is a trouble, and the general idea, in the country, is to treat it as such, rather than to snatch the knotted… — William McFee Copy Share Image
It may be that, while we plodding realists go on, for ever preoccupied with our daily chores, abstracting a microscopic pleasure from each microscopic… — William McFee Copy Share Image
People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune. — William McFee Copy Share Image
Her dignity consists in being unknown to the world; her glory is in the esteem of her husband; her pleasures in the happiness of… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
Jonah Lehrer is one of the most talented explainers of science that we’ve got. What a pleasure it is to follow his investigation of… — Joshua Foer Copy Share Image
“If any woman opens her legs for you, don't feel so lucky to be fed with nonsense, she has been a bitch for a… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
The work, the work, the work. This is what the business is all about. This is the fun, the glory, the pleasure. It's the… — Phil Dusenberry Copy Share Image
Man has an almost infinite capacity for taking things and people for granted and thereby missing out on the pleasure of being grateful that… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water. — Horace Copy Share Image
Many years ago I was fishing, and as I was reeling in the poor fish, I realised, 'I am killing him - all for… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
Cultivate the habit of thinking ahead, and of anticipating the necessary and immediate consequences of all your actions.... Likewise in your pleasures, ask yourself… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in making a diagnostic novel or a concern. I'm 100 percent committed in fiction to the pleasure principle - that's what… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
My identity shifted when I got into # recovery . That's who I am now, and it actually gives me greater pleasure to have… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
No state of society or laws can render men so much alike but that education, fortune, and tastes will interpose some differences between them;… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
