Sailing Quotes.net

Thomas Edison

BlueWater Sailor — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 06:16:12 +0000

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”- Thomas Edison

Kevin J. Anderson

beratras — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:15:19 +0000

“Do you want Columbus to go across the ocean, or do you want to put a message in a bottle and hope that it lands somewhere? I’d rather have actual people be there. Whether they look like Americans or like … Continue reading →

John F. Kennedy

beratras — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 03:48:27 +0000

“We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch – we are going back from whence we came.” – John F. Kennedy

Horatio Nelson

beratras — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:32:13 +0000

“Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.” – Horatio Nelson

Jamie Cullum

beratras — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:42:43 +0000

“I’m all at sea. Where no-one can bother me. Forgot my roots If only for a day. Just me and my thoughts sailing far away.” – Jamie Cullum

Hunter S. Thompson

beratras — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 19:52:20 +0000

“It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always right at the top.” – Hunter S. Thompson

Vladimir Nabokov

beratras — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 19:45:15 +0000

“The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea.” – Vladimir Nabokov

William Penn

beratras — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 19:42:57 +0000

“Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.” – William Penn

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston

beratras — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 22:50:47 +0000

“Prevention is, as in other aspects of seamanship, better than cure.” – Sir Robin Knox-Johnston

Herman Melville

beratras — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 22:45:51 +0000

“Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp drizzly November in my soul… Whenever I find myself involuntarily passing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand on me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people’s hats off – then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.” – Herman Melville