Nautical Quotes
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For will anyone dare to tell me that business is more entertaining than fooling among boats? He must have never seen a boat, or never seen an office, who says so.
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There never was a great man yet who spent all his life inland.
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There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.
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He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.
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To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift.
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Success soon palls. The joyous time is when the breeze first strikes your sails, and the waters rustle under your bows.
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Even now; with a thousand little voyages notched in my belt. I still feel a memorial chill on casting off.
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There's no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing
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The desire to build a house is the tired wish of a man content thenceforward with a single anchorage. The desire to build a boat is the desire of youth, unwilling yet to accept the idea of a final resting place.
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The humblest craft that floats makes its appeal to a seaman by the faithfulness of her life.
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I once knew a writer who, after saying beautiful things about the sea, passed through a Pacific hurricane, and he became a changed man.
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I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.
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A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.
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There are only two colors to paint a boat, black or white, and only a fool would paint a boat black.
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Of all the things that man has made, no is so full of interest and charm, none possesses so distinct a life and character of its own, as a ship.
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Some years ago - never mind how long precisely - having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world.
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Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of 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.
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He who lets the sea lull him into a sense of security is in very grave danger.
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Any fool can carry on, but a wise man knows how to shorten sail in time.
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There's no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.
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The only way to get a good crew is to marry one.
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I hate storms, but calms undermine my spirits.
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The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.
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I can't wait for the oil wells to run dry, for the last gob of black, sticky muck to come oozing out of some remote well. Then the glory of sail will return.
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Waves are not measured in feet or inches, they are measured in increments of fear.
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Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.
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All I ask is a tall ship and a star to sail her by.
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A small craft in an ocean is, or should be, a benevolent dictatorship.
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The days pass happily with me wherever my ship sails.
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There is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. In or out of 'em, it doesn't matter. Nothing seems really to matter, that's the charm of it. Whether you get away, or whether you don't; whether you arrive at your destination or whether you reach somewhere else, or whether you never get anywhere at all, you're always busy, and you never do anything in particular; and when you've done it there's always something else to do, and you can do it if you like, but you'd much better not.
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