P. J. O'Rourke Quotes About Boat
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There are a lot of mysterious things about boats, such as why anyone would get on one voluntarily.
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The America's Cup is like driving your Lamborgini to the Gran Prix track to watch the charter buses race.
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Everything on a boat has a different name than it would have if it weren't on a boat. Either this is ancient seafaring tradition or it's how people who mess around with boats try to impress the rest of us who actually finished college.
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I don't think I'll ever be a real boat reporter. My Rolex isn't big enough.
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This is the most elaborate and luxurious method of convincing others that you can cook. Take everybody out on your yacht until they're green in the face. Then you can rave for weeks about your sauce marinara and no one will gainsay you.
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Fish is the only food that is considered spoiled once it smells like what it is.
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Who does Bill Clinton think got off the boat and stepped on Plymouth Rock? Peace Corps volunteers?
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The Australian language is easier to learn than boat talk. It has a vocabulary of about six words.
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In Western Australia they don't even know how to make that vital piece of sailboating equipment, the gin and tonic.
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Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs.
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If the wind is blowing like stink and everything is working right, a twelve-meter sailboat can go eleven and a half or twelve miles an hour, the same speed at which a bond lawyer runs around the Cental Park Reservoir.
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A dugout is much superior to a conventional manufactured canoe because you can get soaking wet without bothering to capsize it.
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