Sailboat Quotes

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  • Sailboat racing becomes a game of chance only when you are not prepared

    Games   Racing   Chance  
  • Disillusionment can come as fast as a gust, but building faith that the government won't inflate again is like building a new sailboat, a project of years.

  • 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.

    "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
  • A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.

    1987 Address at Trinity College, Washington. Reported in Time, 22 Jun.
  • I am happy because I want nothing from anyone. I do not care for money. Decorations, titles or distinctions mean nothing to me. I do not crave praise. The only thing that gives me pleasure, apart from my work, my violin and my sailboat, is the appreciation of my fellow workers.

    Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.21, St. Martin's Press
  • The rough and ready improvisational quality to life on board the International Space Station is reminiscent of a long trip in a sailboat: privacy and fresh produce are in short supply, hygiene is basic, and a fair amount of the crew's time is spent just on maintaining and repairing the craft.

    Hygiene   Space   Long  
  • I try to look at this music career thing as the means to an end. And really, at the end of it, I see myself on a sailboat, sailing off the edge of the world.

  • So are you moving on now? Is that what brought you to the grand metropolis of Valladolid?” “No. The wind just blew me here.” “What? Like a plastic bag?” “I prefer to think of myself as a ship. Like a sailboat.

    Moving   Thinking   Wind  
  • I'm very close to my parents and we built a sailboat together when I was growing up. We're partners.

    "New Again: Rex Smith". Interview with Andy Warhol and Bob Colacello, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 20, 1981.
  • I'm on a frosting sailboat, tossed around by blue-green waves, the deck shifting beneath my feet.

    Blue   Feet   Green  
    Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.1274, Scholastic Inc.
  • I pick projects according to how fascinating they are to me, and it has resulted in a broad reach. My records are actually in five different sports: balloons, airplanes, airships, gliders, and sailboats.

  • Fortunately the boat we rented had a motor in it You will definitely want this feature on your sailboat too, because if you put up the sails, the boat tips way over, and you could spill your beer.

    Funny   Beer   Sailing  
    Dave Barry (2010). “Dave Barry's Greatest Hits”, p.226, Ballantine Books
  • Sailboats are the slowest form of transportation on Earth with the possible exeption of airline flights that go through O'Hare.

    Funny   Humorous   Food  
  • The days pass happily with me wherever my ship sails.

  • There is nothing like lying flat on your back on the deck, alone except for the helmsman aft at the wheel, silence except for the lapping of the sea against the side of the ship. At that time you can be equal to Ulysses and brother to him.

    Brother   Lying   Sea  
  • At sea, I learned how little a person needs, not how much.

    Sea   Sailing   Nautical  
  • And the winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

    "History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire". Volume 6,
  • I think we d like life to be like a train..but it turns out to be a sailboat.

  • There is little man has made that approaches anything in nature, but a sailing ship does. There is not much man has made that calls to all the best in him, but a sailing ship does.

    Men   Sea   Sailing  
  • The cabin of a small yacht is truly a wonderful thing; not only will it shelter you from a tempest, but from the other troubles in life, it is a safe retreat.

    Sea   Sailing   Nautical  
  • I am happiest in the brush and by myself - whether that's the woods of northern Minnesota or the wilds of Alaska behind a dogteam, picking through the foothills of the mountains by my ranch in New Mexico on horseback, or on the ship of my sailboat on the Pacific - so I guess it made sense to me that both Brian and Samuel would find their challenges and adventures, if that's what you call them, in the woods.

    "Author Interview: Gary Paulsen". Interview with Amanda Lynch, www.thechildrensbookreview.com. January 26, 2009.
  • Four people wheel out a huge wedding cake from a side room. Most of the guests back up, making way for this rarity, this dazzling creation with blue-green, white-tipped icing waves swimming with fish and sailboats, seals and sea flowers. But I push my way through the crowd to confirm what I knew at first sight. As surely as the embroidery stitches in Annie's gown were done by Cinna's hand, the frosted flowers on the cake were done by Peeta's.

    Flower   Swimming   Hands  
    Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.227, Scholastic Inc.
  • I would like a man now who is rich, and who can give me a boat - a sailboat. I want to own it and let him pay for it. My first love is the sea and water, not music. Music is second.

  • I've been a river kayaker for a long time and I've done quite a few trips. I like kayaking and I like canoeing. I don't really like being on yachts or sailboats or cruise ships. I don't like anything that's large and not human-powered.

    Kayaking   Rivers   Long  
    "Misha Collins Interview -- JustJared.com Exclusive". Interview with Alana Lynch, www.justjared.com. October 1, 2008.
  • I loved the sea. I loved steamers and sailboats and surf and sailors. And I yearned and strained to the sea, always the sea, for it is a lovely, vicious lonely thing. In its limitless variety I had a sort of HOME.

    Lonely   Home   Sea  
  • I wanted freedom, open air and adventure. I found it on the sea.

    Adventure   Air   Sea  
  • I sailboat raced, I love to go out on my motorcycle alone, but I also love my family dearly. I love that aspect of my life as well.

    "Rock and Roll Never Forgets". Interview with Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 21, 2011.
  • To young men contemplating a voyage I would say go.

    Joshua Slocum (1985). “The Voyages of Joshua Slocum”, p.381, Sheridan House, Inc.
  • Spirits rise as the sails fill... Gone is the sea's glassy surface, and with it the terrible glare. Close the hatches and ports! We're sailing again!

    Sea   Sailing   Nautical  
    Jim Moore (1996). “By Way of the Wind”, p.105, Sheridan House, Inc.
  • In a sailboat I become oblivious to everything else in the world.

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