Quotes by Sailing The sea drives truth into a man like salt. Hilaire Belloc sailing sea men There never was a great man yet who spent all his life inland. Herman Melville nautical sailing men The sailor is frankness, the landsman is finesse. Life is not a game with the sailor, demanding the long head Herman Melville sailing games long The sail, the play of its pulse so like our own lives: so thin and yet so full of life, so noiseless when it labors hardest, so noisy and impatient when least effective. Henry David Thoreau sailing pulse play For one thing, I was no longer alone; a man is never alone with the wind-and the boat made three. Hilaire Belloc sailing wind men I don't know who named them swells. There's nothing swell about them. They should have named them awfuls. Hugo Vihlen nautical sailing should-have Columbus's doom-burdened caravels J. C. Squire columbus sailing land I'll do business with anyone, but I'll only go sailing with gentlemen. J. P. Morgan sailing gentleman You have no right to own a yacht if you ask that question. J. P. Morgan yacht sailing asks Our future is like that of the passengers on a small pleasure boat sailing quietly above the Niagara Falls, not knowing that the engines are about to fail. James Lovelock sailing knowing fall He is the best sailor who can steer within the fewest points of the wind, and extract a motive power out of the greatest obstacles. Most begin to veer and tack as soon as the wind changes from aft, and as within the tropics it does not blow from all points of the compass, there are some harbors which they can never reach. Henry David Thoreau sailing blow wind I know enough about Satan to realize that he will have all his weapons ready for determined opposition. He would be a missionary simpleton who expected plain sailing in any work of God. James O. Fraser sailing missionary would-be If you're not getting close to capsize, you're provably not pushing hard enough James Spithill sailing pushing enough Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat. Jean-Paul Sartre sailing rocks guy I know how to dance with the wind, I can use its power by sailing this way, then that way, and again this way, till finally I get to you. With rowing, you're working primarily with your arms and shoulders. But with sailing, you're making bigger use of the wind and the waves. Jeff Bridges sailing use wind Spirits rise as the sails fill... Jim Moore nautical sailing sea The ocean has always been a salve to my soul. Jimmy Buffett sailing ocean soul Drifting, On a sea of forgotten teardrops, On a lifeboat, Sailing for Your love Jimi Hendrix sailing sadness sea Money can't buy you happiness but it can pay for the plastic surgery. Joan Rivers sailing hilarious pay I just thank God I don't live in a trailer. Jimmy Buffett sailing trailers thank-god «12345678910»