Quotes by Sea It was a pity that there was no radar to guide one across the trackless seas of life. Every man had to find his own way, steered by some secret compass of the soul. And sometimes, late or early, the compass lost its power and spun aimlessly on its bearings. Alan Bishop Arthur C. Clarke soul sea men To find anything comparable with our forthcoming ventures into space, we must go back far beyond Columbus, far beyond Odysseus-far, indeed, beyond the first ape-man. We must contemplate the moment, now irrevocably lost in the mists of time, when the ancestor off all of us came crawling out of the sea. Arthur C. Clarke space sea men '2001' was written in an age which now lies beyond one of the great divides in human history; we are sundered from it forever by the moment when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped out on to the Sea of Tranquility. Now history and fiction have become inexorably intertwined. Arthur C. Clarke sea forever lying Just as an octopus may have his den in some ocean cave, and come floating out a silent image of horror to attack a swimmer, so I picture such a spirit lurking in the dark of the house which he curses by his presence, and ready to float out upon all whom he can injure. Arthur Conan Doyle ocean sea dark The air is the most mysterious, the most exciting, the most challenging of all the elements. We leave the planet, we leave the sea, we leave the earth. The air is no longer of this world . Arthur David Beaty challenges air sea Let us suppose that an ichthyologist is exploring the life of the ocean. He casts a net into the water and brings up a fishy assortment. Surveying his catch, he proceeds in the usual manner of a scientist to systematise what it reveals. He arrives at two generalisations: No sea-creature is less than two inches long. (2) All sea-creatures have gills. These are both true of his catch, and he assumes tentatively that they will remain true however often he repeats it. Arthur Eddington ocean sea two There are two distinct visits to tackle-shops, the visit to buy tackle and the visit which may be described as Platonic when, being for some reason unable to fish, we look for an excuse to go in, and waste the tackle dealer's time. Arthur Ransome fishing sea two . . perhaps the greatest satisfaction on the first day of the season is the knowledge in the evening that the whole of the rest of the season is to come. Arthur Ransome fishing sea lakes Good fishermen know that in talking about fishing, nothing is more interesting than the truth. Arthur Ransome sea lakes talking Fishing is not like billiards, in which it is possible to attain a disgusting perfection. Arthur Ransome fishing sea lakes The northern lights rise like a kiss to the sea Arthur Rimbaud kissing light sea Eternity. It is the sea mingled with the sun. Arthur Rimbaud eternity sea sun Eternity is the sun Arthur Rimbaud eternity sea sun It was the voice of mad seas, roaring immense,/ That shattered your infant breast, too soft, too human. Arthur Rimbaud mad voice sea And from then on, I bathed in the Poem of the Sea, star-infused, and opalescent, devouring green azures Arthur Rimbaud green stars sea Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame. Arthur Schopenhauer philosophical money sea Wealth as well as sea water. The more we drink, the more thirsty. The so famous Arthur Schopenhauer wealth sea water Here in a little lonely room I am master of earth and sea, And the planets come to me. Arthur Symons lonely loneliness sea The wind is rising on the sea,The windy white foam-dancers leap;And the sea moans uneasily,And turns to sleep, and cannot sleep. Arthur Symons sea sleep wind Air superiority is a condition for all operations, at sea, in land, and in the air. Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder land sea war «678910111213141516»
