Sail Quotes - Page 2

Light boats sail swift, though greater hulks draw deep.

We could say the government spend like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors, because the sailors are spending their own money.

People say that life is a cesspool of darkness and dispair. Well we of Van Halen are sailing through it in a yacht!

The only way to get a good crew is to marry one.

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.

A small craft in an ocean is, or should be, a benevolent dictatorship.

The goal is not to sail the boat, but rather to help the boat sail herself.

I'll do business with anyone, but I'll only go sailing with gentlemen.

I'm telling you that India is that way, now set my course.

There is but a plank between a sailor and eternity.

Bad cooking is responsible for more trouble at sea than all other things put together.

I don't know who named them swells. There's nothing swell about them. They should have named them awfuls.

Layering and changeability: this is the key, the combination that is worked into most of my buildings. Occupying one of these buildings is like sailing a yacht; you modify and manipulate its form and skin according to seasonal conditions and natural elements, and work with these to maximize the performance of the building.

Whenever your preparations for the sea are poor; the sea worms its way in and finds the problems.

Being hove to in a long gale is the most boring way of being terrified I know.

Let the business of the world take care of itself... My business is to get the world saved; if this involves the standing still of the looms and the shutting up of the factories, and the staying of the sailing of the ships, let them all stand still. When we have got everybody converted they can go on again, and we shall be able to keep things going then by working half time and have the rest to spend in loving one another and worshipping God.

I think we d like life to be like a train..but it turns out to be a sailboat.

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.

If you're going through difficult times today, hold steady. It will change soon. If you are experiencing smooth sailing and easy times now, brace yourself. It will change soon. The only thing you can be certain of is change.

For a sailor to sail around the world, the thought is just, sometimes, too much. Thus, one simply goes from port to port in the same direction.

I’m not like most designers, who have to set sail on an exotic getaway to get inspired. Most of the time, it’s on my walk to work, or sitting in the subway and seeing something random or out of context.

Be in a state of gratitude for everything that shows up in your life. Be thankful for the storms as well as the smooth sailing. What is the lesson or gift in what you are experiencing right now? Find your joy not in what's missing in your life but in how you can serve.

Money can't buy you happiness but it can pay for the plastic surgery.

For one thing, I was no longer alone; a man is never alone with the wind-and the boat made three.

It is easier for me to take ten good pictures in an airplane bathroom than in the gardens at Versailles.