Sailing Quotes - Page 6

Headwinds are sore vexations and the more passengers the sorer.

Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment

Be patient with your boaters and let them rant. Most of them will get over it come December.

The suffix 'naut' comes from the Greek and Latin words for ships and sailing. Astronaut suggests 'a sailor in space.' Chimponaut suggests 'a chimpanzee in sailor pants'.

I love sailing. I like it more when I am winning.

Thats what a ship is, you know. Its not a keel and a hull and a deck and sails. Thats what a ship needs. But what a ship is. What the Black Pearl really is . . . is freedom.

I must go down to the sea again For the call of the running tide It's a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied.

For me, my craft is sailing on,Through mists to-day, clear seas anon.Whate'er the final harbor be'T is good to sail upon the sea!

Ports are necessities, like postage stamps or soap, but they seldom seem to care what impressions they make.

If a man is to be obsessed by something, I suppose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better than most.

It's not always going to be smooth sailing or everyone will do it. If you have something people want, it should be the perfect recipe for success.

Sailing, the most expensive way to travel 3rd class

You are uneasy; you never sailed with me before, I see.

Nothing comes sailing by itself.

My sailing system set sail, make it fast, no thoughts of energy or velocity, loll back, let boat drift.

Nothing goes to windward like a 747.

What is realisation? Realisation is my conscious and constant sailing with my Inner Pilot in His Golden Boat towards the uncharted land, where sooner than at once beauty, divinity and Immortality seeds grow into the richest harvest.

To expel hunger and thirst there is no necessity of sitting in a palace and submitting to the supercilious brow and contumelious favour of the rich and great there is no necessity of sailing upon the deep or of following the camp What nature wants is every where to be found and attainable without much difficulty whereas require the sweat of the brow for these we are obliged to dress anew j compelled to grow old in the field and driven to foreign mores A sufficiency is always at hand

The big change, the really radical change in communication, was in the late 19th century. The shift from sailing ships to telegraph is astronomical. Everything since then has been small increments, including the internet. So you don't have to wait for a letter to get to England in six weeks, you have almost instant communication. That was an enormous shift.

Even if it is made up of gold, the sailing boat can go nowhere without the humble wind!

New things always have to experience difficulties and setbacks as they grow. It is sheer fantasy to imagine that the cause of socialism is all plain sailing and easy success, without difficulties and setbacks or the exertion of tremendous efforts.

There is a rule in sailing where the more maneuverable ship should give way to the less maneuverable craft. I think this is sometimes a good rule to follow in human relationships as well.

If you're not getting close to capsize, you're provably not pushing hard enough

You have no right to own a yacht if you ask that question.

No literature is richer than that of the sea. No story is more enthralling, no tradition is more secure.