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Sea Quotes - Page 118

We of the age of the machines, having delivered ourselves of nocturnal enemies, now have a dislike of night itself. With lights and ever more lights, we drive the holiness and beauty of night back to the forests and the

We of the age of the machines, having delivered ourselves of nocturnal enemies, now have a dislike of night itself. With lights and ever more lights, we drive the holiness and beauty of night back to the forests and the sea.

Henry Beston, Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth (2001). “The Best of Beston: A Selection from the Natural World of Henry Beston from Cape Cod to the St. Lawrence”, p.28, David R. Godine Publisher

My wife and I went to a hotel where we got a waterbed. My wife called it the Dead Sea.

"The Haunted Smile: The Story of Jewish Comedians in America". Book by Lawrence J. Epstein, 2001.

intemperance in eating is one of the most fruitful of all causes of disease and death.

Catharine Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe (2008). “American Woman's Home”, p.119, Applewood Books

Apoplexie and lethargie, As forlorn hope, assault the enemy.

"La Seconde Semaine". Poem by Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, 1584.

My best fishing-memory is about some fish that I never caught.

George Orwell (1969). “Coming Up for Air”, p.93, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

A sly old fish, too cunning for the hook.

George Crabbe (1855). “The Poetical Works of George Crabbe. With Life. Eight Engravings on Steel”, p.57

If this is the best God can do, I'm not impressed.

George Carlin (2002). “Napalm & Silly Putty”, Hyperion

I have a birthmark on the inside of my left knee that resembles an upside-down sea horse.

"Need to Meet: Gabourey Sidibe". Interview with Thelma Adams, www.marieclaire.com. July 22, 2010.

To save all we must risk all.

"Fiesco; or, the Genoese Conspiracy" by Friedrich Schiller, Act IV, Sc vi, 1783.

Ocean energy can contribute a great deal toward the protection or our atmosphere - without damaging marine ecosystems that are equally vital to the planet's future.

Miriam Horn, Fred Krupp (2009). “Earth: The Sequel: The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming”, p.139, W. W. Norton & Company