Ships Quotes - Page 8

Journeys are the midwives of thought. Few places are more conducive to internal conversations than moving planes, ships or trains.

One suggestion is to regard your personality as a pet. It follows you around anyway, so give it a name and make friends with it. Keep it on a leash when you need to, and let it run free when you feel that is appropriate. Train it as well as you can, and then accept its idiosyncrasies, but always remember that your pet is not you. Your pet has its own life, and just happens to be in an intimate relationship with you, whoever you may be, hiding there behind your personality.

Ownership is the most intimate relationship that one can have to objects. Not that they come alive in him; it is he who lives in them.

We want to get another one.

A common obstruction to a vital intimate relationship is what I call the assumption of clairvoyance. You imagine, perhaps unconsciously, that your partner or friend is somehow magically psychic when it comes to you -\-\ so much so that he or she should unfailingly intuit exactly what you need, even if you don't ask for it. This fantasy may seem romantic, but it can undermine the most promising alliances. To counteract any tendencies you might have to indulge in the assumption of clairvoyance, practice stating your desires aloud.

Adversarial power relationships only work if you never have to see or work with the bastards again.

the captain is supposed to go down with the ship" . "unless the first mate knocks him out and throws him in a lifeboat

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to burn his ships and cut all sources of retreat.

When the ship docks, I'm getting off with you. This is crazy. I know it doesn't make any sense, that's why I trust it.

That ship is loaded with treasure, but there's a hole in the ship. And my job is to get everyone to row in the same direction.

Long-term commitment to an intimate relationship with one person of whatever sex is an essential need that people have in order to breed the qualities out of which nurturing thought can rise.

When I put out to sea, I do not offer advice to the skipper about the management of the ship.

Growing up, I always dreamed of winning an NBA championship, never a gold. A gold was something that never crossed my mind.

I'm proud of everybody in our organization. Not every story has a happy ending. Doesn't mean it's a bad story.

If you need the approval of the platform vendor to ship an app, then it isn't a platform.

As far as the quote-unquote shipping community goes, I love the passion behind anyone who ships Caroline and Klaus. They are very hardcore shippers.

Choose a single, sacred word or phrase that captures something of the flavor of your intimate relationship with God. A word such as Jesus, Abba, Peace, God or a phrase such as "Abba, I belong to you." . . . Without moving your lips, repeat the sacred word inwardly, slowly, and often.

Mothering/nurturing is a vital force and process establishing relationships throughout the universe.

LeBron doesn't have any weaknesses, or he doesn't have a glaring weakness. So you've got to pick up on the smaller things to try to make him uncomfortable. Like knowing which side he likes to shoot threes off the dribble, which side he likes to drive. One side he'll drive left more often, and the other side he'll drive right more often.

Resolve to be merry though the ship were sinking.

I want to say congratulations to Cleveland and Coach Blatt. LeBron is an incredible player.

He aint heavy, he's my brother.

The ship is going by a mighty engine, and you are busy rowing.

Rocket ships are exciting but so are roses on a birthday.

If you are trying to balance the scales of justice and equality in all your work relationships, you're going to come up short.