Quotes tagged with 'sailing'

Our voyage had commenced, and at last we were away, gliding through the clean water, past the reeds. Care was lifted from our shoulders, for we were free from advice, pessimism, officialism, heat and hot air.
—K. adlard Coles sailing

I'm telling you that India is that way, now set my course.
—Christopher Columbus sailing

My goal in sailing isn't to be brilliant or flashy in individual races, just to be consistent over the long run.
—Dennis Conner sailing

Until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore, you will not know the terror of being forever lost at sea.
—Charles Cook sailing

From birth man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth, but man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free.
—Jacques Yves Cousteau sailing

You can’t bullshit the ocean. It’s just not listening.
—David Crosby / American songwriter sailing

Boats, like whiskey, are all good.
—A. Culler sailing

It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.
—George William Curtis sailing

The best bilge pump of all is a bucket in the hands of a frightened man
—Butch Dalrymple Smith sailing

Out of sight of land the sailor feels safe. It is the beach that worries him.
—Charles C. Davis sailing