Quotes tagged with 'sailing'

There is nothing like lying flat on your back on the deck, alone except for the helmsman aft at the wheel, silence except for the lapping of the sea against the side of the ship. At that time you can be equal to Ulysses and brother to him.
—Errol Flynn sailing

He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea.
—Thomas Fuller sailing

It's remarkable how quickly a good and favorable wind can sweep away the maddening frustrations of shore living.
—Ernest K. Gann sailing

There is but a plank between a sailor and eternity.
—Thomas Gibbons sailing

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.
—Andre Gide sailing

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
—Andre Gide life sailing travel

The only ship you can truly steer in this ocean is the one you're sailing. Quit trying to alter the winds; harness them.
—Richelle E. Goodrich sailing

Sailing - The fine art of slowly going nowhere at great expense while being cold, wet and miserable.
—Irv Heller sailing

The sea is the same as it has been since before men ever went on it in boats.
—Ernest Hemingway sailing

To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.
—Aldous Huxley sailing travel