Sailing Quotes

The open ocean often takes you past your physical limits and when it does, sailing becomes a mental game.

We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end.

Home is like the ship at sea, Sailing on eternally; Oft the anchor forth we cast, But can never make it fast.

i wish i was away in Ingo far across the briny sea sailing over deepest waters where neither care nore worry trouble me

Off Cape Horn there are but two kinds of weather, neither one of them a pleasant kind.

The most ordinary conditions for observing sailing birds are then the wind and sea are both aft.

It looks like frozen snot.

The world is like a vast sea: mankind like a vessel sailing on its tempestuous bosom. ... [T]he sciences serve us for oars.

Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.

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

Nothing comes sailing by itself.

I wind about, and in and out, - With here a blossom sailing, - And here and there a lusty trout, - And here and there a grayling.

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

Sailing, the most expensive way to travel 3rd class

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.

Equestrian and sailing are sports for people growing up on the mean streets of Connecticut.

In the time it takes us to look beyond the lies, we could be sailing in each other's eyes.

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

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

Come, cuddle your head on my shoulder, dear, your head like the golden rod, and we will go sailing away from here to the beautiful Land Of Nod.

It so happened that I was on a German sailing vessel on the way to Australia when the ship was captured, and on the high seas I was made prisoner by the French.

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!

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.

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

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'.

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

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

A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company

If you don't know what port you are sailing to, no wind is favourable.

It is always fair sailing, when you escape evil.

The chance for mistakes is about equal to the number of crew squared.

O Captain my Captain! our fearful trip is done, / The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won

Say, it's only a paper moon, Sailing over a cardboard sea, But it wouldn't be make believe, If you believed in me.

Three fishers went sailing away to the west, Away to the west as the sun went down; Each thought on the woman who loved him the best, And the children stood watching them out of the town.

We went sailing one time, and he wore a Speedo, and any smart woman should know that means bisexual at least.

I grew up in a sailing family. My dad lived for sailing, and when we moved to Canada when I was a child, he really wanted us to learn.

... strike the words "white male" from all your constitutions, and then, with fair sailing, let us sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish together.

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

What child has a heart to sing in this capricious clime of ours, when spring comes sailing in from the sea, with wet and heavy cloud-sails and the misty pennon of the east-wind nailed to the mast.

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

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

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.

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

There is no Idea Dump, no Story Central, no Island of the Buried Bestsellers; good stories seem to come quite literally from nowhere, sailing at you right out of the empty sky.

Nothing goes to windward like a 747.

There's precious little to say between day and dark, Perhaps a few words on the implacable will Of time sailing like a magic barque Or something as fine for the amenities.

Sailing is necessary, living is not necessary.

I’m sort of known in the comedy community as “Smooth Sailing,” just ’cause everything always goes great. I’ve always had success at every turn.

There was a sound in the background like a distant sheep coughing gently on a mountainside. Jeeves sailing into action.