Sailing Quotes
Everything speaks: the flowing airstream and the sailing halycon, the blade of grass, the flower, the bud, the element; did you imagine the universe to be otherwise?
The romantic appeal of solar sailing has ensured that its advocates consistently come from the worlds of both science fiction and science fact.
I thought I would try my hand at sailing. It was too small and kept sinking, so I decided to try a boat instead.
Three fishers went sailing away to the west,/ Away to the west as the sun went down.
From the plough to paper, from the wheel to house, from tool handles to sailing ships. Man would have been nothing without trees.
Everything went smoothly at the sailing events today, except for the British team. They forgot to bring limes and they all got scurvy.
You have to be careful on the deck, because of the "hatches," which are holes placed around a sailboat at random to increase the insurance rates.
It takes a minimum of six people, working in close harmony, to successfully flush a nautical toilet. That's why those old ships carried such large crews.
Born in the Flint, Michigan, big boat sailing on the Great Lakes and skiing in the winter was how most of my youth was spent.
On the Trans-Atlantic Single-handed Race Mr Owen Smithers has been disqualified for using both hands.
The cloudlets are lazily sailing O'er the blue Atlantic sea; And mid the twilight there hovers A shadowy figure o'er me.
The other side of the globe is but the home of our correspondent. Our voyaging is only great-circle sailing.
Orcs, and talking trees, and leagues of grass, and galloping riders, and glittering caves, and white towers and golden halls, and battles, and tall ships sailing, all these passed before Sam's mind.
Sailing has given me some of the most pleasant and exciting moments of my life. It also has taught me something of the courage, resourcefulness, and strength of men who sail the seas in ships.
... for, by all the stars That tend thy bidding, I do think the bars That kept my spirit in are burst - that I Am sailing with thee through the dizzy sky! How beautiful thou art!
Sailing is a completely new sport for me and I wasn't sure what to expect but I've definitely got the bug.
Sailing to an island unknown Failing to find your way home you walk under a sea leagues beneath us
Love is going to replace life and from then on it's all smooth sailing. Love will replace life.
Family, that slippery word, a star to every wandering bark, and everyone sailing under a different sky.
Any chance he’s turned a new leaf and taken up sailing for real?” “About as likely as me doing it.” Hadrian eyed Royce for a heartbeat. “I put him at the top of the list.
E.B. White's essays are the best things I've read about Maine - especially the one in which he's not sure if he can go out sailing any more in his sloop.
There are a lot of mysterious things about boats, such as why anyone would get on one voluntarily.
A dugout is much superior to a conventional manufactured canoe because you can get soaking wet without bothering to capsize it.
Since my childhood I learned that to understand the world we need to go further and take the risks of sailing in unknown seas.
Some gifted adventurer is always sailing round the world of art and science, to bring home costly merchandise from every port.
Life in the ocean makes Earth hospitable. We are sailing along in the universe and we have a blue engine that is making everything alright.
The happiest hour a sailor sees Is when he's down At an inland town, With his Nancy on his knees, yo ho! And his arm around her waist!
There have been times on this trip I’ve been convinced that GPS was wrong.
It is as difficult for most poor people to truly believe that they could someday escape poverty as it is for most wealthy people to truly believe that their wealth could someday escape them.
A sailor is not defined as much by how many seas he has sailed than by how many storms he has overcome.
You don’t command wind in the direction it blows, but you command a ship in the direction it sails.
The winds of fortune tend to favour the sails of those who politely yell out to it, 'Nice to meet you!
Maria didn’t fear the sea but, as taught by her father, she respected its power. In her experience the ocean had no intent to drown travellers.
Only whispers can tell of the sweet dreams we knew so well. I'll see you around our dear ocean town.
Sailboats with they were stars, floating softly through the sky, among our dreams that pay goodbye.
A small boat that sails the river is better than a large ship that sinks in the sea.