Alan Villiers famous quotes

There is little man has made that approaches anything in nature, but a sailing ship does. There is not much man has made that calls to all the best in him, but a sailing ship does.
-- Alan Villiers

#Men #Sailing #Doe

Only fools and passengers drink at sea.
-- Alan Villiers

#Sea #Sailing #Fool

Every ship should have a cat.
-- Alan Villiers

#Cat #Ships #Should

The singing of sea shanties as working songs at sea is a lost art
-- Alan Villiers

#Song #Art #Sea

This is our high calling, to represent Christ, and act in His behalf, and in His character and spirit, under all circumstances and toward all men.

We always knew how to honor fallen soldiers. They were killed for our sake, they went out on our mission. But how are we to mourn a random man killed in a terrorist attack while sitting in a cafe? How do you mourn a housewife who got on a bus and never returned?

Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.

I wish I could get all the discourteous drivers on a ship and sail them away and make sure it's a really horrible, wavy journey and when they get to where they're going, keep them there.

I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.

You mustn't miss the moment. There's only one first sailing into Rio harbor.

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

I'm telling you that India is that way, now set my course.

Every living creature is the son of the supreme Lord, and He does not tolerate even ants being killed

Art does not exist for politics, or for instruction- it exists primarily for pleasure, or it is nothing.