Tristan Jones quotes

“A small craft in an ocean is, or should be, a benevolent dictatorship.”
-- Tristan Jones

#Ocean Quotes #Crafts Quotes #Boat Quotes

“If you can not arrive in daylight, then stand off well clear, and wait until dawn. After all, that's one of the things God made boats for- to wait in.”
-- Tristan Jones

Source : Tristan Jones (2014). “Outward Leg”, p.114, Open Road Media

#Waiting Quotes #Daylight Quotes #Dawn Quotes

“A small craft in the ocean is, or should be, a benevolent dictatorship. The skipper's brain is the vessel's brain and he must give up his soul to her, regardless of his own feelings or inclinations.”
-- Tristan Jones

Source : Tristan Jones (1990). “One Hand for Yourself, One for the Ship: The Essentials of Single-Handed Sailing”, p.26, Sheridan House, Inc.

#Giving Up Quotes #Ocean Quotes #Soul Quotes

“I can't wait for the oil wells to run dry, for the last gob of black, sticky muck to come oozing out of some remote well. Then the glory of sail will return.”
-- Tristan Jones

Source : Tristan Jones (1998). “Ice!”, p.35, Sheridan House, Inc.

#Running Quotes #Oil Quotes #Waiting Quotes

“On June 10, the worst storm in the series swept across the middle of the Indian Ocean and Wild Eyes was directly in its path.”

Source : Abby Sunderland, Lynn Vincent (2011). “Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas”, p.12, Thomas Nelson Inc

“This is my life, I thought...I have excised the cancer from my past, cut it out; I have crossed the high plains, descended into the desert, traversed oceans, and planted my feet in new soil; I have been the apprentice, paid my dues, and have just become master of my ship. But when I look down, why do I see the ancient, tarred, mud-stained slippers that I buried at the start of the journey still stuck to my feet?”

“I drink from a small spring, / my thirst excedes the ocean.”

“Haters are a drop in the ocean. Theres that much more love”

“As centuries of dictators have known, an illiterate crowd is the easiest to rule; since the craft of reading cannot be untaught once it has been acquired, the second-best recourse is to limit its scope.”

“Most of my movies are indies. The best scripts I can find are independent films. But I love big-budget movies, I love craft services!”

“Don't try to behave as though you were essentially sane and naturally good. We're all demented sinners in the same cosmic boat - and the boat is perpetually sinking.”

“In the film business, when you're young, you just want to work. But when you're older, it has more to do with who's involved with the project - who you're going to get in the boat with.”

“When Attenborough asked me to do Gandhi it was almost like stepping off one boat and stepping on to another, even though both boats are going at 60 miles per hour.”

“The Mexicans descend from the Aztecs; the Peruvians descend from the Incas; the Argentineans descend from the boats.”