Francis Drake quotes

“It isn't that life ashore is distasteful to me. But life at sea is better.”
-- Francis Drake

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“There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished yields the true glory.”
-- Francis Drake

Source : Dispatch to Sir Francis Walsingham, 17 May 1587, in 'Navy Records Society' vol. 11 (1898) p.134

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“Great things have small beginnings.”
-- Francis Drake

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“This high official, all allow, is grossly overpaid; there wasn't any Board, and now there isn't any Trade.”

“Being at sea is like watching the whole world in high-definition.”

Source : Abby Sunderland, Lynn Vincent (2011). “Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas”, p.88, Thomas Nelson Inc

“Terror ripped through me as I was falling, falling, falling toward the sea.”

Source : Abby Sunderland, Lynn Vincent (2011). “Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas”, p.125, Thomas Nelson Inc

“A boat can't have two captains.”

“BOAT = Break Out Another Thousand”

“The right woman for you wouldn't want you to change anything about your life. She wouldn't rock your boat, she'd jump right in and sail it with you.”

Source : Alice Clayton (2016). “The Cocktail Collection: Wallbanger, Rusty Nailed, and Screwdrivered”, p.116, Simon and Schuster

“The cypress boat is frequently a symbol of fluctuating intention.”

“A sail boat that sails backwards can never see the sun rise.”

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

“I just don't like conspicuous consumption. I find it distasteful.”