Quotes and Sayings About Sailing
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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 -
I'm not like most designers, who have to set sail on an exotic getaway to get inspired. Most of the time, it's on my walk to work, or sitting in the subway and seeing something random or out of context.
-- Alexander Wang -
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.
-- Alvin Martin -
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.
-- Arthur Ashe -
I thought I would try my hand at sailing. It was too small and kept sinking, so I decided to try a boat instead.
-- Arthur M. Jolly -
You mustn't miss the moment. There's only one first sailing into Rio harbor.
-- Bette Davis -
Most sailing ships take what they call trainees, who pay to be part of the crew. The Picton Castle takes people who are absolutely raw recruits. But you can't just ride along. You're learning to steer the ship, navigation; you're pulling lines, keeping a lookout; in the galley you're cooking.
-- Billy Campbell -
We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end.
-- Blaise Pascal -
It's not always plain sailing , especially when you're flying
-- Brendan Rodgers -
Waves are not measured in feet or inches, they are measured in increments of fear.
-- Buzzy Trent -
Sailing, the most expensive way to travel 3rd class
-- Buzzy Trent -
I hate a Barnacle as no man ever did before, not even a Sailor in a slow-sailing ship.
-- Charles Darwin -
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.
-- Charles Kingsley -
If the Lord says to give more than you think you are able to give, know that He will provide for you. Whether things are sailing smoothly or the bottom has dropped out, He is always trustworthy. You can count on Almighty God to keep His everlasting Word.
-- Charles Stanley -
I'm telling you that India is that way, now set my course.
-- Christopher Columbus -
Everything went smoothly at the sailing events today, except for the British team. They forgot to bring limes and they all got scurvy.
-- Craig Ferguson -
Always sailing, sailing, sailing...never quite reaching.
-- Cressida Cowell -
Sailing became one of the mainstreams of my life. I suppose my father was an influence. I remember seeing a photo of him at home sailing a big boat to Bermuda in his 20s. I still have it.
-- David Crosby -
People say that life is a cesspool of darkness and dispair. Well we of Van Halen are sailing through it in a yacht!
-- David Lee Roth -
Some things cannot be spoken or discovered until we have been stuck, incapacitated, or blown off course for awhile. Plain sailing is pleasant, but you are not going to explore many unknown realms that way.
-- David Whyte -
Design has taken the place of what sailing used to be.
-- Dennis Conner -
This is largely the methodology I've used throughout my career - that is, starting with a question as to what might be the properties of a set of compounds that could be invented which were unusual and unpredictable. Many times I've felt a bit like Columbus setting sail.
-- Donald Cram -
If a man is to be obsessed by something, I suppose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better than most.
-- E. B. White -
I have no interest in sailing around the world. Not that there is any lack of requests for me to do so.
-- Edward Heath -
Ports are necessities, like postage stamps or soap, but they seldom seem to care what impressions they make.
-- Elizabeth Bishop -
... 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.
-- Elizabeth Cady Stanton
