Sailor Quotes - page 3

As the son of a son of a sailor, I went out on the sea for adventure. Expanding the view of the captain and crew Like a man just released from indenture. (Jimmy Buffett)
Son of a son, son of a son, son of a son of a sailor. Son of a gun; load the last ton, One step ahead of the jailer. View quote
Jimmy Buffett
He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles. View quote
Walter Scott
Monsters merge and welter through the water's mounting Din. All hands, stand fast! A sailor sprints aloft, Hangs, swelling spider-like, among invisible nets, Surveys his slowly undulating snares, and waits. View quote
Adam Mickiewicz
Now obey thy cherished secret wish, Embrace thy friends-leave all in order; To port and hawser's tie no more returning, Depart upon thy endless cruise, old Sailor! View quote
Walt Whitman
Honor to the soldier and sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country's cause. Honor, also, to the citizen who cares for his brother in the field and serves, as he best can, the same cause. View quote
Abraham Lincoln
It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean. View quote
John Locke
I got a part as a chorus girl in a show called Every Sailor and I had fun doing it. Mother didn't really approve of it, through. View quote
James Cagney
A brackish reach of shoal off Madaket-- The sea was still breaking violently and night Had steamed into our North Atlantic Fleet, When the drowned sailor clutched the drag-net. Light Flashed from his matted head and marble feet, He grappled at the net With the coiled, hurdling muscles of his thighs: The corpse was bloodless, a botch of reds and whites, Its open, staring eyes Were lustreless dead-lights Or cabin-windows on a stranded hulk Heavy with sand. View quote
Robert Lowell
The first Nintendo game I ever got was 'Clash at Demonhead.' I got into anime and manga thanks to that Canadian classic, 'Sailor Moon.' View quote
Bryan Lee O'Malley
We are an Island. Every soldier that wants to go anywhere out of England - a sailor has got to carry him there on his back. (John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher)
'Sailor Moon' was my favorite cartoon of all time, and I'm still kind of obsessed with it. I own all the DVDs to watch it at home. View quote
Emily Browning
You can no longer just be a good sailor. You have to be an incredible athlete as well. Having said that, you can be a great athlete, the strongest guy in the world, but if you can't anticipate and make decisions under stress and exhaustion and think ahead, then you won't be able to cut it, either. View quote
James Spithill
Denmark is a country built on a commercial fleet. That's basically what we have been doing. We're just a small country of islands, and every family has a sailor. So, in many ways, my father was a sailor before I was born. View quote
Tobias Lindholm
What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics than you will ever find at sea. Piracy, broadsides, blood on the decks. You will find them all in politics. View quote
David Lloyd George
Here he lies where he longed to be; Home is the sailor, home from sea, And the hunter home from the hill. View quote
Robert Louis Stevenson
There were three sisters, three little sisters, And each one was only in her teens, And one loved a soldier, and one loved a sailor, And one loved a man from the marines. View quote
Vic Mizzy
The master of a single trade can support a family. The master of seven trades cannot support himself. The wind is never for the sailor who knows not to what port he is bound. View quote
Og Mandino
When I was older I was a sailor On an open sea But now I'm underwater And my skin is paler Than it should ever be. View quote
Billie Eilish
My absolute favorite part of Comic-Con is seeing, like, a 'Mass Effect' guy hanging out with a 'Sailor Moon,' and they're just having a great time. View quote
Joss Whedon
I am fading away. Slowly but surely. Like the sailor who watches his home shore gradually disappear, I watch my past recede. My old life still burns within me, but more and more of it is reduced to the ashes of memory. (Jean-Dominique Bauby)
Form them up Sergeant!" "Aye aye, sir." "You're not a bloody sailor, Sergeant. A plain yes will do. View quote
Bernard Cornwell
The wonder is always new that any sane man can be a sailor. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
I have borne the musket of a soldier, the traveller's cane, and the pilgrim's staff: as a sailor my fate has been as inconstant as the wind: a kingfisher, I have made my nest among the waves. View quote
François-René de Chateaubriand
Since I was a child, I hated having to deal with my hair. I hated having to change my clothes. As a kid, I had a sailor shirt and the same old corduroy pants, and that's what I wanted to wear everyday. View quote
Patti Smith