Nautical Quotes
Collection of top 31 famous quotes about Nautical
Nautical Quotes & Sayings
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The ocean is an object of no small terror.
— Edmund Burke
I couldn't stop thinking about blue eyes and the way he smelled, his scent was a mix of liquor, winter fresh and Nautical sport.
— Glenna Maynard
What's chumming?" I asked, wondering if it was some old English nautical term for making friends.
— Raleigh Blake
The sea finds out everything you did wrong.
— Francis Stokes
The cork was in the bottle. He and the Atropos were trapped.
— C.S. Forester
Headwinds are sore vexations and the more passengers the sorer.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
I want a boat that drinks 6, eats 4, and sleeps 2.
— Ernest K. Gann
The humblest craft that floats makes its appeal to a seaman by the faithfulness of her life.
— Joseph Conrad
Any damn fool can navigate the world sober. It takes a really good sailor to do it drunk.
— Francis Chichester
There is but a plank between a sailor and eternity.
— Thomas Gibbons
We were not a crew; we were only here at the same time.
— Rosemary McGuire
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
There never was a great man yet who spent all his life inland.
— Herman Melville
The days pass happily with me wherever my ship sails.
— Joshua Slocum
I can remain on shore, paralyzed with fear,or I can raise my sails and dip and soar in the breeze. — Richard Bode
Quite a bit of his swearing was pure nautical genius.
— Michael G. Manning
The goal is not to sail the boat, but rather to help the boat sail herself.
— John Rousmaniere
The only way to get a good crew is to marry one.
— Eric Hiscock
You're so adorable when you're nautical,
— Joe Hill
The SAFE was slain in battle. A great flaming nautical pyre carries it off to VAULTHALLA.
— Andrew Hussie
It is the weather, not work, that wears out sails.
— Thomas Fleming Day
To the question, "When were your spirits at the lowest ebb?" the obvious answer seemed to be, "When the gin gave out."
— Francis Chichester
To reach a port we must set sail
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
Before Lind's experiments, scurvy was not clearly defined as a disease.The term was used as a catchphrase to include all manner of nautical ailments.
— Stephen R. Bown
Puddings, my dear sir?' cried Graham.Puddings. We trice 'em athwart the starboard gumbrils, when sailing by and large. — Patrick O'Brian
