194 Ship Quotes for You to Enjoy

I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky; and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by. John Masefield

Sky Lonely Down Must Steer Tall Go Ship Again Ask Sea Star Her

The ship of state is the only known vessel that leaks from the top. James Reston

State Top Only Leaks Known Ship Vessel

Whoever looks at America will see: the ship is powered by stupidity, corruption, or prejudice. Johann Most

Corruption Stupidity Will See Powered Looks Ship America Prejudice Whoever

It takes a big idea to attract the attention of consumers and get them to buy your product. Unless your advertising contains a big idea, it will pass like a ship in the night. I doubt if more than one campaign in a hundred contains a big idea. David Ogilvy

Buy Will Big Doubt Unless Hundred More Consumers Takes Attention Idea Contains Like Attract Advertising Pass Campaign Ship Big Idea Than Get Them Product Your Night

There is no greater unknown than the sea and no greater mystery than a lost ship. Clive Cussler

Lost Unknown Mystery Greater Ship Than Sea

I'd been an Army bomber pilot and fascinated by the Navy and, particularly, the story of the Enterprise, which at Midway really turned the tide in the whole war in our favor. I'd always been proud of that ship and wanted to use the name. Gene Roddenberry

War Army Pilot Our Favor Enterprise Name Particularly Tide Always Proud Been Ship Wanted Story Which Midway Turned Really Use Fascinated Whole Navy Bomber

Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck. Guy de Maupassant

War Government Duty Every Ship Shipwreck Much Avoid Captain

In a world where it is so easy to neglect, deny, corrupt and suppress the truth, the scientist may find his discipline severe. For him, truth is so seldom the sudden light that shows new order and beauty; more often, truth is the uncharted rock that sinks his ship in the dark. John Cornforth

Truth Truth Is World Dark Light Discipline Beauty Neglect Severe Easy Find Corrupt More Uncharted Seldom New Suppress Him Rock Scientist His New Order Ship Deny May Often Where Order Shows Sudden

Ever since I read 'Kitchen Confidential,' I saw a little light bulb go off. Being a chef is like being on a pirate ship; it's not like 'Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?' or whatever my impression was as I was growing up. Jon Favreau

Great Light Whatever Saw Kitchen Light Bulb Since Like Read Chef Chefs Bulb Go Off Ship Impression Up Pirate Confidential Being Little Who Europe Growing Growing Up Ever

It's extremely difficult to get these jobs because you can't get a job on a ship unless you have seaman's paper's, and you can't get seaman's papers unless you have a job on a ship. There had to be a way to break through the circle, and he was the one who arranged it for me. Paul Auster

It's difficult on a ship to get away from your job because that accommodation house, which is where seafarers live, is their workplace, it's where they live, it's where they relax, it's everything, and it's just hard to get away. And seafarers often refer to their job as being in prison with a salary. Rose George

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. Samuel Johnson

Drowned Ship Jail Being Chance

'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship. Thomas Fuller

Strength Ship Governs Tis Skill

A ship's engine far away on the water expands the summer-night horizon. Both joy and sorrow swell in the dew's magnifying glass. Without really knowing, we divine; our life has a sister ship, following quietly another route. While the sun blazes behind the islands. Tomas Transtromer

Life Joy Water Sister Our Sun Horizon Following Both Magnifying Divine Glass Knowing Sorrow Another Dew Without Islands Ship Quietly Behind While Far Far Away Really Engine Swell Away Route

This ship was a league from us, and some of the men would have taken her, and I would not consent to it, and this Moore said I always hindered them making their fortunes. Was that not the reason I struck him? Was there a mutiny on board? William Kidd

The experience of shooting a film is about the script, the captain of the ship who is the director, and the way they push their actors and teams to give their best. It's not about the language and the region. Aditi Rao Hydari

Best Director Experience Language Way About Give Push Ship Shooting Script Region Who Captain Teams Film Actor

Rather than address the priorities of the middle class, the Ryan budget is an attack on American seniors, students, workers, and families - all for the sake of protecting loopholes for the wealthy and corporations that ship jobs overseas. Albio Sires

It takes four months to ship food aid and 40 percent of the cost is in the shipping. People cannot eat shipping costs. We have had people die when there are surpluses in the markets. Andrew Natsios

Food People Aid Months Markets Eat Cost Percent Costs Had Takes Ship Shipping Die Cannot Four

I have spent many hours on the beach collecting sea glass, and I almost always wonder, as I bend to pick up chunk of bottle green or a shard of meringue white, what the history of the glass was. Who used it? Was it a medicine bottle? A bit of a ship's lantern? Is that bubbled piece of glass with the charred bits inside it from a fire? Anita Shreve

History Fire White Medicine Bend Chunk Spent Bit Bits Collecting Inside Beach Bottle Pick Glass Almost Hours Piece Always Ship Up Wonder Green The History Of Sea Used Lantern Who Many

In the movies, you want a good story and characters that are honest, but you are also looking for a good director who can lead the ship. That's how we look at business. Everybody has a great idea for a start-up, and so do their relatives, and they tell me, 'You gotta build it.' I say, 'I have to believe in it.' Ashton Kutcher

Good Great Me You Business Director Relatives Looking Build Believe Everybody Say Tell Characters Great Idea Good Story Lead Idea Look Also How Gotta Ship Want Story Movies Who Good Director Start-Up Honest

When I was drafted to Smackdown, I was like, 'Hell yes, I'm going to captain this ship.' Then I was like, 'Oh, wait, you're losing your best friend and travel partner and the person you enjoy having matches with the absolute most.' That's Charlotte. We travel together, and she is my best friend. Becky Lynch

Best You Travel Together Wait Losing Partner Hell Enjoy Best Friend Charlotte Having Absolute Like Most She Matches Ship Friend Yes Person Going Oh Then Your Captain Drafted

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