Sail Quotes

A sailing ship is no democracy; you don't caucus a crew as to where you'll go anymore than you inquire when they'd like to shorten sail.

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.

Never weather-beaten sail more willing bent to shore.

He enters the port with a full sail.

Loki in 'Thor' is the most incredible springboard into a sort of excavation of the darker aspects of human nature. So that was thrilling, coming back knowing that I'd built the boat and now I could set sail into choppier waters.

Hoist up sail while gale doth last, Tide and wind stay no man's pleasure.

'Tis the set of the sail that decides the goal, and not the storm of life.

It is a ship with a great deal of sail but a very shallow keel.

Gliders, sail planes, they're wonderful flying machines. It's the closest you can come to being a bird.

When I go abroad I always sail from Boston because it is such a pleasant place to get away from.

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.

To study the phenomena of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while to study books without patients is not to go to sea at all.

I sail, scuba dive, play football, basketball.

On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.

If the Spray discovered no continents on her voyage, it may be that there were no more continents to be discovered. She did not seek new worlds, or sail to pow-wow about the dangers of the sea.

Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.

Separately there was only wind, water, sail, and hull, but at my hand the four had been given purpose and direction.

We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end.

Horses and mules, and even sail cars, made more rapid progress than did the earliest locomotive.

Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to sail under, but few will use it as a rudder by which to steer.

If a prospective Presidential approach can't be explained clearly enough to be understood well, it probably hasn't been thought through well enough. If not well understood by the American people, it probably won't "sail" anyway. Send it back for further thought.

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.

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.

I used to own a dingy and can still sail one if pushed, but I like the pleasure boats.

We were wavering around like a ship without a sail.

There is a Japanese proverb that literally goes 'Raise the sail with your stronger hand,' meaning you must go after the opportunities that arise in life that you are best equipped to do.

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.

If I have a Sunday free, I'll go up the coast and spend some time on the beach. I scuba dive and swim and sail. A lot of the things I like are around the water.

To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift.

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.