Quotes about Ships

Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence. Votes: 8

Ships are but boards, sailors but men. Votes: 6

A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for. Votes: 6

We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now. Votes: 6

The great difference between voyages rests not with the ships, but with the people you meet on them. Votes: 6

The time has come,' the walrus said, 'to talk of many things: of shoes and ships - and sealing wax - of cabbages and kings.' Votes: 6

This City now doth like a garment wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres and temples lie Open unto the fields and to the sky; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air. Votes: 6

Loose lips sink ships. Votes: 4

The true ship is the ship builder. Votes: 4

Ships are expendable; the whales are not. Votes: 4

The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered. Votes: 4

Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. Votes: 4

The days pass happily with me wherever my ship sails. Votes: 4

Like ships that have gone down at sea, when heaven was all tranquillity. Votes: 4

The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't. Votes: 4

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. Votes: 4

And the wind plays on those great sonorous harps, the shrouds and masts of ships. Votes: 4

A modern fleet of ships does not so much make use of the sea as exploit a highway. Votes: 4

There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. Votes: 4

Whoever you are, motion and reflection are especially for you, The divine ship sails the divine sea for you. Votes: 4

A ship is always referred to as 'she' because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder. Votes: 4

We poison our lives with fear of burglary and shipwreck, and, ask anyone, the house is never burgled, and the ship never goes down. Votes: 4

Build me straight. O worthy Master! Staunch and strong, a goodly vessel That shall laugh at all disaster, And with wave and whirlwind wrestle! Votes: 4

There's not a ship that sails the ocean, But every climate, every soil, Must bring its tribute, great or small, And help to build the wooden wall! Votes: 4

Morn on the waters, and purple and bright Bursts on the billows the flushing of light O'er the glad waves, like a child of the sun, See the tall vessel goes gallantly on. Votes: 4

She comes majestic with her swelling sails, The gallant Ship: along her watery way, Homeward she drives before the favouring gales; Now flirting at their length the streamers play, And now they ripple with the ruffling breeze. Votes: 4

There is nothing like lying flat on your back on the deck, alone except for the helmsman aft at the wheel, silence except for the lapping of the sea against the side of the ship. At that time you can be equal to Ulysses and brother to him. Votes: 4

Ships are to little purpose without skillful Sea Men. Votes: 3

Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.] Votes: 3

A Ship in Harbor Is Safe, But that Is Not What Ships Are Built For-John A. Shedd Votes: 3

Ships are a strange kind of commodity because they're very lumpy, very big individual units, but they're commodities. Votes: 3

What though the sea be calm? trust to the shore, Ships have been drown'd, where late they danc'd before. Votes: 3

We Shall Build Good Ships Here; At A Profit If We Can, At A Loss If We Must, But Always Good Ships. Votes: 3

Venice seemed incredibly lovely, elvishly lovely--to me like a dream of Old Gondor, or Pelargir of the Numenorean Ships, before the return of the Shadow. Votes: 3

Ships and sails proper for the heavenly air should be fashioned. Then there will also be people, who do not shrink from the dreary vastness of space. Votes: 3

Ships are blowing up at sea, or catching fire, factories are blowing up. Are these accidents? Are these industrial sabotage? No one really suspected a spy network. Votes: 3

What we need to do is follow the axiom of World War II which was 'Loose Lips Sink Ships' and the media has really got to follow that. Votes: 3

Ships are but boards, sailors but men; there be land-rats and water-rats, water-thieves and land-thieves, I mean pirates, and thenthere is the peril of waters, winds, and rocks. Votes: 3

I'm here at The Container Store looking for something large enough to hold all my love for her. It's a flood, so I hope they sell Shipping Container Ships. Votes: 3

I think experience has shown that privateers have done more toward distressing the trade of our enemies, and furnishing these States with necessaries, than Continental Ships of the same force. Votes: 3

Ships are safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for. So set sail on the stormy sea of love. You're going to get soaked at times, but at least you'll know you're alive. Votes: 3

In the 19th Century people were looking for the Northwest Passage. Ships were lost and brave people were killed, but that doesn't mean we never went back to that part of the world again, and I consider it the same in space exploration. Votes: 3

The horns came riding in like the rainbow masts of silver ships. Votes: 2

Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all the others were making ships. Votes: 2

Most of the southern hemisphere is unexplored. We had more exploration ships down there during Captain Cook's time than now. It's amazing. Votes: 2

I'd much rather be a woman than a man. Women can cry, they can wear cute clothes, and they're the first to be rescued off sinking ships. Votes: 2

I'm not the best audience for that because I'm not a great science-fiction fan. I just never got off on space ships and space costumes, things like that. Votes: 2

Clouds do not really look like camels or sailing ships or castles in the sky. They are simply a natural process at work. So too, perhaps, are our lives. Votes: 2

I try to jog in every city I visit, and I particularly enjoy harbour-front paths that let me ogle big ships, railroad bridges and the ruins of factories and warehouses. Votes: 2

Factory farming is one of the biggest contributors to the most serious environmental problems. The meat industry causes more greenhouse gas emissions than all the cars, trucks, planes and ships in the world. Votes: 2

The major advances in speed of communication and ability to interact took place more than a century ago. The shift from sailing ships to telegraph was far more radical than that from telephone to email! Votes: 2

In my grammar school years back in the 1920s I used my ten-cents-a-week allowance for Saturday matinees of Douglas Fairbanks movies. All that swashbuckling and leaping about in the midst of the sails of ships! Votes: 2

Perhaps we believe that everything travels by air, or magically and instantaneously like information (which is actually anchored by cables on the seabed), not by hefty ships that travel more slowly than senior citizens drive. Votes: 2

Australia integrated the - brought on the ships and unleashed in the society the dogs of sectarianism, which had existed in other places - in Glasgow, in Liverpool and of course in Ireland, north and south. Votes: 2

I find Maersk fascinating. It is the Coca-Cola of freight with none of the fame. Its parent company, A. P. Moller-Maersk, is Denmark's largest company, its sales equal to 20 percent of Denmark's GDP; its ships use more oil than the entire nation. Votes: 2

The revolutionary breakthrough will come with rockets that are fully and rapidly reusable. We will never conquer Mars unless we do that. It'll be too expensive. The American colonies would never have been pioneered if the ships that crossed the ocean hadn't been reusable. Votes: 2

There are few industries as defiantly opaque as shipping. Even offshore bankers have not developed a system as intricately elusive as the flag of convenience, under which ships can fly the flag of a state that has nothing to do with its owner, cargo, crew, or route. Votes: 2

Together we are stronger, our voices louder, and the synergy of our actions more powerful. Together we can prevail on the Navy to put commonsense safeguards in place, like requiring its ships to avoid the most sensitive marine mammal habitats and to stop their training exercises during peak migrations. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

Failure saves lives. In the airline industry, every time a plane crashes the probability of the next crash is lowered by that. The Titanic saved lives because we're building bigger and bigger ships. So these people died, but we have effectively improved the safety of the system, and nothing failed in vain. Votes: 2

Put two ships in the open sea, without wind or tide, and, at last, they will come together. Throw two planets into space, and they will fall one on the other. Place two enemies in the midst of a crowd, and they will inevitably meet; it is a fatality, a question of time; that is all. Votes: 2

I'll stick to building ships. Votes: 0

Without ships, we cannot live. Votes: 0

People can be slave-ships in shoes. Votes: 0

I love sailing but hate cruise ships. Votes: 0

One's ships come in over a calm sea. Votes: 0

Our ships, God be thanked, have received little hurt. Votes: 0

I have seen old ships sail like swans asleep. Votes: 0

Do not put all your goods in hollow ships. Votes: 0

It's not easy to take three ships out of service. Votes: 0

Two lives that once part are as ships that divide. Votes: 0

Politicians are like ships: noisiest when lost in a fog. Votes: 0

In the sea of desperation, there are ships of opportunities Votes: 0

Celebrate the success of others. High tide floats all ships. Votes: 0

It is men who make a city, not walls or ships. Votes: 0

Space-ships and time machines are no escape from the human condition. Votes: 0

Your ships come in only after you have sent them out. Votes: 0

I saw a documentary on how ships are kept together. Riveting! Votes: 0

There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today. Votes: 0

A fleet of British ships at war are the best negotiators. Votes: 0

Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships? Votes: 0

I be off the slave ships, building pyramids, writing my own hieroglyphs Votes: 0

Spending time on 18th-century ships in Tahiti when I was 17 was quite unusual. Votes: 0

To send our troops, our ships, our planes to this war is ridiculous. Votes: 0

Boats and ships are female because they are beautiful, lovable, expensive and unpredictable. Votes: 0

A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for. Votes: 0

Filming a pirate film is always good fun, with ships and indecent clothing. Votes: 0

Everyone knows the best volume of the encyclopedia is the one with ships-S. Votes: 0

Star Wars was magnificent, but you could tell Darth Vader's ships were glued together. Votes: 0

Sometimes we'll only see each other in passing, like ships passing in the night. Votes: 0

I hear Canada is still free though. They ain't got slaver camps and ships." Votes: 0

I hear Canada is still free though. They ain't got slaver camps and ships. Votes: 0

If the art of ship-building were in the wood, ships would exist by nature. Votes: 0

We had 600 ships, a 600 ship Navy under [Ronald] Reagan. We're down to 200 now [in 2016]. Votes: 0

Some people could look at a mud puddle and see an ocean with ships. Votes: 0

We had 600 ships, a 600 ship Navy under [Ronald] Reagan. We're down to 200 now [in 2016]. Votes: 0

Wooden ships are a hippie dream, capsized in excess if you know what I mean. Votes: 0

Our Faith must be tested. God builds no ships but what He sends to sea. Votes: 0

Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all others were making ships. Votes: 0

There are silver ships There are gold ships, But there are no ships Like friendships. Votes: 0

I am like a moon that shines on an immense, unknown sea where ships never pass Votes: 0

Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all the others were making ships." Votes: 0

Was this the face that launched a thousand ships, and burnt the topless towers of Ileum? Votes: 0

Everything was black in the harbor, but there were still some fires burning on the ships. Votes: 0

Sacrifice and neon lights slave ships don't wait. Love many, trust few, and don't be late Votes: 0

There's huge, massive mother ships going up to the Yukon. They've been filmed and are on video. Votes: 0

For humans as well as for ships, dark stormy nights are better teachers than tranquil sunny days. Votes: 0

We cannot change ideas in the minds of men and races with machine guns or battle ships. Votes: 0

We used two Princess Cruise ships. The Island Princess and The Pacific Princess. They were identical ships. Votes: 0

I spent more time on dark ships in danger zones than any other woman in the world. Votes: 0

The ship is safest when it is in port, but that's not what ships were built for. Votes: 0

Always stay sharp on railways and cruise ships for transit has a way of making everything clear. Votes: 0

People have the "ships" that they love, and I think they love the show's original relationship the most. Votes: 0

The more ships have grown in size and consequence, the more their place in our imagination has shrunk. Votes: 0

We will send ships and Marines as soon as possible for the protection of American life and property. Votes: 0

When he reached the New World, Cortés burned his ships. As a result his crew was well-motivated. Votes: 0

On ships they call them barnacles; in business they attach themselves to desks and are called vice presidents. Votes: 0

The great religions are the ships, Poets the life boats. Every sane person I know has jumped overboard. Votes: 0

I shall sleep, and move with the moving ships, Change as the winds change, veer in the tide. Votes: 0

We too could wrest iron from the bowels of the earth and fashion it into ships and machines. Votes: 0

We too could wrest iron from the bowels of the earth and fashion it into ships and machines. Votes: 0

Without the Spirit of God, we can do nothing. We are as ships without wind. We are useless. Votes: 0

There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful. Votes: 0

As with ships, so with men; he who turns his back to his foe gives him an advantage. Votes: 0

From my image of digging around in the mud like a grunt, I preferred fighting the war from ships. Votes: 0

A late game is only late until it ships. A bad game is bad until the end of time Votes: 0

The sea is not less beautiful in our eyes because we know that sometimes ships are wrecked by it. Votes: 0

Desire is making people build ships and cities, has made men conquer nations... and it can defeat that nicotine Votes: 0

Nature abhors a lot of things, including vacuums, ships called the Marie Celeste, and the chuck keys for electric drills. Votes: 0

Small events and choices determine the direction of our lives just as small helms determine the directions of great ships. Votes: 0

The Greeks have snatched up their spears. They have pointed the helms of their ships Toward the bulwarks of Troy. Votes: 0

Admirals and Generals always want more ships and more weapons and they take the arguments where they can find them. Votes: 0

Living with generosity creates a swelling tide that raises all ships. Not just yours; not just the other person's; everyone's. Votes: 0

Canada has sent an army of 1,000 soldiers to occupy the Muslim country of Afghanistan (and ships to the Persian Gulf), Votes: 0

We have a lot of ships coming in and transmitting to us and bringing the information. So, it's very powerful. Votes: 0

Journeys are the midwives of thought. Few places are more conducive to internal conversations than moving planes, ships or trains. Votes: 0

All governments, Books, customs, buildings, railways, ships, and all the stark realities that men have made, Are but imagination's utterances. Votes: 0

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to burn his ships and cut all sources of retreat. Votes: 0

Those far distant, storm-beaten ships, upon which the Grand Army never looked, stood between it and the dominion of the world. Votes: 0

Many today feel troubled and distressed; many feel that, at any moment, the ships of their lives could capsize or sink. Votes: 0

Alas, by what rude fate Our lives, like ships at sea, an instant meet, Then part forever on their courses fleet. Votes: 0

Why don't I watch the ocean?My lover's gone.No earthly ships will ever bring him home againbring him home again... Votes: 0

But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it. Votes: 0

What is the problem? We now have aeroplanes which can take them back quicker than the ships used by their ancestors. Votes: 0

When ships to sail the void between the stars have been built, there will step forth men to sail these ships. Votes: 0

Sometimes when we're not paying attention, relation-ships happen. There is no rule that requires two people in love to be exactly alike. Votes: 0

Two human beings anchored to one another are like two ships shaken by waves; their carcases collide with one another and creak. Votes: 0

Ninety percent of what we wear, we eat, we consume is carried by ships... Container ships carry a vast amount of stuff. Votes: 0

I feel like my life is just passing me by like two ships in the night. And I have missed both boats. Votes: 0

There are more than one hundred thousand ships at sea carrying all the solids, liquids and gases that we need to live. Votes: 0

Gotta get a tight grip, don't slip, loose lips, sank ships, it's a trip, I love the way she licks her lips. Votes: 0

Why ships won't use roads, is why cars won't travel on oceans. When the position is wrong, the leader won't be right. Votes: 0

Fate has terrible power. You cannot escape it by wealth or war. No fort will keep it out, no ships outrun it. Votes: 0

But beauty is set apart, beauty is cast by the sea, a barren rock, beauty is set about with wrecks of ships.... Votes: 0

It's one thing if your hobby is to put ships inside a bottle, but a deer in the headlights!... That's a real talent Votes: 0

From the plough to paper, from the wheel to house, from tool handles to sailing ships. Man would have been nothing without trees. Votes: 0

A lighthouse doesn't save the ships; it doesn't go out and rescue them, it's just this pillar that helps to guide people home, Votes: 0

I have a ships bed, which totally plays to my obsession of, if I were not an actress, I would be a pirate. Votes: 0

Not so much two ships passing in the night as two ships sailing together for a time but always bound for different ports. Votes: 0

Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. America from border to border and coast to coast and all the ships at sea. Let's go to press. Votes: 0

As far as the quote-unquote shipping community goes, I love the passion behind anyone who ships Caroline and Klaus. They are very hardcore shippers... Votes: 0

My experience of ships is that on them one makes an interesting discovery about the world. One finds one can do without it completely. Votes: 0

We don't want to fight, but by jingo if we do, We've got the ships, we've got the men, we've got the money too. Votes: 0

Dreadful is the mysterious power of fate; there is no deliverance from it by wealth or by war, by walled city or dark, seabeaten ships. Votes: 0

Sailing heart-ships through broken harbors out on the waves of the night, still the searcher must ride the dark horse racing alone in his fright. Votes: 0

On 9/11, 2001, the Navy stood at 316 ships. By 2008, after one of the great military buildups in American history, we were at 278 ships and had 49,000 fewer sailors. Votes: 0

And his six pawns were scattered like the ships of the Armada that should have conquered England; the Lord blew, and they were all isolated. Votes: 0

The time has come," the walrus said, "to talk of many things: Of shoes and ships - and sealing wax - of cabbages and kings Votes: 0

The Obama-Clinton administration tried repeatedly to remove our cruisers from service, then refused to modernize these very old, aging, aging ships. They're old. They're tired. Votes: 0

The Moon is our local port opening to the universe; in the future, it's through that port we will sail our ships to the coastless oceans. Votes: 0

America ships tons of sugar cookies to Denmark and Denmark ships tons of sugar cookies to America. Wouldn't it be more efficient just to swap recipes? Votes: 0

It takes a minimum of six people, working in close harmony, to successfully flush a nautical toilet. That's why those old ships carried such large crews. Votes: 0

One of the strengths of Adani is that, because we are controlling mines, ships, ports and logistics, we are the cheapest solution provider for end users. Votes: 0

The rain is falling all around, It falls on field and tree, It rains on the umbrellas here, And on the ships at sea. - Rain Votes: 0

Our actions are like ships which we may watch set out to sea, and not know when or with what cargo they will return to port. Votes: 0

Rocks are like wreck magnets and ships run aground today in pretty much the same locations and for the same reasons they did thousands of years ago. Votes: 0

I bought ... the pins with my three daughters in mind; the ships are beautiful, graceful, and moving along at full sail, having long since left home port. Votes: 0

You mention the Navy, for example, and the fact that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. Well governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets. Votes: 0

As ships becalmed at eve, that lay With canvas drooping, side by side, Two towers of sail, at dawn of day Are scarce, long leagues apart, descried. Votes: 0

Shuttles in the rocking loom of history, the dark ships move, the dark ships move, their bright ironical names like jests of kindness on a murderer's mouth Votes: 0

'The time has come,' the walrus said, 'to talk of many things: of shoes and ships - and sealing wax - of cabbages and kings.' Votes: 0

Of whatsoever number a fleet of ships of war is composed, it is usually divided into three squadrons; and these, if numerous, are again separated into divisions. Votes: 0

We don't give a damn what you or anybody else on this planet thinks. We didn't sink those ships for you. We did it for the whales. Votes: 0

Men go back to the mountains, as they go back to sailing ships at sea, because in the mountains and on the sea they must face up. Votes: 0

You see, Frank found out the hard way that the dark things lurking in the night don’t haunt old houses or abandoned ships. They haunt minds. Votes: 0

I'd much rather be a woman than a man. Women can cry, they can wear cute clothes, and they're the first to be rescued off sinking ships Votes: 0

When a great ship is in harbor and moored, it is safe, there can be no doubt. But that is not what great ships are built for. Votes: 0

Wind is the heart of the wave, the spoon of the sea and the angry bull of the ships. Without wind, there is no ardour, no agitation! Votes: 0

Great people are not affected by each puff of wind that blows ill. Like great ships, they sail serenely on, in a calm sea or a great tempest. Votes: 0

We will build a Navy of 350 surface ships and submarines, as recommended by the bipartisan National Defense Panel. We right now only have 276 ships, and it's not enough. Votes: 0

The suffix 'naut' comes from the Greek and Latin words for ships and sailing. Astronaut suggests 'a sailor in space.' Chimponaut suggests 'a chimpanzee in sailor pants'. Votes: 0

In the end [of the "2012"], there were no ships, no water, no nothing. Only the interiors [were real]. Everything else had to be made, and that is always challenging. Votes: 0

His foreparents came to America in immigrant ships. My foreparents came to America in slave ships. But whatever the original ships, we are both in the same boat tonight. Votes: 0

Nuclear fusion of light elements like hydrogen or helium would permit approaching the speed of light. It seems very attractive to refuel your space ships where the fuel is. Votes: 0

Something dramatic happens to girls in early adolescence. Just as planes and ships disappear mysteriously into the Bermuda Triangle, so do the selves of girls go down in droves. Votes: 0

Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war. Votes: 0

Like two doomed ships that pass in storm we had crossed each other's way: but we made no sign, we said no word, we had no word to say. Votes: 0

The death of a man is like the fall of a mighty nation That had valiant armies, captains, and prophets, And wealthy ports and ships all over the seas. Votes: 0

We found a water pipe, tied the flag to it and put it up. Then all hell broke loose below. Troops cheered, ships blew whistles, some men openly wept. Votes: 0

God has made man a cosmopolite. He created seas for ships to glide on, the wind to push them, and the stars to guide them even in darkest night. Votes: 0

By arts, sails, and oars, ships are rapidly moved; arts move the light chariot, and establish love. [Lat., Arte citae veloque rates remoque moventur; Arte levis currus, arte regendus Amor.] Votes: 0

The cooperation of navies from around the world promises high tactical value for the ships, aircraft, and divers involved; while demonstrating international resolve in defending maritime security against potential threats. Votes: 0

Ignorance and prejudice are the ballast of our ship of state - however, ships without ballast are not seaworthy and cannot sail in the tempests, nor reach a safe harbor. Votes: 0

I not only believe, I believe that there are many different species of ships, there are many different species of extraterrestrials, and not all of them are up to good. Votes: 0

Here are the choices I dont want to make: between paying additional fuel costs and flying and steaming less; between paying additional fuel costs and building fewer ships and planes. Votes: 0

The explorer who will not come back or send back his ships to tell his tale is not an explorer, only an adventurer; and his sons are born in exile. Votes: 0

I've seen attack ships on fire on the shoulder of Orion, I've seen moon beams glisten at the Ten hauser gate, all those memories, lost like tears in the rain... Votes: 0

It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships' cables and hawsers. A Polar wind blows through it, and birds of prey hover over it. Votes: 0

And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill; But O for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is still! Votes: 0

Some say an army of horsemen, or infantry, A fleet of ships is the fairest thing On the face of the black earth, but I say It's what one loves. Votes: 0

The visual impact of a United States battleship springs from its ability to put Soviet ships on the bottom of the sea and to put devastating firepower ashore - nothing else. Votes: 0

Children drown, beautiful women are mangled in automobile accidents, cruise ships founder, and men die lingering deaths in mines and submarines, but you will find none of this in my accounts. Votes: 0

We all understand that America feels so angry, they want to get somebody, but you can't just have lots of planes and guns and ships and make everybody do your bidding. Votes: 0

An admiral without ships, a hand without fingers, in service of a king without a throne. Is this a knight who comes before us, or the answer to a child's riddle? Votes: 0

I was a comedian in Russia, and I worked on the cruise ships there. I met a lot of Americans, and they were laughing even though I didn't speak their language. Votes: 0

It was obvious to me that we could never colonize Mars without reusability, any more than America would have been colonized if they had to burn the ships after every trip. Votes: 0

Tall ships and tall kings Three times three, What brought they from the foundered land Over the flowing sea? Seven stars and seven stones And one white tree. (The Two Towers) Votes: 0

The desert is so vast that no one can know it all. Men go out into the desert, and they are like ships at sea; no one knows when they will return. Votes: 0

The desert is so vast that no one can know it all. Men go out into the desert, and they are like ships at sea; no one knows when they will return. Votes: 0

Orcs, and talking trees, and leagues of grass, and galloping riders, and glittering caves, and white towers and golden halls, and battles, and tall ships sailing, all these passed before Sam's mind. Votes: 0

We will build new ships to carry man forward into the universe, to gain a new foothold on the moon and to prepare for new journeys to the worlds beyond our own. Votes: 0

FLAG, n. A colored rag borne above troops and hoisted on forts and ships. It appears to serve the same purpose as certain signs that one sees and vacant lots in London Votes: 0

Shall I let in the stranger, Shall I welcome the sailor, Or stay till the day I die? Hands of the stranger and holds of the ships, Hold you poison or grapes? Votes: 0

To me the sea is a continual miracle; The fishes that swim - the rocks - the motion of the waves - the ships, with men in them, what stranger miracles are there? Votes: 0

What an anchor is to a ship, hope is to the soul. Both ships and souls are kept safe by a firm, secure anchor that keeps holding despite turbulent winds and churning tides. Votes: 0

The saying of old Antigonus, who when he was to fight at Andros, and one told him, "The enemy's ships are more than ours," replied, "For how many then wilt thou reckon me? Votes: 0

In the road ships must ride in 30, 40, or 50 fathom water, not above half a mile from the shore at farthest: and if there are many ships they must ride close one by another. Votes: 0

Women enjoyed rights in Egypt they would not again enjoy for more than 2,000 years. They owned ships, ran vineyards, filed lawsuits, practiced medicine. Their husbands supported them after divorce. Their power was unprecedented. Votes: 0

There are so many ships in the animation sea that are computer driven, that I think we can have at least one that's just a log raft that we can row by hand. Votes: 0

Seafarers are used to being exploited. At sea, the captain moans at chandlers who supply ships with green bananas that will never ripen; at fruit that goes moldy obscenely fast; at sub-standard meat. Votes: 0

Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life," murmured Niko. "They bring new food for shore creatures, and take ships out to sea. They are the ocean's pulse, and our own heartbeat. Votes: 0

They change their sky, not their mind, who cross the sea. A busy idleness possesses us: we seek a happy life, with ships and carriages: the object of our search is present with us. Votes: 0

I myself have seen the floating ships And nothing will ever be the same The shouts, The harrowing voices within the house. I stand apart with an army: My mind is graven with ships. Votes: 0

The big change, the really radical change in communication, was in the late 19th century. The shift from sailing ships to telegraph is astronomical. Everything since then has been small increments, including the internet. Votes: 0

I've always been fascinated by the Chinese. This goes a long way back to my childhood. The Chinese invented money, movable type, clocks, and built the largest ships in the history of the world. Votes: 0

Who cares about the men who steered your breakfast cereal through winter storms? How ironic that the more ships have grown in size and consequence, the less space they take up in our imagination. Votes: 0

I see climate change as one of the driving forces in the 21st century. With modern technology and globalization, we are much more connected than ever before. The world's warehouses are now container ships. Votes: 0

Imagination bound us stronger than love. Within its limitless borders we launched ships and love affairs, discovered lost worlds, made buildings and babies, found husbands, wrote letters and Broadway plays. We made ourselves up everyday. Votes: 0

Sometimes when we label something dystopian fiction, I feel like we're trying very hard not to use the words 'science fiction,' because science fiction has those horrible connotations of rocket ships and bodacious babes. Votes: 0

A bulger of a place it is. The number of the ships beat me all hollow, and looked for all the world like a big clearing in the West, with the dead trees all standing. Votes: 0

They have given their sons to the military services. They have stoked the furnaces and hurried the factory wheels. They have made the planes and welded the tanks. Riveted the ships and rolled the shells. Votes: 0

Of course, individuals are responsible for individual actions - the pilots who flew over Pearl Harbor and dropped bombs on those ships did a terrible thing as part of an attack on a military base. Votes: 0

Sailing has given me some of the most pleasant and exciting moments of my life. It also has taught me something of the courage, resourcefulness, and strength of men who sail the seas in ships. Votes: 0

If you have a guru, leave him; if you don't have, get one. In other words, keep changing your gurus! Ocean's wisdom comes from knowing many ships and many fishes, many storms and many waves! Votes: 0

FDR had been Assistant Secretary of the Navy. They told me, now forgotten, just how many pictures of ships they took out of the White House after he died. But he could choose good men. Votes: 0

Other effects in the show included models of the ships which were extremely expensive to make. We used to do our shots in front of a blue screen and they'd put the effects on after. Votes: 0

It was a great experience for a kid, because it was a bunch of kids playing on pirate ships and water slides, so looking back on it, it was the fondest experience of my childhood. Votes: 0

That new technologies and techniques would be forthcoming was a fundamental article of Christian faith. Hence, no bishops or theologians denounced clocks or sailing ships-although both were condemned on religious grounds in various non-Western societies. Votes: 0