Boat Quotes - page 3

We can't make a portal-” "We've got a flying boat,” Carter offered. (Rick Riordan)
What happened?" he demanded. "I heard an explosion!" "Yeah. That was me. I set the boat alight." "What?" "I set fire to the boat." "But we're on the boat!" "I know. View quote
Anthony Horowitz
A sail boat that sails backwards can never see the sun rise. View quote
Bill Cosby
When I get a chance to play golf or go on a boat with good people, take the boat out and put some lobsters on the grill, get the ice-cold beer and the cigars - that's heaven here on earth. View quote
Bernie Mac
We didn't stow away!" Dan protested. "You sunk our boat and pulled us out of the canal!" "Good point," Ian agreed. "Return them to the canal. Roughly, please. View quote
Gordon Korman
Please, I begged silently, please do not let my last moments on earth be me crammed into a tiny boat in the dark, surrounded by mechanical singing pirates. View quote
James Patterson
Normally if you are in a boat, you can follow a fish around, but if you are on the shore, you have to pull it. View quote
Jeremy Wade
Well you've been brought here against your will, just like I have. If you ask me, we're all in the same boat. And it's leaking. View quote
John Boyne
The right woman for you wouldn't want you to change anything about your life. She wouldn't rock your boat, she'd jump right in and sail it with you. View quote
Alice Clayton
The stock market is like a small row boat on a rough sea, bouncing around as it drifts, whereas the macro economy is like a large ocean liner, very ponderous and difficult to maneuver but without such a rough journey. View quote
Clive Granger
I like to windsurf and ski, and most of all I love to ride horses. The wilder and faster the better! If I'm presented with a fast horse or a fast boat, I still get that shiver of excitement and I cannot resist. Luckily I never seem to have any accidents, and thank God for that. (Andrea Bocelli)
Sailing a boat calls for quick action, a blending of feeling with the wind and water as well as with the very heart and soul of the boat itself. Sailing teaches alertness and courage, and gives in return a joyousness and peace that but few sports afford. View quote
George Matthew Adams
There's a lot of people out there who go through hard times, and they feel alone. They feel like nobody is there. But I'm in the same boat. View quote
Brandy Norwood
There was nothing new in sitting on this dock, on this or that wooden bench, watching for his boat to come. In some ways, she was always waiting for him. View quote
Ann Brashares
If I were king of the world there wouldn't be boat people, there would only be people coming in boats. I would mix us all up so that we were all exactly one shade of each other. View quote
Bryce Courtenay
Rowing harder doesn't help if the boat is headed in the wrong direction. View quote
Kenichi Ohmae
... this beginning motion, this first time when a sail truly filled and the boat took life and knifed across the lake under perfect control, this was so beautiful it stopped my breath... View quote
Gary Paulsen
My little dog, he did not get ill. It is so funny that people get ill on a boat and dogs do not. View quote
Anna Held
Let me tell you something: if you're on an island for three and a half months and you're four and a half hours by boat from the nearest store, and there's nobody but 30 crew members on the island, I guarantee that you'd be running around without your clothes on. View quote
Christopher Atkins
Slow travel now rivals the fly-to-Barcelona-for-lunch culture. Advocates savour the journey, travelling by train or boat or bicycle, or even on foot, rather than crammed into an airplane. They take time to plug into the local culture instead of racing through a list of tourist traps. View quote
Carl Honore
I really enjoy writing novels. Its like the ocean. You can just build a boat and take off. (Denis Johnson)
No one will do for you what you need to do for yourself. We cannot afford to be separate. We have to see that all of us are in the same boat. View quote
Dorothy Height
My father was a sailor and our summer vacations were always on a sailboat. I had a little boat before I had a moped. View quote
Ernesto Bertarelli
Most people are rowing against the current of life. Instead of turning the boat around, all they need to do is let go of the oars. View quote
Esther Hicks
Every woman feels she is too old and has missed the boat. View quote
Felicity Kendal