Sailor Quotes

We are imprisoned in the realm of life, like a sailor on his tiny boat, on an infinite ocean. (Anna Freud)
No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned... a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company. View quote
Samuel Johnson
The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor. View quote
Samuel Butler (novelist)
Although as a sailor I despised politics - for I loved my sailor's life and still love it today - conditions forced me to take up a definite attitude towards political problems. View quote
Fritz Sauckel
A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea. View quote
Honoré de Balzac
I hate a Barnacle as no man ever did before, not even a Sailor in a slow-sailing ship. View quote
Charles Darwin
No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. View quote
Samuel Johnson
A young sailor boy came to see me today. It pleases me to have these lads seek me on their return from their first voyage, and tell me how much they have learned about navigation. View quote
Maria Mitchell
When a sailor overcomes crushing adversity, there's a massive sense of accomplishment. View quote
Abby Sunderland
Going up the mast is one of the most dangerous things you can do as a solo sailor. View quote
Abby Sunderland
One can no more keep the mind from returning to an idea than the sea from returning to a shore. For a sailor, this is called the tide; in the case of the guilty it is called remorse. God stirs up the soul as well as the ocean. (Victor Hugo)
...the basic principles of the military services are unchangeable. Courage and candor, obedience and comradeship, love of fatherland and loyalty to the State: these are ever the distinguishing characteristics of the soldier and sailor. Building character through intelligent training and education is always the first and greatest goal. View quote
Erich Raeder
Those who fall in love with practice without science are like a sailor who enters a ship without a helm or a compass, and who never can be certain whither he is going. View quote
Leonardo da Vinci
Those who are in love with practice without knowledge are like the sailor who gets into a ship without rudder or compass and who never can be certain whether he is going. Practice must always be founded on sound theory, and to this Perspective is the guide and the gateway; and without this nothing can be done well in the matter of drawing. View quote
Leonardo da Vinci
I'm a sailor, not a politician. View quote
Fritz Sauckel
The sailor tells of winds, the ploughman of bulls, the soldier counts his wounds, the shepherd his sheep. View quote
Propertius
I muttered a swear word to myself. After I heard Angel cussing like a sailor when she stubbed her toe, my new resolution was to watch my language. All I needed was a six-year-old mutant with a potty mouth. View quote
James Patterson
President Wilson says a leader must treat public opinion the way a sailor deals with the wind, using it to blow the ship in one direction or another, but never trying to go directly against it. View quote
Ken Follett
I am Sailor Moon, champion of justice! On behalf of the moon, I will right wrongs and triumph over evil, and that means you! - sailor moon. View quote
Naoko Takeuchi
Who wants that? I'd rather choose to fall in love and be hurt. Sometimes I can't even sleep because I love someone too much. And there's always sadness in our lives. It's that sad feeling that keeps us going. - Usagi/Sailor Moon. View quote
Naoko Takeuchi
Fighting evil by moonlight, winning love by daylight, never running from a real fight, she is the one named Sailor Moon! (Naoko Takeuchi)
My Guardian is the Planet of Silence. Soldier Of Death and Rebirth Sailor Saturn! - Hotaru as Sailor Saturn. View quote
Naoko Takeuchi
Even someday when we disappear...... and new Sailor Senshis are born... Sailor Moon, you will always be Invincible. The most beautiful shining star. View quote
Naoko Takeuchi
Maybe you misunderstood.. A world without Haruka isn't a world worth saving. - Michiru/Sailor Neptune. View quote
Naoko Takeuchi
I have always found it difficult to wait for things - whether it was to see my father or sailor brother, Alan, again after their long sea trips, or the chance of a better job, or even new curtains. View quote
Anna Neagle