“ If lighthouse becomes a burning candle, flickered upon ocean's insanity.Your sailing heart there anchors to handle the obsessed breeze towards sand dune's vanity. Munia Khan
“ If you're a sailor, best not know how to swim. Swimming only prolongs the inevitable—if the sea wants you and your time has come. James Clavell
“ For I say there is no other thing that is worse than the sea is for breaking a man, even though he may a very strong one. Homer
“ I use filming as an excuse to take classes. I got my certification in sailing for 'Wedding Crashers,' and now I can handle a 26-foot boat. I played a seamstress once, so I took sewing classes. I love… Rachel McAdams
“ I really don't know why it is that all of us are so committed to the sea, except I think it's because in addition to the fact that the sea changes, and the light changes, and ships change, it's becaus… John F. Kennedy
“ A war of ideas can no more be won without books than a naval war can be won without ships. Books, like ships, have the toughest armor, the longest cruising range, and mount the most powerful guns. Franklin D. Roosevelt
“ Thomas Blanky wondered if he had been an instrument of evil — or perhaps just of folly — when he had used his more than three decades of ice-master skills to get 126 men the impossible 250 miles throu… Dan Simmons
“ Just about a month from now I'm set adrift, with a diploma for a sail and lots of nerve for oars. Richard Halliburton
“ A sailor is not defined as much by how many seas he has sailed than by how many storms he has overcome. Matshona Dhliwayo
“ We are all born in a little port but not all of us sail the vast oceans! Majority remains in the port! Mehmet Murat ildan
“ A small boat that sails the river is better than a large ship that sinks in the sea. Matshona Dhliwayo
“ We of the sea come to know each other quickly; our loves, like our hates, are born of sudden dangers. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
“ What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is the most important of all voyages of discovery, and without it, all the rest are… Thomas Merton
“ Calm sailing doesn't come from calm waters, it comes from having a good navigator; a good crew and a good vessel. Anthony T. Hincks
“ 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. Roger Ebert
“ 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... Gary Paulsen
