Dave Allen
Comedian
"If it's sent by ship then it's a cargo, if it's sent by road then it's a shipment."
Ships quotes
Ships
366 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Fernando Pessoa
Poet, Writer
"There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
"The ship of heaven guides itself and will not accept a wooden rudder."
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Poet, Educator
"And the wind plays on those great sonorous harps, the shrouds and masts of ships."
D. H. Lawrence
Novelist, Poet
"Human love, human trust, are always perilous, because they break down. The greater the love, the greater the trust, and the greater the peril, the greater the disaster. Because to place absolute trust on another human being is in itself a disaster, both ways, since each human being is a ship that must sail its own course, even if it go in company with another ship.... And yet, love is the greatest thing between human beings."
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"The result of the voyage does not depend on the speed of the ship, but on whether or not it keeps a true course."
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"A fleet of British ships at war are the best negotiators."
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"We did not all come over on the same ship, but we are all in the same boat."
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"This ship is built to fight. You had better know how."
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"All we have to do is preserve our personality, to live our own life, be captain of our own ship, and all will be well."
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"I cannot imagine any condition which would cause a ship to founder. I cannot conceive of any vital disaster happening to this vessel. Modern shipbuilding has gone beyond that . . ."
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"Whether it is a big ship or small ship, the same size hole placed correctly in the hull can sink it."
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"A ship should not be held by a single anchor; neither should life depend upon a single hope."
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"We have our factory, which is called a stage. We make a product, we color it, we title it and we ship it out in cans."
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"The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek."
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"The ship is safest when it is in port, but that’s not what ships were built for."
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"If the workers took a notion they could stop all speeding trains; every ship upon the ocean they can tie with mighty chains."
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"To travel far, there is no better ship than a book."
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"There's a strange sense of pleasure being beat to hell by a storm when you're on a ship that is not going to sink."
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"When I die, it will be a shipwreck, and as when a huge ship sinks, many people all around will be sucked down with it."
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"Objectives can be compared to a compass bearing by which a ship navigates. A compass bearing is firm, but in actual navigation, a ship may veer off its course for many miles. Without a compass bearing, a ship would neither find its port nor be able to estimate the time required to get there."
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"On ships they call them barnacles; in business they attach themselves to desks and are called vice presidents."
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"Lampis the ship owner, on being asked how he acquired his great wealth, replied, My great wealth was acquired with no difficulty, but my small wealth, my first gains, with much labor."
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"Look at the sun sinkin' like a ship. Ain't that just like my heart, babe. When you kissed my lips?"
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"Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to burn his ships and cut all sources of retreat."
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