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"If the oarsmen of a fast-moving ship suddenly cease to row, the suspension of the driving force of the oars doesn't prevent the vessel from continuing to move on its course. And with a speech it is much the same. After he has finished reciting the document, the speaker will still be able to maintain the same tone without a break, borrowing its momentum and impulse from the passage he has just read out."
"Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]"
"I had an encyclopedia with a list of flags in the back, so I would look at all these flags of China and Liberia and England and Denmark and whatever, and I learned all the different flags and I tried to imagine what it would be like to be voyaging on some of these ships."
"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."
"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."
"Every master has but one disciple, and that one becomes unfaithful to him, for he too is destined for master-ship."
"I can safely say, that the happiest part of my life has been spent on board a ship."
"It's awful bad luck to bring a woman aboard the ship." "It's awful worse luck not to."
"Education without morals is like a ship without a compass, merely wandering nowhere."
"Leader. Ship. The word 'ship' is hidden inside the word 'leadership,' as its... derivation."
"You know, addressing my crazy by name doesn’t exactly help me stay sane,” I said. “Nothing can help you stay sane at this point, Mason,” said Becks. “That ship has sailed."
