Great Sea Faring Quotes

[uwsince79]

Some great quotes! Here is one that fits our bill,

"He goes a great Voyage, that goes to the bottom of the Sea."
Gnomologia 1632 A.D.

 

[MrMrEZG]

"being on a boat is like being in jail with a chance of drowning"
Samual Johnson

 

[DiverInAk]

MrMrEZG used my favorite already, but to finish the quote...

"A man in jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company."

I had this quote posted on the mess deck of the last ship I served on. It kept the cooks honest.

 

[detroit diver]

si dubitas, id et duc.

Roughly translated to:

When in doubt, whip it out!

 

[uwsince79]

DD that was Too funny...

"A man who is not afraid of the sea will soon be drowned"

J.M. SYNGE
The Aran Islands

 

[tyki]

"Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning.
Red sky at night, sailors delight."

Don't know who first penned it, but my Dad taught me that one when I took sailing lessons.

tyki

 

[Iguana Don]

"They say the sea is cold, but the sea contains the hottest blood of all"..........

D.H.Lawrence, Whales Weep Not

 

[turnerjd]

Originally posted by tyki
"Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning.
Red sky at night, sailors delight."

Don't know who first penned it, but my Dad taught me that one when I took sailing lessons.

tyki

The one I learned was

Red sky at night, shepperds delight,
Red sky in the morning, shepperds warning.


Jon T

 

[Dr Deco]

Dr Deco's contribution:

Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll!
Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain;
Man marks the earth with ruin, - - his control
Stops with the shore.

Childe Harold's Pilgrimmage (clxxvii)
[sp][sp]- George Gordon, Lord Byron

 

[uwsince79]

"The most sportful fishes dare not jest with the edge-tools of this dead sea"

THOMAS FULLER
A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine, ii, xiii, 1650 A.D.