“ The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. ”
- Edward Gibbon- Copy
- 1.2K
“ The wind and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. ”
- Edward Gibbon- Copy
- 3.9K
“ There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles the Second. But the seamen were not gentlemen; and the gentlemen were not seamen. ”
- Thomas B. Macaulay- Copy
- 3.3K
“ Heads of state are notoriously ill prepared for their mature careers; think of Adolf Hitler and our own Ronald Reagan. ”
- Barbara Ehrenreich- Copy
- 2.8K
“ The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep. ”
- Sextus Propertius- Copy
- 2.5K
“ We have a wretched motley Crew, in the Fleet; the Marines the Refuse of every Regiment, and the Seamen, few of them, ever wet with salt Water. ”
- Benedict Arnold- Copy
- 1.7K
“ That Seaman is a handsome young man but he spends too much time looking in his mirror rather than at the ball. You can't keep goal with hair like that. ”
- Brian Clough- Copy
- 1.9K
“ Recollect that you must be a seaman to be an officer and also that you cannot be a good officer without being a gentleman. ”
- Horatio Nelson- Copy
- 1.6K
“ I was an able-seaman, a deck hand. As I say, it's the way to see the world and get paid for it. ”
- David Walker- Copy
- 1.6K
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