Sailors Quotes

He comes in with photos of ships and sailors, and for two hours we didn't do anything but look at pictures and talk about that time, who these men were and what the women were doing. As a 23-year-old, I sat there thinking, `Is he out of his mind?' I hadn't learned a step of the ballet yet. - Jerome Robbins

Friends are the sailors who guide your rickety boat safely across the dangerous waters of life. - Unknown

Fixing the hot water problem in both Bldg. 60 and 61 is a top priority for us. The system we use right now is outdated and we are making the necessary improvements to make our Sailors' living conditions more comfortable. - Thomas Hosey

Centuries ago, sailors on long voyages used to leave a pair of pigs on every deserted island. Or they'd leave a pair of goats. Either way, on any future visit, the island would be a source of meat. These islands, they were pristine. These were home to breeds of birds with no natural predators. Breeds of birds that lived nowhere else on earth. The plants there, without enemies they evolved without thorns or poisons. Without predators and enemies, these islands, they were paradise. The sailors, the next time they visited these islands, the only things still there would be herds of goats or pigs. .... Does this remind you of anything? Maybe the ol' Adam and Eve story? .... You ever wonder when God's coming back with a lot of barbecue sauce? - Chuck Palahniuk

But, O my soul, hear the song of the sailors. - Stephane Mallarme

But it's been a great, humbling - and I've been very honored to have the opportunity to serve and to lead and to be the representative of our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines who are in Washington. And it's been the greatest honor of my life. - Hugh Shelton

As our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines defend the nation... they must know that their country will never abandon them, that we will spare no effort to bring them home. This is our sacred trust we owe to those who serve. - Jerry Siegel

Anything that can keep a driver from being distracted can prevent accidents and save lives, and the safety of our Sailors is important. - Capt. Shawn Morrissey

And I hear from the outgoing ship in the bay The song of the sailors in glee: So I think of the luminous footprints that bore The comfort o'er dark Galilee, And wait for the signal to go to the shore, To the ship that is waiting for me. - Bret Harte

All things on earth point home in old October; sailors to sea, travellers to walls and fences, hunters to field and hollow and the long voice of the hounds, the lover to the love he has forsaken. - Thomas Wolfe