Masted Quotes

#1. For the glory born of Goodness Never dies, And its flag is not half-masted In the skies.

Bret Harte

#2. I remember that, at an early age, I spent many months making a three-masted sailing boat with rigging in a half-walnut shell.

John Gurdon

#3. I'm obsessed with the Victorian era and the British Royal Navy ... I'd love to play a troubled sailor or captain or a boatman on a three masted ship.

Nick Offerman

#4. The ship was masted according to the proportion of the navy; but on my application the masts were shortened, as I thought them too much for her, considering the nature of the voyage.

William Bligh

#5. Born to an age where horror has become commonplace, where tragedy has, by its monotonous repetition, become a parody of sorrow, we need to fence off a few parks where humans try to be fair, where skill has some hope of reward, where absurdity has a harder time than usual getting a ticket.

Thomas Boswell

#6. Still, I have been no one's enemy but my own. My easy nature, either in drinking or anything else, was always ready to submit to persuasions of profligate companions, who often led me into snares.

John Clare

#7. I know the war in Iraq is controversial in the States, but for us in the Middle East it has made a great and significant impact.

Ehud Olmert

#8. Diversification is your buddy.

Merton Miller

#9. What is deferred is not avoided.

Thomas More

#10. There are colors which cause each other to shine brilliantly, which form a couple which complete each other like man and woman.

Vincent Van Gogh

#11. A spirit with a vision is a dream with a mission.

Neil Peart

#12. He had the sort of face that makes you realize God does have a sense of humor.

Bill Bryson

#13. Try writing an entire story with only a thousand words at your disposal. It's a terrific lesson in economy and precession.

Darynda Jones

#14. Has the luxury of not doing the political stuff, which is really where I want to be as a company.

Glenn Beck