Young Man And The Sea Quotes

#1. There is a witchery in the sea, its songs and stories, and in the mere sight of a ship, and the sailor's dress, especially to a young mind, which has done more to man navies, and fill merchantmen, than all the pressgangs of Europe.

Richard Henry Dana Jr.

#2. I understand only too well why Russians with means have all made tracks abroad ... If the ship is about to sink, the rats are the first to desert it.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#3. You see, the language of words was only one of the human languages. There were many others, as I have pointed out. The language of sighs, the language of silent moments, and most significantly, the language of frowns.

Matt Haig

#4. How joyously the young sea-mew
Lay dreaming on the waters blue,
Whereon our little bark had thrown
A little shade, the only one;
But shadows ever man pursue.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

#5. Remembrance of the past kills all present energy and deadens all hope for the future

Maxim Gorky

#6. The sudden death of the leading man will cause change, making another man leader. Soon, but too late, the young man will attain high office. By land and sea, he will be feared.

Nostradamus

#7. and in time, when yet very young, he became chief mate of a fine ship, without ever having been tested by those events of the sea that show in the light of day the inner worth of a man, the edge of his temper, and the fibre of his stuff; that reveal the quality of his resistance and the

Joseph Conrad

#8. Thinkers educate the world.
Dreamers inspire the world.
Helpers improve the world.
Doers change the world.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#9. Lucifer sang through the skies like a silver arrow; the bleak white steel of it, gleaming in the bleak blue emptiness of the evening.

G.K. Chesterton

#10. Whether I was cooped up in my attic-cum-lab or trailing her scent through the rooms of the cabin with all but a tinfoil hat, she hung over me, extraterrestrial in both omnipresence and the ability to give me chills.

Brittany Newell

#11. Even as a young man, Sawtooth had a hard time talking to women. Since moving to Out-to-Sea, he's become tight-lipped as an oyster. But he can feel the worlds pearling on his tongue: Girl, you are my moon. You are the tidal pull that keeps time marching forward.

Karen Russell

#12. I worked with a group of people who argued day and night - professors, officials, the Minister of Finance - but there were decisions that I had to make.

Shimon Peres

#13. Once you start to look at the gospels one by one, you realize that followers of Jesus were trying to understand what had happened after he was arrested and killed. They knew Judas had handed him over to the people who arrested him.

Elaine Pagels

#14. Such an easy thing, to be liked. All you had to do was make sure people didn't know you.

K.J. Charles

#15. He arrived to find that she'd left, discovering then that he was all alone. Even the birds had gone. They'd abandoned their nest on the windowsill, and he was somehow certain that they'd never come back.

Matthew Norman

#16. Someone intruding within 18 inches without consent is regarded as threatening or uncomfortable behavior.

Lionel Rose

#17. Bards write them because they can't hold them back. Sadness has got to flow out or it gets stuck and turns bitter." Tyne

Jonathan Renshaw

#18. Let us not attack those who disagree. Let us defend those who follow.

Simon Sinek

#19. I don't have the life of a famous person. But I do feel like I've been able to connect with a lot of people.

Ann Brashares