What is Your Favorite Quote?

[Normanby]

When you sail, the whole world sails with you.
But when you sand, you sand alone.

[S/V Alchemy]

"[The sea is] neither cruel nor kind ... Any apparent virtues it may have, and all its vices, are seen only in relation to the spirit of man who pits himself, in ships of his own building, against its insensate power."-Denys Rayner

[pbiJim]

Green to green & red to red,
all is well, go ahead,
When in danger or in doubt,
Run in circles, scream & shout.


All marriages performed by the captain of this vessel are good only for the duration of the cruise.

[Capt Phil]

pbiJim, +1... I used that all the time when there were friends aboard when one of them had one idea and the other didn't. i would perform a marriage of sorts (depending on the religious convictions), and send them below to sort out their differences/compatability. Heaps of laughs!! Phil

[HappyMdRSailor]

Originally Posted by Normanby

When you sail, the whole world sails with you.
But when you sand, you sand alone.

=
by far the most accurate and best quote on this thread!!!

[Chris in destin]

You can be what you resolve yourself to be.

Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall) Jackson

[SunnySky]

A few different versions of it but, "Never trust everything you read online" - George Washington

[nagrom snoyl]

Is olc an gaoth na sheid go maith an duinne eile, in English it means its an ill wind that doesent blow well for somebody else or for everything bad that happens some good comes out of it

[chuckr]

maybe someone can help -- someplace a read a quote that went something like
there are not a lot of capes, points of land or islands named for those who did not take the risks

it is not correct -- does anyone know the exact quote and who said it??

thanks
chuck patty and svsoulmates
in port yasmine hammamet tunisia

[clifford sloan]

When docking any vessel, "Don't go any faster than you want to hit it".

[Chris66]

What the F&^K was that?
Attributed to the Mayor of Hiroshima but exclaimed by many sailors.

[Chris66]

"Opinions are like Ar%&*$es. Everybody has one, other people's stink and most of them are full of S&%t."
Relevant to CF?

[CapRon]

A reasonable man adapts to his world. An unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to suit himself. Therefore all progress depends on unreasonable men. George Bernard Shaw. Another drunken Irishman.

[Rhapsody-NS27]

I found this one recently

[CaribbeanCraig]

" You can find Sympathy somewhere in the dictionary between **** and Syphilis "

My retired U.S. NAVY WW2 Veteran Grandfather