Favorite quotations

[Maren]

Originally Posted by knottybuoyz

Just stumbled across a few loosely boating related quotes. Was wondering if you've got a favorite.

I think this is one is from Lat & Atts, but I'm sure it was cribbed from somewhere else.

Attitude is the difference between adventure and ordeal

[mickmul]

I don't know who named them swells. There's nothing swell about them. They should have named them awfuls.
--Hugo Vihlen

[GordMay]

“I hope that while so many people are out smelling the flowers, someone is taking the time to plant some.” ~ Herbert Rappaport

[cooper]

That I like and....."it takes more time to paint a picture than to criticize it"

[yachtrodney]

'The Wind and the Lion'
SOUND (Flash)


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"The Wind in the Willows'

[cooper]

your grafics are tha best ...feeling better ? regards...M

[Alan Wheeler]

What's that one....A picture may paint a thousand words, but it takes 2megabytes of your hard drive....or something like that.

[questmiller]

"It occured to me that the problem with doing nothing is not knowing when you are finished." from the book, Plum Island by Nelson DeMille

[mickmul]

Anyone know who coined this old sailor's saying?
"Below 40 degrees South there is no law,
Below 50 degrees South there is no God"

[sneuman]

"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats."
– H. L. Mencken

[Herbseesmoore]

In case newbies missed this thread...................




If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties.
- Sir Francis Bacon

[oldsalt_1942]

Minimalist theory of boat maintenance: If it doesn't move and it should; spray it with WD40. If it moves and it shouldn't; wrap it in duct tape.

[oldsalt_1942]

"Be careful who you talk to about your sailing plans. Those who have abandoned their dreams will try to destroy yours." --Anon

[oldsalt_1942]

Adventure is never much fun when it's happening....Anon

[oldsalt_1942]

And the bright horizon calls! Many a thing will keep till the world's work is done, and youth is only a memory. When the old enchanter came to my door laden with dreams, I reached out with both hands. For I knew that he would not be lured with the gold that I might later offer, when age had come upon me.
Richard MacCullough
Viking's Wake