Bernard Moitessier Quotes
I am a citizen of the most beautiful nation on earth, a nation whose laws are harsh yet simple, a nation that never cheats, which is immense and without borders, where life is lived in the present. In this limitless nation, this nation of wind, light, and peace, there is no other ruler besides the sea.
Quotes to Explore
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Voter ID laws have a disproportionate impact on groups that lean democratic - including blacks, hispanics and students.
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The laws of God, the laws of man he may keep that will and can; not I: let God and man decree laws for themselves and not for me.
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I have not broken the laws of the United States or the laws of the Dominican Republic.
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The government of Iran has no problem with the American nation.
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Safe storage and child access prevention laws are critical steps as we seek to reduce the occurrence of accidental shootings and suicides involving guns.
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The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism.
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I don't order laws, I propose them.
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A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.
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Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books.
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My dream is to see India as a nation of well-looked-after and respected sportspeople in all fields.
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We must be an inclusive nation that respects and supports all of its citizens: a nation that doesn't give up on anyone who hasn't given up on themselves.
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In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!
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Linguistics will have to recognise laws operating universally in language, and in a strictly rational manner, separating general phenomena from those restricted to one branch of languages or another.
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We don't need a nation that has national identity cards.
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Nature's laws must be obeyed, and the period of decline begins, and goes on with accelerated rapidity.
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Dimensionless constants in the laws of nature, which from the purely logical point of view can just as well have different values, should not exist.
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To most people a savage nation is wan that doesn't wear oncomf'rtable clothes.
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Usury once in control will wreck the nation.
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A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.
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Picking roles, my way of choosing them is vastly different now than it was a long time ago, but I can only be that way now because of what I've learned from the past. So I'm choosing now not to choose any work, because when you've had such a nice ride, unexpected rides and fulfilling rides, you really don't want to take a step backwards. It's really made me satisfied in a way that I wasn't looking for, but I was blessed with it and now I feel really full, in a good way, where I don't need to rush out and go find something.
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When moonlight french kisses the Manhattan midnight
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Life is a cutup. And to pretend that you write or paint in a timeless vacuum is just simply . . . not . . . true, not in accord with the facts of human perception.
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Those conversations are usually pretty short. He hasn't been in that position much, and I understand where he was coming from.
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I am a citizen of the most beautiful nation on earth, a nation whose laws are harsh yet simple, a nation that never cheats, which is immense and without borders, where life is lived in the present. In this limitless nation, this nation of wind, light, and peace, there is no other ruler besides the sea.
