Bernard Moitessier Quotes

One thing at a time, as in the days when I was building Joshua. If I had wanted to build all the boat at once, the enormity of the task would have crushed me. I had to put all I had into the hull alone, without thinking about the rest. It would follow . . . with the help of the gods. Sailing non-stop around the world is the same. I do not think anyone has the means of pulling it off—at the start.

Bernard Moitessier

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• I think music needs danger; it needs risk.

  

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• It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.

  

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• I have flown with British Airways since I was a very little child, so it feels quite special to have gone from family holidays flying around Europe to become a gold card holder and be spoiled enough to travel more than not in first class.

  

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• A lot of time mistakes are very interesting - you look for the behaviour that's not the one you expect.

  

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• We grew up listening to music like that: we grew up on the snap music, grew up off the trap music, grew up on all the South sound.

  

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• One thing at a time, as in the days when I was building Joshua. If I had wanted to build all the boat at once, the enormity of the task would have crushed me. I had to put all I had into the hull alone, without thinking about the rest. It would follow . . . with the help of the gods. Sailing non-stop around the world is the same. I do not think anyone has the means of pulling it off—at the start.

  

  Bernard Moitessier
  • Help
  • Building
  • Gods