Sailing Quotes
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I grew up in England, went to a nice public school, then didn't want to go to university, so I thought I would wander around. I did a season skiing, a bit of sailing, typical spoilt brat stuff. I ended up in the Caribbean. I was having a blast.
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Even though I grew up surfing and sailing in Southern California, I was born horse crazy.
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My sailing system set sail, make it fast, no thoughts of energy or velocity, loll back, let boat drift.
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I've kind of banned myself from motorcycles. I've had broken ribs, broken shoulder, wrists, leg, broken collarbone - and it was all from motocross or rugby. All of my injuries have come from outside of sailing.
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The sailing flight of birds is the only form of flight which is carried on for some length of time without the expenditure of power.
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In typical sailing races a long time ago, you'd come in and go out, and the first thing you'd do is probably have a cold beer. The first thing we do now is have a protein shake and our recovery drink.
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A dugout is much superior to a conventional manufactured canoe because you can get soaking wet without bothering to capsize it.
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No question it's repairable. We'll be sailing again before the trials and everything will be fine. We're extremely fortunate.
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Sailing a boat calls for quick action, a blending of feeling with the wind and water as well as with the very heart and soul of the boat itself. Sailing teaches alertness and courage, and gives in return a joyousness and peace that but few sports afford.
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Nothing comes sailing by itself.
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Sailing is a completely new sport for me and I wasn't sure what to expect but I've definitely got the bug.
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Get the Titanic sailing correctly before you worry about the deck chairs.
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Where great whales come sailing by, Sail and sail, with unshut eye, Round the world for ever and aye? When did music come this way? Children dear, was it yesterday?
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By practice and experience a man can (if the wind be of the right strength) imitate the complete sailing flight of birds by availing himself of the slight upward trend of some winds, by performing circling sweeps, and by allowing the air to carry him.
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I love cities that are on the water. I love the water element, specifically the sea. I grew up on the sea and I grew up sailing - I love sailing - and the presence of the sea gives the air and the light a very special quality that I absolutely adore.
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Columbus's doom-burdened caravels
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I was a weird teenager. My mother was actually worried because I didn't have any interest in dating in my teenage years. I had all this desire to pursue my passions like ballet, then sailing, then music, so I didn't have any emptiness to fill.
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People spend money on sports, and I just don't do golf, I hate it. But I love sailing and the technology aspect.
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I'll do business with anyone, but I'll only go sailing with gentlemen.
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I wanted to be a doctor in sports medicine; I was into sailing and all that sort of thing.
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The fleet being thus more inclosed will more readily observe the signals, and with greater facility form itself into the line of battle a circumstance which should be kept in view in every order of sailing.
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Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.
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Sometimes I feel like I'm sailing on a sunken dream...
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The sooner we learn to be jointly responsible, the easier the sailing will be.
