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“As two floating planks meet and part on the sea, O friend! so I met and then drifted from thee.”
William R. Alger (1822–1905) said by 1905 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We can dive to the bottom of the sea and some say NASA will fly us to the stars, and I have known men to plunge into the past—or the future—and drown. But there's one place where we can't go. We can't go where we are already. We can't go home, because our minds, and our hearts, and our immortal souls are already there.”
Gene Wolfe (1931–2019) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Kevin Malone", New Terrors (1980), ed. Ramsey Campbell; reprinted in Gene Wolfe, Endangered Species (1989); reprinted in Gene Wolfe, The Best of Gene Wolfe (2009)
“They have [...] a split personality. One moment they’re your best mate, and next they are trying to drag you down to the bottom of the sea to drown you. [...] It’s just astonishing.”
Lewis Pugh (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No matter how tough my day has been, when I dive into the sea, the world seems perfect.”
Lewis Pugh (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There’s nothing more chilling than swimming across open sea, where recently there used to be a solid glacier.”
Lewis Pugh (born 1969) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Address to the House of Lords (19 November 2010)
“I always feel nostalgic when I disembark (off a ship). It's not that I don't like land. I just love being at sea.”
Lewis Pugh (born 1969) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 6 November 2014, Twitter
“You have by this time surely seen with your own eyes what your iron ships, with which you think you can accomplish wonders and on which you boast so much, can do against my junks; how one of them has been burned by one of my junks and has disappeared in smoke; how the others would have met with the same doom had they not taken to flight and gone out to sea.”
Koxinga (1624–1662) said by 1662 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The priest who has lost the resilience of youth cannot be helped; his polymorphously playful and imaginative energies have been emasculated by a long conditioning to the ways of the old order; he would be liberated into a sea of undifferentiated boredom and anxiety. Only the man whose desires and passions are intact has a future.”
John Carroll (born 1944) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Now you're my whole life; Now you're my whole world. I just can't believe The way I feel about you girl. Like a river meets the sea, Stronger than it's ever been. We've come so far since that day, And I thought I loved you then.”
Brad Paisley (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And over the village slipped the days, passing into the nights; the weeks flowed by, the months crept on, the wind howled, and, glassified with an autumnal, translucent, greenish-azure, the Don flowed tranquilly down to the sea.”
Mikhail Sholokhov (1905–1984) said by 1984 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We met five years ago.“ Jean scratched his beard. “On a sea voyage. We became business partners out of sheer boredom. Since then we‘ve been inseparable.“ “Except that my plan calls for me to be plotting your death.“ “Yes, but I don‘t know that, do I? Boon companion! I suspect nothing.“ “Chump! I can hardly wait to see you get yours!”
Scott Lynch (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There were long stretches where each of us was engaged in a private world of rapidly shifting vignettes. Always I was overwhelmed by the sheer number of human beings ebbing and flowing like the tides of the sea.”
Howard Thurman (1899–1981) first seen 1979 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Of a trip to India, in With Head and Heart: The Autobiography of Howard Thurman (1979), p. 135
“The title of a work of Cardano's, published in 1552, De Subtilitate (corresponding to what would now be called Transcendental Philosophy), would lead us to expect, in the chapter on minerals, many far fetched theories characteristic of that age; but when treating of petrified shells, he decided that they clearly indicated the former sojourn of the sea upon the mountains.”
Charles Lyell (1797–1875) said by 1875 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Somehow his grandfather had wrought an honorable and glamorous life from the sea. But that era was gone. The system was dying. Advising a young man to join the United States Merchant Marine was like advising him to go into vaudeville.”
James K. Morrow (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sweetie, if I’ve learned anything during my ten years at sea, it’s this. Never confuse your captain with God.”
James K. Morrow (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The e-economy cannot function without workers able to navigate, both technically and in terms of content, this deep sea of information, organizing it, focusing it, and transforming it into specific knowledge, appropriate for the task and purpose of the work process.”
Manuel Castells (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To the degree that a man possesses a vivid ideal of the good life, submerges himself in the sea of human misery and endeavors to alleviate suffering, kindles imagination in hours of silence and by visions of beauty, and follows the noblest personality into the presence of a loving, suffering Father—to the extent that he lives meaningfully, he will be convinced of sin and cry aloud for deliverance.”
Kirby Page (1890–1957) first seen 1932 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Penitence and Social Progress" World Tomorrow 15 (May, 1932)
“That the navy is maintained at its present level for the purpose of protecting our sea-borne traffic and safeguarding our property in foreign lands, far more than for the purpose of keeping our shores from being invaded and our fellow citizens from being murdered, is an argument that runs like a crimson thread through the literature of armed preparedness.”
Kirby Page (1890–1957) said by 1957 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A Loaf holds many grains of corn And many myriad drops the Sea: So is God's Oneness Multitude And that great Multitude are we.”
Angelus Silesius (1624–1677) said by 1677 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you know how to launch your ship into God's sea Oh, what a blessed fate, submerged in it to be”
Angelus Silesius (1624–1677) said by 1677 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Here I still flow in God as a small stream of time, There I shall be a sea of blessedness sublime”
Angelus Silesius (1624–1677) said by 1677 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A spark without its fire, a drop without its sea, Without rebirth what more, pray, wouldst thou be?”
Angelus Silesius (1624–1677) said by 1677 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To your utmost, listen to every beautiful song As though filling all the self with sound and melody One should plunge head-first into life As one dives from a cliff into the emerald sea”
Ataol Behramoğlu (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But, visiting Sea, your love doth press And reach in further than you know, And fills all these, and when you go, There's loneliness in loneliness.”
Alice Meynell (1847–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Round the blue sea I love the best The argent foam played, slender, fleet; I saw—past Wordsworth and the rest— Her natural, Greek, and silver feet.”
Alice Meynell (1847–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I hail the seasons as they go, I woo the sunshine, brave the wind, I scan the lily and the rose, I nod to every nodding tree, I follow every stream that flows, And wait beside the steadfast sea.”
Elizabeth Drew Stoddard (1823–1902) first seen 1895 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Poet's Secret", line 3, in Poems (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1895), p. 1. Kindle ebook ASIN B0084BS0QSASIN
“The country is crazy with barrenness, and the sea mocks it with its terrible beauty.”
Elizabeth Drew Stoddard (1823–1902) said by 1902 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This is that Wayless Being which all fervent interior spirits have chosen above all things, that dark stillness in which all lovers lose their way. If we could prepare ourselves through virtue in the ways I have shown, we would at once strip ourselves of our bodies and flow into the wild waves of the Sea, from which no creature could ever draw us back.”
John Ruysbroeck (1293–1381) said by 1381 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is a costly thing living here to fight the erosion. The sea is constantly threatening to cut into the coastline and sweep all this away. Every year we have to haul stones up here to repair the damage and plug the holes. It's a full-time job.”
Dermot Healy (1947–2014) first seen 2000 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: John O'Mahony (2000). Let the west of the world go by, The Guardian (3 June 2000)
“People who look down from some high peak on a vast sea below, probably feel what my mind has felt, looking out from the sublime words of the Lord as from a mountain-top at the inexhaustible depth of their meaning.”
Gregory of Nyssa (born 335) first seen 2000 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Homilies on the Beautitudes VI: 1, tr. S. Hall, in H. R. Drobner and A. Viciano (edd.), Gregory of Nyssa: Homilies on the Beatitudes: An English Version and Supporting Studies (Brill, Leiden, 2000).
“A Continent is a great quantity of Land, not separated by any Sea from the rest of the World, as the whole Continent of Europe, Asia, Africa.”
Peter Heylin (1599–1662) said by 1662 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We're all awash in a sea of blood, and the least we can do is wave to each other.”
John Minton (artist) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am so plunged and submerged in the source of his infinite love, as if I were quite underwater in the sea and could not touch, see, feel anything on any side except water”
Catherine of Genoa (1447–1510) said by 1510 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sally Kempton, Meditation for the Love of It: Enjoying Your Own Deepest Experience (2011), p. 227
“I leapt into my boots, trousers and jacket, tumbled all my gear, lying ready laid out, into my bag, donned helmet and goggles, seized charts and rushed to the upper deck....the sea was calm under a heaving swell. Engadine towered above my cockle-shell.”
Robert Erskine Childers (1870–1922) first seen 1916 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Written aboard HMS Engadine in 1916, cited in " The Riddle Of Erskine Childers " By Andrew Boyle , Hutchinson, London, (1977), pg. 205.
“...the Dulcibella had begun to move in her sleep, as it were, rolling drowsily to some faint send of the sea, with an occasional short jump, like the start of an uneasy dreamer.”
Robert Erskine Childers (1870–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It was devotion to the sea, wedded to a fire of pent-up patriotism struggling incessantly for an outlet in strenuous physical expression; a humanity, born of acute sensitiveness to his own limitations, only adding fuel to the flame.”
Robert Erskine Childers (1870–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When travel outside the city is desired, computer-guided vehicles for land, sea, air, space and beyond can transport passengers and freight. For rapid movement of passengers on land across via ducts, bridges, and tunnels, high-speed mag-lev trains span great distances and will efficiently replace most aircraft transportation.”
Jacque Fresco (1916–2017) said by 2017 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is nothing like the ocean to remind you of what is important,” she said quietly, and smiled. Cadrach’s returned smile was weak. “Ah, by the Good Lord, that’s true,” he groaned. “I am reminded that life is sweet, that the sea is treacherous, and that I am a fool.” Miriamele nodded solemnly, staring up at the bellying sails. “Those are good things to remember,” she said.”
Tad Williams (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There are three kinds of people—the living, the dead, and those at sea.”
Tad Williams (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A century after the Communist Manifesto was written and thirty years after the Russian Revolution, the revolutionary movement, which has witnessed great victories and suffered profound defeats, seems somehow to have disappeared. Like a river approaching the sea, it has broken up into rivulets, run into swamps and marshes, and finally dried up on the sands.”
Cornelius Castoriadis (1922–1997) said by 1997 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm not sure the "remarkable Arctic warmth" is real, especially since the disappearance of arctic sea ice during that time has been linked not to warmer temperatures, but to wind patterns by other researchers at NASA.”
Anthony Watts (born 1958) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 3 of 4 global metrics show nearly flat temperature anomaly in the last decade, wattsupwiththat.com, March 8 2008.
“A drop of water when you are thirsty gives such relief. The same drop in a fountain inspires you with its beauty. The same water in a dirty drain is repelling. And the same drop in the river makes you want to swim there and take a bath. And when the same water goes in the sea it thrills you with its power.”
Hariprasad Chaurasia (born 1938) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Oh! it has been an amazing tour; all new; Korea, Peking, Tonking, Annam, Cochin China, Cambogia; visits to fading oriental courts; audiences with dragon-robed emperors and kings; long hard rides all the day; vile, sleepless, comfortless nights; excursions by sea boat, by river boat, on horseback, pony back and elephant back; in chairs, hammocks and palanquins.”
George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859–1925) first seen 1893 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to Miss Leiter (14 January 1893), quoted in The Earl of Ronaldshay, The Life of Lord Curzon: Being the Authorized Biography of George Nathaniel, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, K.G. (1928), p. 191
“And thus I came through storm to peace, not to the peace of an untroubled sea of outer life, which no strong soul can crave, but to an inner peace that outer troubles may not avail to ruffle—a peace which belongs to the eternal not to the transitory, to the depths not to the shallows of life.”
Annie Besant (1847–1933) said by 1933 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“While Ugarit is revolutionizing the problem of Old Testament origins, the Dead Sea scrolls are doing the same for the New Testament. How fortunate is this generation to live at a time when the sources of our culture—sacred and profane—are illuminated in a brighter light of history than our forefathers imagined possible!”
Cyrus H. Gordon (1908–2001) said by 2001 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“After I had made a second blast and tryal the fesibility of making iron with pitcole and sea-cole I found by my new invention, the quality to be good and profitable, but the quantity did not exceed above 3 tuns per week.”
Dud Dudley (1600–1684) said by 1684 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Dad wasn’t there much cos he had three or four jobs. First he was away at sea, later on he worked as an insurance salesman in the day and on a building site in the evening.”
Holly Johnson (born 1960) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The 5 Tribes Of Frankie by Paul Simper at zttaat.com, Accessed May 2014.
“I was on the boat, at sea, not expecting anything (I was of course busy with the inner life, but I was living physically on the boat), when all of a sudden, abruptly, about two nautical miles from Pondicherry, the quality, I may even say physical quality, of the atmosphere of the air, changed so much that I knew we were entering the aura of Sri Aurobindo. It was a physical experience.”
Mirra Alfassa (1878–1973) first seen 1916 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On her return to Pondicherry in April 1920 accompanied by an English lady, Miss Dorothy Hodgeson, after she had refused an offer by Rabindranath Tagore to take charge of Shantiniketan, his educational institute, quoted …
“[Apple and the iPhone is] kind of one more entrant into an already very busy space with lots of choice for consumers … But in terms of a sort of a sea-change for BlackBerry, I would think that's overstating it.”
Jim Balsillie (born 1961) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: RIM chiefs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie's best quotes in The Guardian (29 June 2012)
“At Bognor Regis I camped out on the sands where I met a fluid young girl of sixteen, who hugged me steadily throughout one long hot day with only a gymslip on her sea-wet body.”
Laurie Lee (1914–1997) said by 1997 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source