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Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of...

Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time.

Quote by Francis Bacon about history, time

The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that...

The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.

Quote by Douglas Adams about sky

The American President resembles the commander of a ship...

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about americans

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my...

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my life's ship.

Quote by Aeschylus about life

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail...

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.

Quote by Louisa May Alcott

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my...

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.

Quote by Louisa May Alcott

Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.

Quote by Aristophanes about enemies, teaching, common sense, sense, war, man

We will build new ships to carry man forward into the universe, to gain a new foothold on the moon and to prepare for new journeys to the worlds beyond our own.

Quote by George W. Bush about moon, man

A ship is said to be on the starboard or larboard tack, when she is close-hauled, with the wind upon the starboard or larboard side; and in this sense the distance which the sails in that position is considered as the length of the tack; although...

Quote by William Falconer about common sense, sense

Hence a ship is said to be tight, when her planks are so compact and solid as to prevent the entrance of the water in which she is immersed: and a cask is called tight, when the staves are so close that none of the liquid contained therein can...

Quote by William Falconer about water

Hence a ship is said to head the sea, when her course is...

Hence a ship is said to head the sea, when her course is opposed to the setting or direction of the surges.

Quote by William Falconer about heads

Of whatsoever number a fleet of ships of war is composed, it is usually divided into three squadrons; and these, if numerous, are again separated into divisions.

Quote by William Falconer about numbers, war

The great weight of the ship may indeed prevent her from acquiring her greatest velocity; but when she has attained it, she will advance by her own intrinsic motion, without gaining any new degree of velocity, or lessening what she has acquired.

Quote by William Falconer

The head of a ship however has not always an immediate...

The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy.

Quote by William Falconer about relation, heads, name

I went up to Scotland and made a documentary on...

I went up to Scotland and made a documentary on shipyards. I did a month up there, appeared in it and directed it.

Quote by Sean Connery

When I was a very small boy, my father was a plumber in a...

When I was a very small boy, my father was a plumber in a shipping yard, but then it transpired that he became a grocer.

Quote by Bill Forsyth about garden

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of...

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about being, chance

No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned... a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about being, companies, food, chance, man

Things which must be shipped together as a set, aren't.

Things which must be shipped together as a set, aren't.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war, things

I was concerned that the ship of conservative governance...

I was concerned that the ship of conservative governance was veering off course into the dangerous uncharted waters of big government Republicanism.

Quote by Mike Pence

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