Quotes About Ships

No hay mujeres malas —dijo de pronto el Piloto—. Igual que no hay barcos malos... Son los hombres a bordo quienes los hacen de una manera o de otra.

Ships, certainly, are liable to casualties, which sometimes make terribly evident some flaw in their construction that would never have been discoverable in smooth water; and many a "good fellow," through a disastrous combination of circumstances, has undergone a like betrayal.

Adventure Bay is a convenient and safe place for any number of ships to take in wood and water during the summer months: but in the winter, when the southerly winds are strong, the surf, on all parts of the shore, makes the landing exceedingly troublesome.

Commercial fishing is always so behind the curve of technology that they were building ships with wooden hulls and masts in the 1940s, though it also had a diesel engine, which probably was used most of the time.

). Dozens of nations have agreed to join in monitoring and, if necessary, intercepting and boarding ships on the high seas in the event they are suspected of engaging in one or both of these threatening activities.

The cooperation of navies from around the world promises high tactical value for the ships, aircraft, and divers involved; while demonstrating international resolve in defending maritime security against potential threats.

China is a major power in the Pacific and I think we are dealing with some common threats in that region: the whole issue of Korea and the stability of Korea, the whole issue of nuclear proliferation, the whole issue of providing free access to our ships that are operating in that area.

For Rhime the Rudder is of Verses, With which like Ships they steer their courses.

The plague, it seems, grows more and more at Amsterdam; and we are going upon making of all ships coming from thence and Hambrough, or any other infected places, to perform their Quarantine (for thirty days as Sir Rd. Browne expressed it in the order of the Council, contrary to the import of the word, though in the general acceptation it signifies now the thing, not the time spent in doing it) in Holehaven, a thing never done by us before.

It seemed that all around her there was a strange eerie stillness, the stillness of a silent world, a world filled with people who came and went into their separate lives. Some wold arrange to meet again, some would pass like ships in the night, some would leave memories that would last forever, others would pass into limbo.

How would hating benefit me? The elves did what they had to do, and so did I. I learned how to sail their ships. I learned to speak their language fluently. No, as I've discovered, hate generally costs a man more than he can afford.

Ce voyage-là durait vingt-quatre jours. Les paquebots des lignes étaient déjà des villes avec des rues, des bars, des cafés, des bibliothèques, des salons, des rencontres, des amants, des mariages, des morts. Des sociétés de hasard se formaient, elles étaient obligées, on le savait, on ne l'oubliait pas, et de ce fait elles devenaient vivables, et même parfois inoubliables d'agrément.

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Chorus of old men: If we give them the least hold over us, 'tis all up! their audacity will know no bounds! We shall see them building ships, and fighting sea-fights like Artemisia; nay if they want to mount and ride as cavalry, we had best cashier the knights, for indeed women excel in riding, and have a fine, firm seat for the gallop. Just think of all those squadrons of Amazons Micon has painted for us engaged in hand-to-hand combat with men.

the harbour entrance, the sails were furled and the crews unshipped the oars and rowed the warships

The clash between those who built fortresses and those who drove wagons or sailed ships was a central part of early human life—

The Goa'uld use the pyramid form as landing platforms and to channel power through their ships.

Fate has terrible power. You cannot escape it by wealth or war. No fort will keep it out, no ships outrun it.

I feel like my life is just passing me by like two ships in the night. And I have missed both boats.

Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life, " murmured Niko. "They bring new food for shore creatures, and take ships out to sea. They are the ocean's pulse, and our own heartbeat.

The Red Baron and his eighty combat victories in the sky pale in comparison to legendary U-boat captain Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière and his 194 sunken ships.

We've been a universal power for so long, I struggle to accept a reality where we are not. Humanity lost a lot more than a planet and a bunch of ships. We lost our standing, our reputation, our strength in the eyes of the others.

A cluster of ships rocked and tugged at anchor in the bay, sheltered somewhat by a reef.

Our ships, God be thanked, have received little hurt.