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Quotes About Ship

It's just free speech, that's all we've got. We can say whatever we like, then the government goes and does exactly what it pleases. You call that democracy? It's like we're on a ship, headed someplace terrible, and somebody else is steering and the passengers can't jump off.
~ Anne Tyler
A milli-Helen is enough beauty to launch exactly one ship
~ Scott Westerfeld
The reprieve doesn't last long though; within a couple of hours the waves are back up to 70 feet. A 70 foot wave has an angled face of well over 100 feet. The Seastate has reached levels that no one on the boat, and few people one earth, have ever seen. When the Contship Holland finally limped into port several days later, one of the officers stepped off and swore he would never set foot on another ship again.
~ Sebastian Junger
Fifty dorcas they're setting up an ambush near my ship. (Nykyrian) No bet. I know they are. They're too stupid to not be obvious and predictable. Gah, I hate abiding by the law. Too bad you can't slaughter them where they stand. (Syn)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Was there much damage done to your ship? (Nykyrian) No, not really. Just enough to seriously piss me off and ruin my suckass day. (Syn)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
You look good as a Pirate. Erin Ahoy, matey, he said, laying her back against the grass. Me cap'n's ship needs a port. V' Aidan Me cap'n's port needs a ship. Erin
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Gundar isn't so much a ship's captain as a reformed pirate and a heathen." [Evanlyn] looked apologetically at Gundar. "No offense, Gundar." The skirl shrugged cheerfully. "None taken, little lady. It's a pretty fair description. Not sure about the reformed part," he added thoughtfully.
~ John Flanagan
Remember, this thing is small. It's not like the wolfships. It'll ride over the waves, not crash through them. So we're safe as houses." He wasn't sure about the last two statements, but they seemed logical to him.
~ John Flanagan
No," Hal said. "The sea is moving constantly and you have to make little adjustments to keep it going smoothly. You can't take it for granted." "Just like a friendship," she said smiling. And Hal nodded. "Maybe that's why the word ends in ship," he said.
~ John Flanagan
I want the word to go out that the strange ship with the red falcon ensign"—he gestured to Evanlyn's ensign, flying from the mast top—"is manned by dangerous, hairy maniacs with axes and is to be avoided at all costs." "That sounds like us," Gundar said cheerfully.
~ John Flanagan
Stig here could probably eat a ship if he was hungry enough," Thorn said, straight-faced. Stig looked sidelong at him. He was used to the old sea wolf's teasing. "I'd need a lot of salt," he said.
~ John Flanagan
I'm his first mate," he said firmly. From the crowd below, they heard a cackle of laughter. "Good for you, boy! A first mate should always stick up for his skirl!" "Shut up, Svengal," Erak said, without looking.
~ John Flanagan
Je weet toch wel wat er gebeurt als je gaten in de bodem van een schip maakt, hè? Dan heeft zo'n schip de neiging om te zinken. - Stig
~ John Flanagan
I don't know if anyone's interested," he said tentatively, "but there appears to be a pirate ship heading our way.
~ John Flanagan
Ik ben blij dat de Wolfswind nog in de scheepswerf ligt,' zei hij uiteindelijk. 'Hij vaart weer recht op mijn vaste ligplaats af.
~ John Flanagan
I want the word to go out that the strange ship with the red falcon ensign"—he gestured to Evanlyn's ensign, flying from the mast top—"is manned by dangerous, hairy maniacs with axes and is to be avoided at all costs.
~ John Flanagan
In addition, there was a note from Gundar – the skirl had paid a professional scribe to write it for him. The new ship was nearly ready, he said. They had decided to call it Wolfwill.
~ John Flanagan
Bij de kalknagels van Gorlog, je stond zo te kotsen dat ik op een gegeven moment dacht dat je jezelf over de reling zou spugen!' Alyss en Evanlyn trokken wit weg en draaiden zich snel om. 'Je weet het weer fraai te brengen, Gundar!' merkte Will op
~ John Flanagan
Ik weet niet of het iemand interesseert,' zei hij voorzichtig, 'maar er lijkt een piratenschip op ons af te komen!
~ John Flanagan
Ulf and Wulf, you'll row. You need to keep us moving slightly faster than the current or I'll lose steerageway. If we can keep the ship in the middle of the stream, we'll be fine.
~ John Flanagan
We were all on this ship in the sixties, our generation, a ship going to discover the New World. And the Beatles were in the crow's nest of that ship.
~ John Lennon
I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking,And a gray mist on the sea's face and a gray dawn breaking.
~ John Masefield
I must go down to the sea...to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship, and a star to steer her by......
~ John Masefield
She opened the tin to show Candace the dark red strands, a fortune in her palm, dearer than this much caviar, this many shaved truffles; it was for spices like this that Columbus had set out in his ship. "Each strand is handpicked from the center of a crocus flower that blooms two weeks of the year.
~ Elin Hilderbrand