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Quotes About Boat

Transcribed from the 1889 J.
~ Jerome K. Jerome
I don't like cruises. Period. My biggest nightmare is being stuck on a boat.
~ Joe Flanigan
Part of life has to be about enjoying life and having different experiences, especially if you're with friends and you're on an adventure on a boat or a submarine - it's a lot of fun.
~ Paul Allen
If you try to come to Australia by boat, even if we think you are the best person in the world, even if you are a Nobel Prize winning genius, we will not let you in.
~ Malcolm Turnbull
In my career, people in the record business have been rockin' in the same ol' boat. They all crooks - I'll say it clear and loud - especially the big ones.
~ John Lee Hooker
Rock star do not jump! The launch was cutting sharply, its skipper calling out a phrase that bore no relationship to the English language as Amy knew it. Rock star in a hurry! Nellie replied, one foot on the boat's gunwale.
~ Peter Lerangis
That afternoon Malcolm went to the lean-to and inspected the improvements to La Belle Sauvage. The tarpaulin of coal-silk was as light and impermeable (he tried it) as Mr van Texel had said, and the clips to attach it to the gunwales were easy to work and firmly fixed. It was water-green in colour, like the boat herself, and he thought that when it was in place he and his vessel would be practically invisible
~ Philip Pullman
The toilet from time to time imparted to the boat the scent of a cholera hospital and could be flushed only when the U-boat was on the surface or at shallow depths, lest the undersea pressure blow material back into the vessel.
~ Erik Larson
And so, as the stars came out, Miles took up his basket and made his way in the moonlight to the river, to the place where he'd hidden the little boat. It was gone. No great surprise, really. The region was notorious. Why shouldn't someone steal his boat? He'd return the favor and steal someone else's. Tomorrow. Tonight, though, he wanted a proper dinner. He set about fashioning a fishing line.
~ Loretta Chase
Oh my God, Maddie whispered, horrified. I rented him that boat. Does that make me a murderer? Tara's heart clutched. He's not dead yet. Hurry, Maddie called to Ford. I can't be the one who killed Tara's ex! I look terrible in orange!
~ Jill Shalvis
The cabin door swung open and Molly belly-crawled onto the deck until she could see me. Who started shooting at us? Bad guys! I cringed as another round hit the side of the boat and peppered me with wooden splinters. Obviously!
~ Jim Butcher
lechery? he asked with a wink, guessing from the hour that I had been with some palace kitchen-maid. Oh aye, most vile, I said cheerfully, and jumped into the boat.
~ Philippa Gregory
boat has been drawn out of the water, onto the sand.
~ Dean Koontz
In the damp sand, the footprints of two men arc from the beached boat to the stairway
~ Dean Koontz
hire a boat and try to catch her up. So long as I board her before we reach Le Havre, it should be all right
~ Diana Gabaldon
Our husbands decide without asking our consent, or having our concurrence; for, to tell you the truth, I hate this boat, though I say nothing." Mary Shelley to Jane Williams, talking about the boat that Shelley and his friend Williams bought.
~ Unknown
Our husbands decide without asking our consent, or having our concurrence; for, to tell you the truth, I hate this boat, though I say nothing." Mary Shelley to Jane Williams, talking the boat that Shelley and his friend Williams bought.
~ Unknown
English voice. Gamache strained but couldn't make out which boat it was, nor did he recognize the voice. It wasn't Tom Hancock. Nor did he think it was likely to be Ken Haslam. A telescope was available, and though it was all but frozen, as was he, Gamache put some money in and trained it on the river.
~ Louise Penny
He must think her one of those aggressive competent American women. I am competent, she thought, her head lying on the edge of the boat, tears swept away by the high waves.
~ Unknown
Veneeni on kevyt ja nopea
~ Unknown
They cried out, because they all saw him and were terrified. Immediately he spoke to them and said, "Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid." Then he climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down. They were completely amazed, for they had not understood about the loaves; their hearts were hardened. (vv. 49
~ Lysa TerKeurst
In the sense of movement a boat is a living thing. It is a companion in the night. Each boat has its own manner and character." Travis McGee, 1985
~ John D. MacDonald
Travis McGee, that big brown loose-jointed boat bum, that pale-eyed, wire-haired girl-seeker, that slayer of small savage fish, that beach-walker, gin-drinker, quip-maker, peace-seeker, iconoclast, disbeliever, argufier, that knuckly, scar-tissued reject from a structured society.
~ John D. MacDonald
If you look over in that direction, like two hundred yards, you will see some birds walking. Never drive the boat toward where the birds are walking. First rule of navigation.
~ John D. MacDonald