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Quotes About Sail

A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty and dusty, but as wide as eye Could reach, with here and there a sail just skipping In sight, then lost amidst the forestry Of masts; a wilderness of steeples peeping On tiptoe through their sea-coal canopy; A huge, dun cupola, like a foolscap crown On a fool's head--and there is London Town.
~ byron lord
I am enjoying seeing and learning things here, though I don't 'like' the place in a way. It makes me feel such a decadent sybaritic old European. I leave Yale on Friday, go to Boston, Washington and back to New York – and sail on Nov 4.
~ Iris Murdoch
A monarchy is a merchantman, which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock and go to the bottom, whilst a republic is a raft which will never sink, but then your feet are always in water.
~ Fisher Ames
It's early evening when HMS Anthony
~ Susan Hood
transition from pre-Internet to omnipresent-Internet, and who was successfully rigging the library to sail into the future not as a gigantic, groaning, fusty pile of books but as a sleek ship of information and imagination.
~ Susan Orlean
I will sail upon a sea of light, My guide above and below the stars.My heart for you is in flightAnd I shall come to you in your arms this night
~ Levon Peter Poe
Although they, once again, knew nothing about the island, they decided to sail for it, belatedly realizing that the potential terrors of an unknown island were nothing compared to the known terrors of an open boat in the open ocean.
~ Nathaniel Philbrick
But if there were some sort of quantum sail, a one-way mirror that reflected virtual particles on one side but let them pass unhindered through the other, the vacuum energy would push the whole object toward the unreflective half of the sail. Millis admits that nobody has any clue how to do this.
~ Charles Seife
With unrelaxed nerves, with morning vigor, sail by it, looking another way, tied to the mast like Ulysses.
~ Thoreau
There, in the shimmering distance, was a sail. I stared in momentary disbelief, but there it was, one of the most beautiful sights the Pacific can ever offer — a ship in full sail edging her way through the blue waters.
~ Tom Neale
During all this time, the ship—without so much as an inch of sail flying—was being driven nine or ten leagues (roughly thirty miles) in each four-hour watch. And all this time, Strachey said, those on board, even those who had never done a hard day's work in their lives, struggled to keep the sinking ship from slipping beneath the waves.
~ Kieran Doherty
All those losses, but this one at least he could prevent. "When the time comes," he said: "When you sail. I will come with you.
~ Kij Johnson
Godless? Why, Aeron, I am the godliest man ever to raise sail! You serve one god, Damphair, but I have served ten thousand. From Ib to Asshai, when men see my sails, they pray.
~ George R.R. Martin
A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty and dusty, but as wide as eye Could reach, with here and there a sail just skipping In sight, then lost amidst the forestry Of masts; a wilderness of steeples peeping On tiptoe through their sea-coal canopy; A huge, dun cupola, like a fools-cap crown On a fool's head - and there is London Town.
~ Lord Byron
A monarchy is a merchantman which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock, and go to the bottom; a republic is a raft which will never sink, but then your feet are always in water.
~ Fisher Ames
I must go 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.
~ John Masefield
I was a wrecked thing smeared over with dark finger marks and stuck with shards of nightmare, and I had no right there any more. I moved through my lost life like a ghost, trying not to touch anything with my bleeding hands, and dreamed of learning to sail in a warm place, Bermuda or Bondi, and telling people sweet soft lies about my past.
~ Tana French
My father was a welder on the second-highest sail, so the Opera House has a special place in my heart.
~ Gladys Berejiklian
And if that is the Foremast, what do you think that sail might be called, Mr. Wheeler?" "The Foresail?" "Very good, Mr. Wheeler, and the next one up would be called..." ..."The Next Sail, Sir?" "Alas, no, Mr. Wheeler.
~ L. A. Meyer
Don't expect any miracle like upward movent to happen today on 19th May in Indian Stock market. Stricly NO BUY of any share until NALCO reaches Rs. 89, SAIL reaches Rs. 79 , ONGC touches Rs.150 and BOI reaches Rs. 40. Tomorrow it will fall further
~ Lakshheish M Patel
Downward movement of Indian stock market continues even today. It seems all govt shares are being subject to most thrashing. BHEL, ONGC, SAIL, NALCO etc
~ Lakshheish M Patel
Price Correction, The share price of SAIL is likely to touch Rs.75 on coming Monday, and internet service be closed down by instruction of capital market riggers and web trading platform of brokerage houses be intentionally clamp down so that intraday short selling small players are not able to transact
~ Lakshheish M Patel
Reliance share is most likely to fall within the last 1 hour today and may close around Rs.2450 as per market grapevine. So obviously all shares mostly Govt share likeSAIL, NALCO, BOI, GAIL. BHEL. IRCON ONGC ETC will fall more panicingly. Retail investors have this drama everyday that opening in green and closing market in red
~ Lakshheish M Patel
The share price of SAIL is likely to touch Rs.90 on coming Monday, and internet service be closed down by instruction of capital market riggers and web trading platform of brokerage houses be intentionally clamp down so that intraday short selling small players are not able to transact
~ Lakshheish M Patel