Quotes About Navigation

You must then know the sea, and know that you know it, and not forget that it was made to be sailed over.

Una desviación minúscula al principio de cualquier recta, y acabas muy lejos de donde debías estar.

That way. 'Second star to the right.' " " 'And straight on till morning,' " Eli finished the quote

The only safe ship in a storm is leadership.

Mi casa era como un mar de aguas verdosas que nunca tenían grandes cóleras. Nosotros navegábamos por ellas como piratas pobres que tienen poco ánimo para conquistar ningún botín.

Deitãose fóra das ilhas de Angitur, seguem por mar que até então Portuguezes nunca tinhão visto nem navegado.

There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful.

Irrationally, Mosca felt she should have inherited her father's intimate knowledge of Mandelion. His throwaway comments about the city should have magically meshed in her mind, giving her a faultless instinct for finding her way around.

Most sailing ships take what they call trainees, who pay to be part of the crew. The Picton Castle takes people who are absolutely raw recruits. But you can't just ride along. You're learning to steer the ship, navigation you're pulling lines, keeping a lookout in the galley you're cooking.

God did not ordain that the church should drift aimlessly in the seas of uncertainty without compass, captain, or crew.

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The world was a vast ocean with no landmarks, Kino a little boat that had lost its chart and its anchor.

I've become a huge fan of the subway, even though I've gotten lost... well, not lost, but went the wrong direction on the subway a couple of times.

No matter where you're going it's the wrong place.

I'm a qualified yacht skipper, so I do a lot of sailing.

The value of the television network is partly tradition, serving as a navigation device and as a brand. Research shows that people do know and understand ABC as a brand, like Disney.

I'm conscious of the fact that I'm sort of a bridging figure. I have my Chinese literary heritage and cultural background, so I'm comfortable with these things, but at the same time, I have to navigate the Anglo-American tradition, which has a self-centred view of what Asia and what being Chinese means.

Good running is the ability to have a very well defined on-board computer. The ability to judge distances when running in traffic.

The truth is ships and aircraft have been vanishing with tragic regularity in every part of the world since they were invented.

Ships are obliged to take on harbor or river pilots - who provide specialized local navigation - when they approach a port, but in the canal, a Suez crew is also obligatory. The crew members are there in case the ship needs to be moored during the canal transit, but this rarely happens.

When you are talking about transportation, people aren't making their plans while in front of a computer.

The two most important functional aspects to be fulfilled in a transportation facility are ease of wayfinding and easy orientation.

Our ship of state, which recent storms have threatened to destroy, has come safely to harbor at last.

It doesn't matter how much you drive around, you will never get to where you want to go if you don't have the right map.