Yacht Quotes

• The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it.

  David Lee Roth

  Happiness, Money, Sailing

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• Land was created to provide a place for boats to visit.

  Brooks Atkinson

  Sea, Land, Pirate

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• It isn't that life ashore is distasteful to me. But life at sea is better.

  Francis Drake

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• The ocean has always been a salve to my soul.

  Jimmy Buffett

  Ocean, Soul, Sailing

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• As soon as you set foot on a yacht you belong to some man, not to yourself, and you die of boredom.

  Coco Chanel

  Men, Feet, Boredom

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• Having a yacht is a reason for being more cheerful than most.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Cheerful, Reason

  Kurt Vonnegut (2009). “Cat's Cradle: A Novel”, p.186, Dial Press

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  The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

  William Arthur Ward

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Leadership

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• There never was a great man yet who spent all his life inland.

  Herman Melville

  Men, Sailing, Nautical

  Herman Melville (2016). “White Jacket”, p.292, Herman Melville

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• And the winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

  Edward Gibbon

  Inspirational, Life, Wisdom

  "History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire". Volume 6,

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  At sea, I learned how little a person needs, not how much.

  Robin Lee Graham

  Sea, Sailing, Nautical

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• Anyone who has to ask about the annual upkeep of a yacht can't afford one.

  J. P. Morgan

  Upkeep, Annuals, Asks

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• The cabin of a small yacht is truly a wonderful thing; not only will it shelter you from a tempest, but from the other troubles in life, it is a safe retreat.

  Lewis Francis Herreshoff

  Sea, Sailing, Nautical

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• I always say that a girl never really looks as well as she does on board a steamship, or even a yacht.

  Anita Loos

  Girl, Doe, Boards

  Anita Loos (2014). “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”, p.26, Liveright Publishing

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• There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.

  Joseph Conrad

  Life, Ocean, Army

  Joseph Conrad (1905). “Lord Jim”, p.7, McClure, Phillips & Company

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• Men in a ship are always looking up, and men ashore are usually looking down.

  John Masefield

  Men, Sailing, Nautical

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• A small craft in an ocean is, or should be, a benevolent dictatorship.

  Tristan Jones

  Ocean, Sailing, Nautical

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• Of all the things that man has made, no is so full of interest and charm,
  none possesses so distinct a life and character of its own, as a ship.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Character, Men, Sailing

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• A ship is always referred to as 'she' because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.

  Chester W. Nimitz

  Peace, War, Sea

  1959 In the NewYork Times, 24May.

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• later down the road of life, i made the discovery that salt water was also good for the mental abrasions one inevitably acquires on land.

  Jimmy Buffett

  Discovery, Land, Water

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• To young men contemplating a voyage I would say go.

  Joshua Slocum

  Inspirational, Funny, Encouraging

  Joshua Slocum (1985). “The Voyages of Joshua Slocum”, p.381, Sheridan House, Inc.

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• Any damn fool can navigate the world sober. It takes a really good sailor to do it drunk.

  Francis Chichester

  Inspirational, Funny, Drinking

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• Seagulls . . . slim yachts of the element.

  Robinson Jeffers

  Bird, Elements, Slim

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• The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but finding myself able to have as many freshly typed drafts as possible.

  Gore Vidal

  Finding The One, Car, Literature

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• At Christmas you can get real bargains. I saw one item marked down ten dollars. It was a yacht.

  Milton Berle

  Christmas, Real, Dollars

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