A man who is not afraid of the sea will soon be drowned, he said, for he will be going out when he shouldn’t. But we do be afraid of the sea and we do only be drownded now and again.
John Millington Synge, The Aran Islands, 1907
When I forget how talented God is, I look to the sea.
Whoopi Goldberg
There is nothing — absolutely nothing — half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. In or out of ’em, it doesn’t matter. Nothing seems really to matter, that’s the charm of it. Whether you get away, or whether you don’t; whether you arrive at your destination or whether you reach somewhere else, or whether you never get anywhere at all, you’re always busy, and you never do anything in particular; and when you’ve done it there’s always something else to do, and you can do it if you like, but you’d much better not.
Ratty to Mole in Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932)
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic.
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Why does Sea World have a seafood restaurant? I’m halfway through my fish burger and I realize, Oh my God … I could be eating a slow learner.
Lynda Montgomery, American stand-up comedian
“Do you know a cure for me?” “Why yes,” he said, “I know a cure for everything. Salt Water.” “Salt water?” I asked him. “Yes,” he said, “in one form or another, Sweat, Tears, or the Salt Sea.”
Isak Dinesen (Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke), The Deluge at Norderney, Seven Gothic Tales, 1934
If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea…
Antoine de Saint Exupery
A sailor’s joys are as simple as a child’s.
Bernard Moitessier, French yachtsman and author
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