Ship Quotes

So set its Sun in Thee What Day be dark to me – What Distance – far – So I the Ships may see That touch – how seldomly – Thy Shore?

There is no unhappiness like the misery of sighting land (and work) again after a cheerful, careless voyage.

A Ship under sail and a big-bellied Woman, Are the handsomest two things that can be seen common.

As far as sinking a ship with a bomb is concerned, you just can’t do it.

Many little leaks may sink a ship.

A lot of people ask me if I were shipwrecked, and could only have one book, what would it be? I always say “How to Build a Boat.”

A great ship asks deep water.

The most important ship in the future will be a ship to carry planes. (to an American reporter, 1915)

It is cheering to see that the rats are still around – the ship is not sinking.

“Captain, how often does a little ship like this sink?” “Usually just once.”