#sail

We must always remember with gratitude and admiration the first sailors who steered their vessels through storms and mists, and increased our knowledge of the lands of ice in the South. ↗

— Roald Amundsen

#always #first #gratitude #ice #increased

Gliders, sail planes, they're wonderful flying machines. It's the closest you can come to being a bird. ↗

— Neil Armstrong

#bird #closest #come #flying #machines

Never weather-beaten sail more willing bent to shore. ↗

— Thomas Campion

#more #never #sail #shore #willing

My goal in sailing isn't to be brilliant or flashy in individual races, just to be consistent over the long run. ↗

— Dennis Conner

#consistent #flashy #goal #individual #just

The men nodded vigorously at me. When they took hold of me and lifted me in their strong arms, I thought nothing of it. I thought they were helping me. I was so full of trust in them that I felt grateful as they carried me in the air. Only when they threw me overboard did I begin to have doubts. ↗

— Yann Martel

#shipwrecks #life

Wisdom sails with wind and time. ↗

— John Florio

#time #wind #wisdom

He who rides the sea of the Nile must have sails woven of patience. ↗

— William Golding

#must #nile #rides #sails #sea

A sailing ship is no democracy; you don't caucus a crew as to where you'll go anymore than you inquire when they'd like to shorten sail. ↗

— Sterling Hayden

#caucus #crew #democracy #go #inquire

I have no interest in sailing around the world. Not that there is any lack of requests for me to do so. ↗