213 Quotes About Ships

Objectives can be compared to a compass bearing by which a ship navigates. A compass bearing is firm, but in actual navigation, a ship may veer off its course for many miles. Without a compass bearing, a ship would neither find its port nor be able to estimate the time required to get there.

I finally had a ship tattooed to my chest. I wanted something on it.

Lampis the ship owner, on being asked how he acquired his great wealth, replied, My great wealth was acquired with no difficulty, but my small wealth, my first gains, with much labor.

Little leaks sink the ship.

Spending time on 18th-century ships in Tahiti when I was 17 was quite unusual.

You might be a redneck if you refer to the time you won a free case of oil as the day my ship came in.

Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment

People never leave a sinking ship until they see the lights of another ship approaching.

Hence a ship is said to head the sea, when her course is opposed to the setting or direction of the surges.