1751 Sea Quotes & Sayings

Thus was this expedition finished ... after having, by its event, strongly evinced this important truth; that though prudence, intrepidity and perseverence united are not exempted from the blows of adverse fortune, yet in a long series of transactions they usually rise superior to its power, and in the end rarely fail of proving successful.
Voyage Around The World, 1751 — George Anson

OCD is not a disease that bothers; it is a disease that tortures. — J.J. Keeler

In retrospect I can see that my desire to create abstractions has become more and more radical. Art should not be delivering a report on reality, but should be looking at what's behind something. — Andreas Gursky

I believe in any kid's ability to read any book and form their own judgments. It's the job of a parent to guide his/her child through the reading of every book imaginable. Censorship of any form punishes curiosity. — Sherman Alexie

If you do not design the future, someone or something else will design it for you. — Edward De Bono

it's a troubling paradox -i have total control, but only to the extent i have control over myself. — Blake Crouch

aware that he had lost some kind of contest but not entirely certain what it was. — Terry Pratchett

It is so hard nowadays to find a movie that I like. I don't mind blood and gore. But I mind when its a slasher film, and its some guy looking for women. I am opposed to that kind of thing. Blood and gore? I love that kind of thing. — Cassandra Peterson