Purser Quotes & Sayings

The world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs. — F Scott Fitzgerald

Was it possible that a bustling display of energy might only be a camouflage for a spiritual vacuum? The thought so impressed me that I mentioned it next day to the French purser, at whose table I was sitting. He nodded his agreement. "Stevenson is right," he said. "Indeed, if you will pardon my saying so, the idea applies particularly to you Americans. A lot of your countrymen keep so busy getting things done that they reach the end of their lives without ever having lived at all." — Arthur Gordon Webster

It was understood that nothing of a tender nature could possibly be confided to old Barley, by reason of his being totally unequal to the consideration of any subject more psychological than gout, rum, and purser's stores. — Charles Dickens

Setting sail from Tidore, his next port of call was the island of Celebes, where he found himself royally entertained by the King of Butung.... This island unknown to the English but Middleton (Captain David Middleton) enjoyed his stay here and found the King a curious fellow who was only to keen to entertain his guests with banquets and sweetmeats. Some meals were novel affairs; the ship's purser found himself eating in a room whose interior decor consisted entirely of rotting human heads, dangling from the ceiling. — Giles Milton

Willmott has very tersely said that embellished truths are the illuminated alphabet of larger children. — Horace Mann

When you're looking for a relationship, the process weakens you. you feel you have to bear with whatever the other person wants. Each of the people I have met has made this a little more clear. — Sachin Kundalkar

If we could see the beauty and miracle of transformation that happens to us every second, we would never complain again. — Debasish Mridha

Undies on, undies on, high ho the dairy-o, I'm going to keep my undies on! — Penny Reid

Life happens. Love happens. You gotta take some chances. — Marie Force