Ships Sink Quotes & Sayings

Loose lips sink ships. — Erwin Rommel

The methods by which men have met and conquered trouble, or been slain by it, are the same in every age. Some have floated on the sea, and trouble carried them on its surface as the sea carries cork. Some have sunk at once to the bottom as foundering ships sink. Some have run away from their own thoughts. Some have coiled themselves up into a stoical indifference. Some have braved the trouble, and defied it. Some have carried it as a tree does a wound, until by new wood it can overgrow and cover the old gash. — Henry Ward Beecher

I had a job right out of college writing for a small newspaper called 'The Unterrified Democrat.' Ghastly, ghastly job. — Cullen Bunn

Somehow we didn't connect Germans with Mexicans. We went right back to our myths. One American was as good as twenty Germans. This being true, we had only to act in a stern manner to bring the Kaiser to heel. He wouldn't dare interfere with our trade - but he did. He wouldn't stick out his neck and sink our ships - and he did. It was stupid, but he did, and so there was nothing for it but to fight him. — John Steinbeck

Whether it is a big ship or small ship, the same size hole placed correctly in the hull can sink it. — Ed Parker

I take the work seriously. Which is why I always swing for the fences whenever I voice a character. But that said, I don't take myself all that seriously. — Jim Cummings

Fish are small, but do not drown in the sea. Ships are big, but sink in the ocean. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Darius squared his shoulders, wishing he had something other than his handkerchief to keep his hands occupied while she stood this close, looking so angry and at the same time as wildly beautiful, dangerous, and breathtaking as a thunderstorm at sea. A face to sink a thousand ships... — Jayne Fresina

Mankind, by the perverse depravity of their nature, esteem that which they have most desired as of no value the moment it is possessed, and torment themselves with fruitless wishes for that which is beyond their reach. — Francois Fenelon

Like unto ships far off at sea, Outward or homeward bound, are we. Before, behind, and all around, Floats and swings the horizons bound, Seems at its distant rim to rise And climb the crystal wall of the skies, And then again to turn and sink, As if we could slide from its outer brink. Ah! it is not the sea, It is not the sea that sinks and shelves, But ourselves That rock and rise With endless and uneasy motion, Now touching the very skies, Now sinking into the depths of ocean. Ah! if our souls but poise and swing Like the compass in its brazen ring, Ever level and ever true To the toil and the task we have to do, We shall sail securely, and safely reach The Fortunate Isles, on whose shining beach The sights we see, and the sounds we hear, Will be those of joy and not of fear! — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I am a Jew, but I am enthralled by the luminous figure of the Nazarene ... .No one can read the Gospels without feeling the actual presence of Jesus. — Albert Einstein

I always thought of it like you said, that all the strings inside him broke. But there are a thousand ways to look at it: maybe the strings break, or maybe our ships sink, or maybe we're grass - our roots so interdependent that no one is dead as long as someone is alive. We don't suffer from a shortage of metaphors, is what I mean. But you have to be careful which metaphor you choose, because it matters. If you choose the strings, then you're imagining a world in which you can become irreparably broken. If you choose the grass, you're saying that we are all infinitely interconnected, that we can use these root systems not only to understand one another but to become one another. The metaphors have implications. Do you know what I mean? — John Green

What we need to do is follow the axiom of World War II which was 'Loose Lips Sink Ships' and the media has really got to follow that. — David Hackworth

There's a strange sense of pleasure being beat to hell by a storm when you're on a ship that is not going to sink. — Jimmy Buffett

For one who is chosen to be among all the living, there is hope. For a living dog is better than a dead lion. While there is breath, there is hope. Even in hopeless situations, there is hope that the situation changes for the better. — Gina Burgess

When the trust account is high, communication is easy, instant, and effective. — Stephen R. Covey

The greatest charity you can contribute to is yourself. Instead of spending a dollar to help feed hungry children, why not spend that dollar on hair gel so you can get the perfect cowlick? — Zach Braff

Loose lips don't merely sink ships, they summon krakens with too many tentacles. — Charles Stross

I am an American citizen and feel I am entitled to the same rights as any other citizen. — Nat King Cole

A family ship will never sink until it is abandoned by its crew. — Wes Fesler

Alcohol makes for loose lips and losse lips sink ships. — Jodi Ellen Malpas

Little leaks sink the ship. — Benjamin Franklin

Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs. — Winston S. Churchill

Let the Truth be known, no ship is unsinkable. The bigger the ship, the easier it is to sink her. I learned long ago that if you design how a ship'll sink, you can keep her afloat. I proposed all the watertight compartments and the double hull to slow these ships from sinking. In that way, you get everyone off. There's time for help to arrive, and the ship's less likely to break apart and kill someone while she's going down. — Thomas Andrews

Get rid of their mast, knock holes in the hull, then get back on board."
"You want us to sink her?" Gundar asked, and Halt shook his head.
"No. I want her badly damaged but capable of making it back to port. I want the word to go out that the strange ship with the red falcon ensign" - he gestured to Evanlyn's ensign, flying from the mast top - "is manned by dangerous, hairy maniacs with axes and is to be avoided at all costs."
"That sounds like us," Gundar said cheerfully. — John Flanagan

Alcohol makes for loose lips and loose lips sink ships. — Jodi Ellen Malpas

Loose lips sink ships, Mr. Kiss and Tell. — Rob Thomas

Many today feel troubled and distressed; many feel that, at any moment, the ships of their lives could capsize or sink. — Joseph B. Wirthlin

Archimedes said Eureka, Cos in English he weren't too aversed in, when he discovered that the volume of a body in the bath, is equal to the stuff it is immersed in, That is the law of displacement, Thats why ships don't sink, Its a shame he weren't around in 1912, The Titanic would have made him think. — Richard Digance

We don't give a damn what you or anybody else on this planet thinks. We didn't sink those ships for you. We did it for the whales. — Paul Watson

We Hoosiers are excessively optimistic about summer. — John Green

You're wrong," Lord Dudley said. "You've always been a fool."
"The fool thinks he is wise," G retorted. "But the wise man knows himself to be a fool."
That was a great line, he thought. He tried to remember where he'd stashed the quill and paper. — Cynthia Hand

Climbing is one of the few sports in which the arena (the cliffs, the mountains and their specific routes) acquire a notoriety that outpopulates, outshines and outlives the actual athletes. — Jonathan Waterman

God's wisdom means that God always chooses the best goals and the best means to those goals. — Wayne Grudem

People who haven't red hair don't know what trouble is. — L.M. Montgomery