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Ocean Quotes

The ocean as metaphor, and as a place to breathe.

Several of these quotes use the ocean as a metaphor for scale and helplessness - civilization compared to thin ice over deep chaos, a person likened to a leaf drifting without any say in where it goes. See Life quotes for more on navigating uncertainty.

Favorite Bat-gadget was probably the Batboat, because it was fun to get out on the ocean and run that thing around at high speed.

Quotes by Adam West

The idea of elegance and aristocratic indulgence of an ocean cruise was born out of the image of the rich men and women who ruled the British Empire slowly sailing to India and the Far East while sipping gin and...

Quotes by Adam Curtis

I get inspired in certain places. You have to write in places like Amsterdam or Paris or New Zealand, when you're standing on a yacht, looking out at the middle of the ocean.

Quotes by Action Bronson

If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I'd still swim. And I'd despise the one who gave up.

Quotes by Abraham Maslow

Great Quotes

I have always had a very natural connection to the water, and that connection stems from the ocean itself.

Quotes by Aaron Peirsol

I'm continuing to learn more about music - it's an ocean, and you can never really say that you know everything. I'm grateful that I'm still living and making music among the greats.

Quotes by A. R. Rahman

Under the big political umbrella, a man is just like a leaf in the ocean, with no control of his destiny and does not have any choice.

Quotes by Zhang Yimou

I feel comfortable in Chiba. There's more fresh air, and you can see the ocean.

Quotes by Yusaku Maezawa

Every drop in the ocean counts.

Quotes by Yoko Ono

Life Quotes

I'd like to work with Florence and The Machine, Little Dragon, Frank Ocean, Miguel, Calvin Harris... there are so many artists and producers.

Quotes by Wynter Gordon

I cut a rap song once. It was a few years ago for my old show 'Buck Commander,' and it was a song called 'You're Short.' It was about my camera guy. We shot the video in Las Vegas, 'Ocean's...

Quotes by Willie Robertson

The ocean is a mighty harmonist.

Quotes by William Wordsworth

I also derive a great deal of pleasure from horses and dogs... the ocean... and love.

Quotes by William Shatner

Having made the trip from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean myself going up up up against twenty-five hundred miles of the Missouri River, I can testify that it's one of the most arduous trips that anyone can make on...

Quotes by William Least Heat-Moon

Like Quotes

Some of them profess to be well acquainted with all the principal waters of the Columbia, with which they assured me these waters had no connection short of the ocean.

Quotes by William Henry Ashley

Simultaneously with the establishment of the Constitution, Virginia ceded to the United States her domain, which then extended to the Mississippi, and was even claimed to extend to the Pacific Ocean.

Quotes by William H. Seward

Our leaders have the solemn obligation to know the proper steps to take before acting upon them, and building a wall from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf Coast of Texas is a third-century solution to a 21st-century problem.

Quotes by Will Hurd

I am marooned on a Crag of Superiority in an ocean of soldiers.

Quotes by Wilfred Owen

In the 1950s, Pakistan allied with the United States in something called the Central Treaty Organization. We were lined up with, at that time, Iran, ruled by the Shah, and Pakistan and Turkey as a southward shield against Soviet expansion...

Quotes by Wesley Clark

Love Quotes

Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness.

Quotes by Werner Herzog

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this collection of "ocean" quotes cover?
It ranges from Cold War-era alliance history, to a metaphor for civilization's fragility, a political metaphor about powerlessness, and a personal comment on enjoying sea air.
Does a quote discuss historical foreign alliances?
Yes, restrained: one quote recalls, "In the 1950s, Pakistan allied with the United States in something called the Central Treaty Organization." It's presented as the speaker's own historical recollection, not a claim this page takes a position on.
Is there a quote using the ocean as a metaphor for civilization?
Yes: "Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness."
Does a quote use the ocean to describe powerlessness?
Yes: "Under the big political umbrella, a man is just like a leaf in the ocean, with no control of his destiny and does not have any choice."
Is there a lighter, personal quote about the ocean?
Yes: "I feel comfortable in Chiba. There's more fresh air, and you can see the ocean."

A simpler entry just enjoys the fresh air and view that comes with living near the sea. Explore Great quotes or Like quotes for nearby themes.