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Boat Quotes

Quotes about boats, journeys, and letting go.

These quotes use the boat as both a literal vessel and a metaphor, from the wisdom of switching a chronically leaking boat rather than endlessly patching it to the sense of having missed the boat on something as a kid. A few come from people who simply enjoy Sailing less than others do.

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There is nothing more unpleasant than watching someone on a TV or movie set act like they are entitled to a particular kind of treatment just because they have been doing it for longer. We are all in the same...

Quotes by Adam Scott

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There's a lot of pride that business owners have. It's actually really critical that pride and ownership extends to everyone in the organization. I think of everyone is in the same boat in driving the company forward.

Quotes by Aaron Levie

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If a Chinese student does not know Chinese learning, it's like a person without a surname, a horse without a bridle, a boat without a helm. The more Western learning he possesses, the more hateful of China he will become....

Quotes by Zhang Zhidong

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I don't like clothes. I don't especially like cars. I have a very nice house. I get sick on a boat.

Quotes by Xavier Niel

Boats Quotes

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After the departure of the land parties, I embarked with six men on thursday, the 21st april, on board my newly made boat and began the descent of the river.

Quotes by William Henry Ashley

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Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.

Warren Buffett

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I never was really into comics as a child, and I think if you miss the boat when you're a kid, you don't necessarily pick up on it when you're an adult.

Quotes by Victoria Pratt

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Buying from a local farmer can mean that he makes a two-hour extra truck drive, which can damage the environment more than a bunch of bananas on a boat.

Quotes by Tyler Cowen

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Usually, if I'm coming to Europe, I'm on a boat for seven days, so I spend the seven days doing a bunch of things. I'll do cardio for an hour or an hour-and-a-half and weights, just light weights.

Quotes by Travis Barker

Sailing Quotes

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Although I wasn't able to get a visa for Vietnam, I was able to talk with swift boat veterans to get a feel for the time and place, and I visited a tropical prison in the Philippines to get a...

Quotes by Tony Hillerman

Others draw on cultural comparisons, framing a rudderless vessel as something incomplete. Continue with quotes on Ship life or Travel more broadly.