A ship in port is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. – Grace Murray Hopper
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I long for the solitude of a sunset at sea, and the chill of the breeze coming in with the eve. For the motion of my boat, as she swings on her rode, and the beauty of the stars, in the evenings last glow. – R.C. Gibbons
He is the best sailor who can steer within the fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles. – Henry David Thoreau
There is a rule in sailing where the more maneuverable ship should give way to the less maneuverable craft. I think this is sometimes a good rule to follow in human relationships as well. – Joyce Brothers
You know there are no secrets in America. Its quite different in England, where people think of a secret as a shared relation between two people. – W. H. Auden
Pat Roberts and I both feel very strongly that when we get to Iran, that we cant make the same mistakes. We have to ask the questions, the hard questions before, not afterwards, and get the right intelligence. – Jay Rockefeller
Countries such as the U.S. and Britain have taken it upon themselves to decide for us in the developing world, even to interfere in our domestic affairs and to bring about what they call regime change. – Robert Mugabe
