Quotes on Yacht

Ridiculous yachts and private planes and big limousines won't make people enjoy life more, and it sends out terrible messages to the people who work for them. It would be so much better if that money was spent in Africa - and it's about getting a balance.

The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.

Having a yacht is a reason for being more cheerful than most.

There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.

And the winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

As soon as you set foot on a yacht you belong to some man, not to yourself, and you die of boredom.

I am not a yachting person, by nature, but I have just enough experience on the sea under sail to feel a certain nostalgia for it when I see a big white racing yacht heeled over at cruising speed on the ocean, and I can still tie a mean bowline knot on just about anything in less than 10 seconds.

There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.

I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky; and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.

The desire to build a house is the tired wish of a man content thenceforward with a single anchorage. The desire to build a boat is the desire of youth, unwilling yet to accept the idea of a final resting place.