Joshua Slocum Quotes

The Stones were always exemplary of one of the best of all rock qualities: tightness. They have always been economical, the opposite of ornamental. Having a very clear idea of what they wanted to say they could go into a studio and make it all up on a three minute cut.

It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.

Nobody has ever been hurt by the actions of ships I have been on.

When the ship has sunk everyone knows how she might have been saved.

There is so much to sailing a ship. There's about a thousand different lines on a brig ship, and knowing what each one of those does, it takes a long time, and that's why you have these cabin boys that start on the ship, and they learn throughout the years, and that's why it takes so long to captain one.

I never aspired to be 2nd. I was taught... you can do whatever you want in this world, so why not be the best in the world?

Better is not good enough; the best is yet to come!

The king shall singly deliberate over secret matters; for ministers have their own ministers, and these latter some of their own; this kind of successive line of ministers tends to the disclosure of counsels.

Once the Xerox copier was invented, private diplomacy died. There's no such thing as secrecy. It's just a question of whether it's leaked or revealed openly.

I think it's kind of a stretch. You know, it's one thing if somebody working for the U.S. government has sold secrets to the other side, it's another if they have something in their personal life that they're hiding for which they could be blackmailed. Having evidence that they didn't tell the truth to somebody in the same building where they work, maybe it's just the old intel guy, is - it's a problem.

I am Opposite of weak Opposite of slack Synonym of heat Synonym of crack Closest to the peak Far from a punk Y'all ought to stop talking And start trying to catch up

Mankind owns four things that are no good at sea: rudder, anchor, oars and the fear of going down.

The most important thing is that you actually care, that you do something to the very best of your ability

The Obama-Clinton administration tried repeatedly to remove our cruisers from service, then refused to modernize these very old, aging, aging ships. They're old. They're tired.

As has often been said, a ship is like a lady's watch, always out of repair.

Success to the strongest, who are always, at last, the wisest and best.

As we look into the future, it's as far as we can see. So let's make each tomorrow be the best that it can be.

I have watched a lot of Tendulkar and we have spoken to each other a lot. He has it in him to be among the very best.

Some secrets can't be kept too long. No matter how hard you try to hide them, sooner or later they scurry out from your cupboards, cockroaches on the run.

The great enemy of the life of faith in God is not sin, but the good which is not good enough. The good is always the enemy of the best.

Jesus don't walk on water no more; his feet leak.

The wealthiest man among us is the best

If I can have the chance to be the best ever, then that would be perfect.

In order to try whether a vessel be leaky, we first prove it with water before we trust it with wine.