Dave Barry Quotes

Though pleas'd to see the dolphins play, I mind my compass and my way.

My father was a sailor and our summer vacations were always on a sailboat. I had a little boat before I had a moped.

Whatever you read, there's no better place to read than the cockpit or the berth of a boat. It's kind of like being in a womb.

Sailing really forces you to be present and in the moment. You kind of forget about the bullshit of life. Your thoughts go away because you're focused on making sure everything's working. I like being in that place.

It was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea.

The fair breeze blew, The white foam flew, And the forrow followed free. We were the first to ever burst into the silent sea.

I'm on a frosting sailboat, tossed around by blue-green waves, the deck shifting beneath my feet.

Some love to roam o'er the dark sea's foam, Where the shrill winds whistle free.

The days pass happily with me wherever my ship sails.

This beginning motion, this first time when a sail truly filled and the boat took life and knifed across the lake under perfect control, this was so beautiful it stopped my breath.

I love being in Malibu. It's so cool there, and the water is just, it's nice and, and I love the beach. And I found a sand dollar there.

We enjoy sailing small boats, two of which I have designed and built myself.

I sailed a bit as a child, but it wasn't until I was around 40, when I was halfway through Patrick O'Brian's 'Master and Commander' novels, that I had the sudden epiphany that I had to go sail on a square-rig ship.

I used to own a dingy and can still sail one if pushed, but I like the pleasure boats.

There's something really simple and idyllic about living in a house very close to the water.

I was four when I first stood at the helm on my own.

Being by the ocean is the greatest thing.

Sailing is the closest I can get to nature - it's adrenaline, fear, a constant challenge and learning experience, an adventure into the unknown. And of course there is nothing better than wearing the same T-shirt for days and not brushing my hair for weeks.

Among the seascapes, I am doing the regattas of Le Havre with many figures on the beach and the outer harbor covered with small sails.

My happy place is 40 feet out in the Gulf of Mexico, sitting on a sandbar in 80-degree water, watching clouds crawl by. Absolute heaven.

I am not a fan of being in the sea. I like being in a boat - sailing.

I do enjoy being at the ocean, like most people, but not so much being on the ocean.

I have been a lover of the sea ever since I can remember.

I'm an avid sailor, and my first time exploring the Dalmatian Coast and the Croatian islands was very special.

I loved being at sea: the sights, the sounds, the food, the sunshine, the people, and the work.