Joshua Slocum Quotes

My ship was also in better condition than when she sailed from Boston on her long voyage. She was still as sound as a nut, and as tight as the best ship afloat. She did not leak a drop - not one drop!

Joshua Slocum

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: explorer
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: February 20, 1844 - November 14, 1909

Topics

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I never went through a gender identity problem, but I did with my sexuality.

Robert Lepage

IdentityGenderProblemNeverDid

When I was four, I just wanted to drive, I collected toy cars. Where does that sort of thing come from? In hindsight you go, 'Oh, liked it because of this.' Maybe it's just the wheel.

Michael Fassbender

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As I get older I'm more and more comfortable being alone.

Sienna Miller

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I would have loved to play a real baddie.

Roger Moore

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I was desperate for new material, so anything I can write a joke about that works is in the act. No matter who it offends, or who it bothers - doesn't matter if its something my wife hates.

Ron White

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I still believe the lessons I learned when I was raised in a Roman Catholic household. Like, it's harder for a rich man to get into Heaven than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle.

Michael Moore

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I'm not into politics. I have received offers to enter politics, but I have not been tempted so far. I can't say about the future.

Mithun Chakraborty

FuturePoliticsSayBeenFarEnter

Mankind are divided into sects, and individuals think very differently on religious subjects, from the purest motives; and that gracious common Parent, who loves all his children alike, beholds with approbation every one who worships him in sincerity.

Joseph Lancaster

ChildrenThinkParentHimSincerity

If you optimize everything, you will always be unhappy.

Donald Knuth

UnhappyYouWillAlwaysEverything

I can adapt to change easily, but I'm not a fan of it.

Ashley Wagner

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We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.

William Hazlitt

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For someone like me who's lived in the same place her whole life - I mean, I lived three blocks from where I was born, and I met my future husband in the eighth grade - there are always family stories and legends passed down.

Susan Straight

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