Joshua Slocum Quotes

If the Spray discovered no continents on her voyage, it may be that there were no more continents to be discovered. She did not seek new worlds, or sail to pow-wow about the dangers of the sea.

Joshua Slocum

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SeaSailNewMoreSheMay

Out of every 10 scripts I get sent, seven are fairly generic about an American guy who gets the girl and is involved in underground espionage activity.

Jim Sturgess

GirlAmericanOutGuyActivityGet

I think that, unfortunately, it appears that Donald Trump is trampling all over the Constitution.

Joe Morton

ConstitutionThinkDonald TrumpOver

You don't wanna see your work, because you might find out that you do not like it.

Maurizio Cattelan

WorkYouFindSeeOutBecause

The doctrine of immortality rests upon human affection. We love; therefore, we wish to live.

Robert Green Ingersoll

LoveLiveWishAffectionHuman

Look at Neil Diamond. Was he the cool guy? No, he was the housewives' guy. He didn't try to be what he wasn't. He just did what he did - made great music, was a good entertainer, nice-enough guy.

Michael Buble

GoodMusicGreatCoolLookTry

It should be pursued as in the presence of God, and under the solemn sanctions created by a lively sense of his omniscience, and of our accountability to him for the right use of the faculties which he has bestowed.

Simon Greenleaf

GodAccountabilityRightHimSense

'Competent counsel' ought to require more than a human being with a law license and a pulse.

Tom Price

LawMoreHumanHuman BeingBeing

Animal rights activists talk about cruelty and torture, some backing their assertions by publishing out-of-date photographs of 'experiments' banned long ago. This is a misrepresentation. The work we do is performed with compassion, care, humanity and humility. I have never seen an animal suffer pain.

Robert Winston

WorkCompassionPainHumilityAnimal

Children's literature - the product of adult guesswork - often fails to account for its audience's slippery grasp on the world.

Rumaan Alam

ChildrenWorldLiteratureProduct

The brain is constantly adapting.

Maryanne Wolf

BrainAdaptingConstantly

The industry must adhere to certain consumer protection norms if the Internet is to remain an open platform for innovation.

Michael K. Powell

InnovationInternetOpenProtection

When I climb into my car, I enter my destination into a GPS device, whose spatial memory supplants my own. I have photographs to store the images I want to remember, books to store knowledge and now, thanks to Google, I rarely have to remember anything more than the right set of search terms to access humankind's collective memory.

Joshua Foer

CarKnowledgeMemoryDestination

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