Famous Quotes & Sayings

We've had a number of occasions where individual whales have escaped because we have driven our inflatable boats between the harpooner and the whale.

As they say on my own Cape Cod, a rising tide lifts all the boats

At some point the cost of gas is going to have an effect, but I don't think we've reached that point yet. Most people who have boats have the disposable income to run them.

You jump off the ladder and hopefully you land on the boat. But when you make the jump, there's no guarantee the boats won't do something unexpected.

J. Taylor

You have a series of old boats, you have some very new expensive boats and we can't control the price of fuel.

The reason for those boats is not to dull the senses ... and to develop relationships. We can continue doing our testing in Valencia without them.

We do not just have camping; we have paddle boats, sail boats, row boats and canoes for rent. We also have hiking trails.

We just want both boats to finish without breaking, and that way they're the national champions or we're the national champions. If they win it, it couldn't go to two nicer guys.

Many of the skippers said it was more like sailing in a real regatta. Rarely do you get to use all three sails, but we did this time. The wind created havoc as all boats came to the line for the starting gun.

Alan Johnson

When the tides come in, all boats rise. Thousands make $1 million or more, and then there are lots of people who get $10,000. Everyone gets something, but it is by no means equitable.

Johann Lamont

My uncle was skipper on the old Claymore sailing out from Oban to the Inner Hebrides. My father worked for MacBraynes all his life, on freight boats and then on ferries crossing to Skye, Barra, Uist, the small isles and Iona.

Henry James

On moonless nights, they would hide with lanterns to get boats to ram into barges so they could steal from the ships.

Jack Johnson

Buffett came and sat in with us the other night in Chicago. That was fun. He and I played 'A Pirate Looks at Forty,' one of his songs. We actually know each other pretty well now. We're definitely from the same breed -- guys who like to go on boats and surf and have a good time, so I don't mind being compared to him at all.

Because of the size of muskie, from 36 to 45 inches, carrying them in the live wells of boats would result in death for the fish.

My Dad used to draw boats all the time and I've found his drawings in my grandparents' attic. I found one picture he drew of hockey players.

Chip Foose

My dad used to design cars, boats and vans, ... I would sit next to him from the time I was 3 and copy what he was doing. I continued doing that until eventually it was easier for him to tell me to draw it than have him draw it.

Some are just going to tie up their boats and try to find something else.

I hate that we ended up with 71 boats, but we did the right thing. I can understand why a lot of guys didn't want to go. We've got a lot of custom-built boats that cost several million dollars (and fishermen) who just didn't want to risk it in 11- to 14-foot seas forecast for later in the weekend.

(Gas prices) aren't going to stop people from buying what they want. Some people are keeping their SUVs and trucks to haul their campers and boats and then they buy a more fuel-efficient car to drive to and from work.

(Gas prices) aren't going to stop people from buying what they want, ... Some people are keeping their SUVs and trucks to haul their campers and boats and then they buy a more fuel-efficient car to drive to and from work.

How do we include recreational boats ? some 58 million in this country ? into our security regime without infringing upon the liberty of boaters?

Paul Taylor

One of the stranded mariners even told the sailors that other boats had passed by without stopping to help.

I think there are fish there. With the conditions and what boats got out, I think fishing is a notch better than it has been up there for the last couple of years.

Last summer my dad, brother and I went fishing off of Lake Erie. We charted a couple of boats and stayed in cottages on the lake. It felt like the trip was over before it began.

Some of the other boats did everything exactly the same way, from start to finish. On our boat, there wasn't a single operation at the end of the race that we did the same way as in the beginning. You were learning, changing, and evolving all the time. If you weren't, you were dead.

I think this week is going to be really competitive between our boats on the water and extremely focused. There will probably be some lineup switches, some seat racing, and trying out some new guys, which is good, because it keeps people on edge a little bit.

Who knows. I heard yesterday that the shrimp boats are getting them. I don't know if it's true, but I used to hear that years ago, too.

Wildlife, septic systems, agriculture, boats and road run-off all contributed to the problem. The town has worked to try to get these things corrected.

With all of this new development, it only means more boats on the water.

Yesterday we rented big fan boats to pull them out and the National Guard would not let us enter the city,

We ended up with two miles worth of boats. We had 92 boats and more than 200 men who volunteered.

Mark Richard

I think if the conditions are here, I'd say all five big boats will break the record.

Whoever embarks with a woman embarks with a storm; but they are themselves the safety boats