Nautical Sense of Humour

I need Vitamin SEA. - Unknown

There are plenty more fish in the sea. - English Proverb

Where there is a sea there are pirates. - Greek Proverb

A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. - English Proverb

When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick. - George Burns

Trade unions are islands of anarchy in a sea of chaos. - Aneurin Bevan

Who is staring at the sea is already sailing a little. - Paul Carvel

When I was a kid I inhaled frequently. That was the point. - Barack Obama

I might survive a few days at sea. Probably not as long as Pi. - Suraj Sharma

The magic of Hawaii comes from the stillness, the sea, the stars. - Joanne Harris

Live in the sunshine
Swim in the sea
Drink the wild air - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sharks are the lions of the sea. They glamorize the oceanic glory. - Munia Khan

Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat. - Mark Twain

A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea. - Honore de Balzac

We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now. - Martin Luther King Jr.

I get called all these horrible names by Lindsey Graham, who I don't even know. - Donald Trump

My folks didn't come over on the Mayflower but they were here to meet the boat. - Will Rogers

She would stay there, flying across the sea like a mermaid with wings, until the end. - Natalia Marx

They are all discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea. - Francis Bacon

When you get on the boat that's saving you, don't pull up the ladder behind you. - Adrienne Clarkson

You know you're getting old when all the names in your black book have M.D. after them. - Arnold Palmer

Those who have one foot in the canoe and one foot in the boat are going to fall into the river. - Tuscarora Proverb

To say my fate is not tied to your fate is like saying, "Your end of the boat is sinking." - Hugh Downs

Ideals are like the stars: we never reach them, but like the mariners of the sea, we chart our course by them. - Carl Schurz

The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love. - Margaret Atwood

If a man must be obsessed by something, I suppose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better than most. - E.B. White

Sea spaghetti looks like dark fettuccine and has a similar texture - you can get it in health food stores or online. - Yotam Ottolenghi

Forgiving and being forgiven are two names for the same thing. The important thing is that a discord has been resolved. - C S Lewis

The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore. - Dale Carnegie

It's better to swim in the sea below
Than to swing in the air and feed the crow,
Says jolly Ned Teach of Bristol. - Benjamin Franklin

My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love as deep; the more I give to thee,
The more I have, for both are infinite. - William Shakespeare

When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace. - George Bernard Shaw

The trout enjoys the river,
The whale enjoys the sea,
And dogs love most an old lamp-post,
But you're my cup of tea. - W H Auden

I love inventing names, but I also collect unusual names, so that I can look through my notebook and choose one that suits a new character. - J K Rowling

Morals are not, like bacon, to be cured by hanging; nor, like wine, to be improved by sea voyages; nor, like honey, to be preserved in cells. - William Taylor

If you want people to know how much you care, show them how much you remember. Learn their names and use them often. It's an important skill to develop. - Harvey Mackay

We have learned so many lessons,
Since our heads were bowed in grief,
That have kept our boat from crashing
On life's ragged, rocky reef. - Gertrude T Buckingham

The Norway lobster is known by a variety of different names: cigala in Spain, langoustine in France, Dublin Bay Prawn in Ireland. And in Italy, as well as the U.K., scampi. - Tom P. Bowles

There was a strange happening during a performance of Elgar's 'Sea Pictures' at a concert hall in Bermuda tonight, when the man playing the triangle disappeared. - Ronnie Corbett

The future has several names. For the weak it is "impossible." For the fainthearted it is "unknown." For the thoughtful and valiant it is "ideal." - Hubert H Humphrey