"You do not ask a tame seagull why it needs to disappear from time to time toward the open sea. It goes, that's all."

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Source : Bernard Moitessier (1995). “The Long Way”, p.3, Rowman & Littlefield

Bernard Moitessier

#Sea Quotes #Needs Quotes #Disappear Quotes

“You know, it's no accident that the great painters came from areas like Europe where there is a lot of clouds and rain, which begets color and subtle washes of tone. Most great graphic artists come from areas with prevalent sun, where line and shadow are paramount.”
“If you have an Internet-connected system, there's no wall currently that you can build that's high enough or deep enough to keep a dedicated nation-state or even a sophisticated criminal group out of your system.”

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“To 'know your place' is a good idea in politics. That is not to say 'stay in your place' or 'hang on to your place', because ambition or boredom may dictate upward or downward mobility, but a sense of place - a feel for one's own position in the control room-is useful in gauging what you should try to do.”
“being Cassandra is a principled choice when there is cause for alarm.”
“Restaurants are like having children: its fun to make them, maybe, but then you have them for good and bad. You are going to have to raise them and if something goes wrong when they are 30 years old, they will still be your little boy.”
“I'm just being practial. I knew someday I might have to bare my throat to you. Pete and I discussed that very possibility. As for the danger and risk taking, that's what Pete pays me to do. And you and I both know he inteneds to get his money's worth." Jasmine, I cannot-" Why not!" Because you are not food!" I stared at him for a minute; the I started to grin. I couldn't help it. Vayl"-I tried to keep my face straight- "I'm not asking you to eat me.”
“Those who have the most, who earn the most, must give an example, because that is important for Spain's collective effort.”
“Whatever mourns when many leave these shores: Whatever shares The eternal reciprocity of tears.”

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