"A sailing ship is no democracy; you don't caucus a crew as to where you'll go anymore than you inquire when they'd like to shorten sail."

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Source : Sterling Hayden (2015). “Wanderer”, p.67, Pickle Partners Publishing

Sterling Hayden

#Sailing Quotes #Democracy Quotes #Ships Quotes

“I really love how Israel operates, and I love the Jewish people.”
“I see that the path of progress has never taken a straight line, but has always been a zigzag course amid the conflicting forces of right and wrong, truth and error, justice and injustice, cruelty and mercy.”

Source : Kelly Miller (1914). “Out of the house of bondage”
“I am guilty of believing that the human race can be humanized and enriched in every spiritual inference through the saner and more beneficent processes of peaceful persuasion applied to material problems rather than through wars, riots and bloodshed.”
“I don't think about how many people are watching me. I'm just happy to play baseball for myself.”
“I want, I donâ€™t want. How can one live with such a heart?”
“Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.”

Source : Alfred North Whitehead (1967). “Aims of Education”, p.37, Simon and Schuster
“There are moments when you feel that the desire to work is fading, and the only way to bring it back is to get away from it, to put yourself in a state of frustration so you feel the need again.”
“I'm sorry. I can love you. I can grieve for you, or with you. I can share your pain. But I cannot judge you.”

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