"A man who is not afraid of the sea will soon be drowned, for he will be going out on a day when he shouldn't."

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Source : Maurice Good, John Millington Synge (1973). “John Synge comes next”

John Millington Synge

#Men Quotes #Sea Quotes #Going Out Quotes

“Snow-capped Snowdon has been an iconic Welsh image for centuries. It is shocking to think that in just 14 years, snow on this great mountain could become nothing but a permanent and distant memory.”
“I am more important than my problems.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“All men seek esteem; the best by lifting themselves, which is hard to do, the rest by shoving others down, which is much easier.”
“While people out there on the spot certainly have to be held accountable for what they've done personally, the chain of command responsibility for this strikes me as just as important and should be dealt with.”

Source : "Q&A: Odom on an Iraq Exit Strategy". Interview with Bernard Gwertzman, www.nytimes.com. May 7, 2004.
“Agriculture looks different today - our farmers are using GPS and you can monitor your irrigation systems over the Internet.”
“It costs nothing to say something kind. Even less to shut up altogether.”

Source : Nathan Fillion @NathanFillion, twitter.com.
“Curiously enough, it seems to be only in describing a mode of language which does not mean what it says that one can actually say what one means.”
“It is the illusion of all lovers to think themselves unique and their words immortal.”

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