"The ship was masted according to the proportion of the navy; but on my application the masts were shortened, as I thought them too much for her, considering the nature of the voyage."

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Source : William Bligh (2009). “The Voyage of the Bounty”, p.2, BoD – Books on Demand

William Bligh

#Navy Quotes #Too Much Quotes #Voyages Quotes

“We search for happiness everywhere, but we are like Tolstoy's fabled beggar who spent his life sitting on a pot of gold, under him the whole time. Your treasure--your perfection--is within you already. But to claim it, you must leave the buy commotion of the mind and abandon the desires of the ego and enter into the silence of the heart.”
“A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide.”
“The Comedy Store in LA, it's a really loose room and it's really dark and creepy and a great place to explore your own thoughts onstage.”
“Men who have embraced one idea can live only by and for that idea. Beyond it, they have nothing but their memories.”

Source : Guy Sajer (2000). “The Forgotten Soldier”, p.402, Potomac Books, Inc.
“Never tire of firmly speaking out in defense of life from its conception and do not be deterred from the commitment to defend the dignity of every human person with courageous determination. Christ is with you: be not afraid!”
“Mother Nature comes up against reality, and the reality is that the system doesn't work.”
“I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else.”
“...seen from above, landscapes are made up of mountains and watercourses. Just as a transparent model of the human body consists of a framework of bone and a network of arteries, the earth's crust is structured in mountain ridges, river, creeks, and gullies.”

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