“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” – William A. Ward
“My Mom said she learned how to swim when someone took her out in the lake and threw her off the boat. I said: ”Mom, they weren’t trying to teach you how to swim!” – Paula Poundstone
“Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day” – Anonymous
“I think every woman, maybe every man, looks in the mirror and says, ”Oh my God, there’s a wrinkle!”. So we’re all in the same boat” – Cheryl Tiegs
Life and Boats
“We have one of the highest interest rates in the world and we owe more money per capita than any other country. All we need is a nail hole in the bottom of the boat and we’re sunk” – Pauline Hanson
“Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat” – Jean-Paul Sartre
“Someone asked me: if I were stranded on a desert island what book would I bring… ”How to Build a Boat” – Steven Wright
“The one thing I remember about Christmas was that my father used to take me out in a boat about ten miles offshore on Christmas Day and I used to have to swim back. Extraordinary. It was a ritual. Mind you, that wasn’t the hard part. The difficult bit was getting out of the sack – John Cleese“
“I would like to build a boat out of those little wooden planks that Starbucks provides to stir your coffee. The boat will be dedicated to our love, and it will take a lifetime to complete – Jarod Kintz“
“Basically, my wife was immature; I would be at home in the bath and she would come in and sink my boats” – Woody Allen
“A friend approached me offering his boat for sale. I said: ”No, thank you! I already have a wife as temperamental as the seas, a house as expensive as the hull and kids giving me more tribulations than sailing!” – Anonymous
“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
“I am thankful the most important key in history was invented. It’s not the key to your house, your car, your boat, your safety deposit box, your bike lock or your private community. It’s the key to order, sanity, and peace of mind. The key is ”Delete”! – Elayne Boosler
“We simply can’t abandon ship every time we encounter a storm in our marriage. Real love is about weathering the storms of life together” – Seth Adam Smith
“I missed the boat once when I was young and stupid, but now I am able to miss the boat repeatedly with great skill and accuracy. – Jon Fishmen
“Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than those you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from safe harbor. Catch the wind in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover – Mark Twain
“Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks” – Warren Buffet
