Yet the evil still increased, and, like the parasite of barnacles on a ship, if it did not destroy the structure, it obstructed its fair, comfortable progress in the path of life.
Living with generosity creates a swelling tide that raises all ships. Not just yours; not just the other person's; everyone's.
And the wind plays on those great sonorous harps, the shrouds and masts of ships.
In calm water every ship has a good captain.
Fate has terrible power. You cannot escape it by wealth or war. No fort will keep it out, no ships outrun it.
In the beginning, sin is like a thread of a spider's web. But in the end, it becomes like the cable of a ship.
We Shall Build Good Ships Here; At A Profit If We Can, At A Loss If We Must, But Always Good Ships.
At the end only two things really matter to a man, regardless of who he is; and they are the affection and understanding of his family. Anything and everything else he creates are insubstantial; they are ships given over to the mercy of the winds and tides of prejudice. but the family is an everlasting anchorage, a quiet harbor where a man's ships can be left to swing to the moorings of pride and loyalty.
When Christ came into my life, I came about like a well-handled ship.
Top-heavy was the ship as a dinnerless student with all Aristotle in his head.
Those who fall in love with practice without science are like a sailor who enters a ship without a helm or a compass, and who never can be certain whither he is going.
Somebody can be the captain of the ship, which allows you to make big mistakes.
ISS leak is just like on a ship, there are bulkheads that, if there's an emergency, can separate an area that's no longer airtight from the undamaged portion of the station. The former Russian space station Mir actually did once develop a leak, after colliding with an unmanned cargo ship. Everyone survived.
Once you get on the ship, everything is fine. Once you get on land, everything is not so fine.
Being the richest man on a sinking ship is a bitter victory
What is the problem? We now have aeroplanes which can take them back quicker than the ships used by their ancestors.
The wake doesn't drive the ship
I bought. . . the pins with my three daughters in mind; the ships are beautiful, graceful, and moving along at full sail, having long since left home port.
In the road ships must ride in 30, 40, or 50 fathom water, not above half a mile from the shore at farthest: and if there are many ships they must ride close one by another.
Everyone knows the best volume of the encyclopedia is the one with ships-S.