(184 quotes found)
“And therefore I have sailed the seas and comeTo the holy city of Byzantium.”
William Butler Yeats
“If Old Dewey had just sailed away when he smashed the Spanish fleet, what a lot of trouble he would have saved us (On taking possession of the Philippines).”
William McKinley
“We don't go through life with it all being smooth sailing. ... We all understand situations where you know it's swim or drown. It's a choice you have to make, and sometimes we surprise ourselves, when we actually make that choice and start swimming, with how well we can do it.”
Charlize Theron
“And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.”
Bible
“And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go afoot.”
“Set your sail to the wind.”
French Proverb
“So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.”
“He's very smart. He'll sail through.”
Alabama Republican
“And when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down into Attalia: / And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.”
“He enters the port with a full sail.”
Virgil
