If you can not arrive in daylight, then stand off well clear, and wait until dawn. After all, that's one of the things God made boats for- to wait in.

A small craft in an ocean is, or should be, a benevolent dictatorship.

A small craft in the ocean is, or should be, a benevolent dictatorship. The skipper's brain is the vessel's brain and he must give up his soul to her, regardless of his own feelings or inclinations.

I can't wait for the oil wells to run dry, for the last gob of black, sticky muck to come oozing out of some remote well. Then the glory of sail will return.

The only way to see true reality is in solitude. One of the tragedies of human existence is that reality cannot be shared. What's real to you may not be to someone else.

Connor was....getting farther and farther ahead of me. I was frozen. And sometimes I feel like I haven't quite thawed.

The dull flat falsehood serves for policy, and in the cunning, truth's itself a lie.

We're all imperfect. And wouldn't it be great if the message sent out by the mainstream media is that we're fine being exactly who we are? Wouldn't that be great for everyone?

Marriages that made out of love (so-called "love-matches") have error as their father and misery (necessity) as their mother.

The painter strives and competes with nature.

There are people who love you and people who hate you, but for me, more so, people only think they know me by how I act or perform on a tennis court.

I completely scorn the falsifying, the sanctimonious, the cheap and the shoddy.

We are a very, very unusual species.

Love is not being judged.

Anyone that enjoys his work is a pleasure to work with.