My prophetic task would be twofold: to stand up to him, and to stand by him. To awaken his conscience, and to salve the pain this would cause him.

It's all right to drill your crew, but why not drill the passengers.

He disliked the social obligations of the captaincy.

They looked more like day laborers than seamen.

There were always those passengers who came aboard bearing grudges against the modern age.

Murder was a fascination as always.

New York's perennial attraction was shopping.

If you had to jump six or seven feet or certainly drown, it's surprising how far even older people will jump.

I always thought a shipwreck was a well-organized affair, but I've learned the devil a lot in the last five minutes.

During World War I, Germany had only 25 of its vaunted submarines sailing at any one time.

My between-books strategy was reading voraciously and on a whim.

Uplifting God’s Kingdom on earth should be our life’s mandate as believers

Do I dare Disturb the universe?

Jolly felt salty tears on her lips, and for the first time in her life it occurred to her that sorrow tasted exactly like the sea.

I am not a typical human being. I am me and don't try to be anything but that because God didn't give us all different fingerprints if he wanted us all to be the same. lol -- TAMMY WOOSTER

Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.

The problem with Germans is that they look in the clouds for what lies at their feet.

Cinema is still a very young art form with extraordinary techniques and very impressive special effects. But sometimes it seems the soul has been taken out of things.

Where is truth? Is there truth in what I am doing now?

Always speak the truth.

It is high time to make known the glad tidings in these dark regions of sin and spiritual bondage.