Sailing Warship

Famous quotes containing the words sailing and/or warship:

    “The Colonel went out sailing,
    He spoke with Turk and Jew
    With Christian and with Infidel
    For all tongues he knew.
    “O what’s a wifeless man?” said he
    And he came sailing home.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking.”
    —Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)