Tall Ships Race

Famous quotes containing the words tall, ships and/or race:

    “They were masculine toys. They were tall wishes. They were the ribs of the modern world.”
    —Rita Dove (b. 1952)

    “Shuttles in the rocking loom of history,
    the dark ships move, the dark ships move,
    their bright ironical names
    like jests of kindness on a murderer’s mouth;”
    —Robert Earl Hayden (1913–1980)

    “Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men—and this is the greatest blessing of free governments.”
    —Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)