William Mariner may refer to:
- William Mariner (VC) - English recipient of the Victoria Cross during the First World War
- William Mariner (writer) - wrote of his experiences in the Polynesian island kingdom of Tonga
Famous quotes containing the words william and/or mariner:
“Bow, bow, ye lower middle classes!
Bow, bow, ye tradesmen, bow, ye masses!”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“Every gazette brings accounts of the untutored freaks of the wind,—shipwrecks and hurricanes which the mariner and planter accept as special or general providences; but they touch our consciences, they remind us of our sins. Another deluge would disgrace mankind.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)