“My wife wonders why all women do not seek anglers for husbands. She has come in contact with many in her life with me and she claims that they all have a sweetness in their nature which others lack.” WonderWifeSeaHusbandRiversClaimsFishesMy WifeContactBoatLakesFishingSweetnessFly FishingAnglers Author:Ray Bergman
“The English, a spirited nation, claim the empire of the sea; the French, a calmer nation, claim that of the air.” NationsAirSeaClaimsPossessionEmpiresSpiritedCalmer Author:Louis XVIII of France
“If the behaviour of babies and small children is any guide, we emerge into the world with our tendencies to imbalance already well entrenched. In our playpens and high chairs, we are rarely far from displaying either hysterical happiness or savage disappointment, love or rage, mania or exhaustion--and, despite the growth of a more temperate exterior in adulthood, we seldom succeed in laying claim to lasting equilibrium, traversing our lives like stubbornly listing ships on choppy seas.” IfsWorldWellsChildrenGrowthOur LivesSeaBabySucceedClaimsDisappointmentGuidesRageShipsTendenciesDespiteChairsLastingAdulthoodBehaviourSavagesEquilibriumExhaustionExteriorSmall ChildHystericalImbalanceManiaDisappointment Love Author:Alain de Botton
“If Bacchus ever had a color he could claim for his own, it should surely be the shade of tannin on drunken lips, of John Keat's 'purple-stained mouth,' or perhaps even of Homer's dangerously wine-dark sea.” IfsShouldDarkSeaColorMouthsClaimsWineLipsColourShadePurpleBacchus Author:Victoria Finlay
“The Philippines made a lawful and peaceful effort to resolve their maritime claims with China using the tribunal established under the Law of the Sea Convention (Unclos). The tribunal's ruling delivered a clear and legally binding decision on maritime claims in the South China Sea as they relate to China and the Philippines - and that ruling should be respected. We believe this decision can and should serve as an opportunity to renew efforts to address maritime claims peacefully.” ShouldBelieveMadeLawOpportunityDecisionEffortClearSeaClaimsSouthChinaPeacefulRelateAddressesResolveConventionsRulingBindingPhilippinesTribunalsMaritime Author:Barack Obama
“People at civil-liberties organizations say it's a sea change, and that it's very clear judges have begun to question more critically assertions made by the executive. Even though it seems so obvious now, it is extraordinary in the context of the last decade, because courts had simply said they were not the best branch to adjudicate these claims - which is completely wrong, because they are the only nonpolitical branch. They are the branch that is specifically charged with deciding issues that cannot be impartially decided by politicians.” PeopleMadeSaidSeemsLastsLibertyIssuesClearSeaJudgingPoliticianDecidedOrganizationClaimsCourtExtraordinaryObviousDecadesBranchesExecutivesAssertionCivil LibertiesSea ChangeSimply Said Author:Edward Snowden
“If you look at some of the language in the basic writings of Hamas, there is that famous call to push the Israelis into the sea. Now, I would say that most Palestinian politicians on the ground say, of course that's not what we want, and even within Hamas there is some published debate about that claim, but until the claim is removed, it's still noxious.” IfsWantWritingLooksStillsCoursesLanguageSeaPoliticianClaimsDebatePalestinianHamas Author:Judith Butler
“At Christmas-tide the open hand Scatters its bounty o'er sea and land, And none are left to grieve alone, For Love is heaven and claims its own.” HandsLeftHeavenLove IsSeaLandClaimsChristmasGrievingTidesBounty Author:Margaret Elizabeth Sangster
“If we love the sea as much as we claim to we'll do everything we possibly can to keep it healthy. Otherwise we might as well take up golf.” IfsWellsMightSeaHealthyClaimsGolf Author:Tim Winton