“With Nietzsche, the black pirates' flag appears for the first time on the high sea of German knowledge. (He is) a different man, from a different race, (his,) a new kind of heroism, philosophywith bellicose weapons and armor.” MenFirstsKindDifferentBlackRaceKnowledgeSeaWeaponsFirst TimePhilosophicalFlagsHeroismPirateArmorDifferent RacesHigh Seas Author:Stefan Zweig
“A poor woman from Manchester, on being taken to the seaside, is said to have expressed her delight on seeing for the first time something of which there was enough for everybody.” FirstsSaidEnoughPoorTakenSeeingSeaFirst TimeDelightManchester Book:The Pleasures of the Life Source: The Pleasures of the Life
“We all have to accept accusations that we ignored the refugee crisis for far too long. The first time that I referred to the Mediterranean Sea as Europe's cemetery was in October 2013, when hundreds of people drowned off Lampedusa. Italians, Maltese, Greeks and Spaniards have been pleading for help for years. But nobody cared.” PeopleYearsFirstsLongHas BeensHelpingAcceptingSeaFirst TimeEuropeCrisisGreekIgnoredRefugeeOctoberCemeteryAccusationPleadingNobody CaresRefugee CrisisSpaniardsMediterranean Sea Author:Martin Schulz
“Under the Occupation, we in Nantes were denied access to the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. It was therefore not until after the War was over that I saw the sea for the first time, in the vicinity of St Nazaire. It was there that I discovered the bunkers.” FirstsWarSawsSeaOceanFirst TimeAccessOccupationDeniedCoastBunkersVicinityAtlantic Ocean Author:Paul Virilio
“at the press conference for the film he impressed everyone with his complete sincerity and innocence. he said he had come to see the sea for the first time and marveled at how clean it was. someone told him that, in fact, it wasn't. 'when the world is emptied of human beings' he said, 'it will become so again” WorldFirstsHumansSaidFactsFilmHuman BeingsSeaFirst TimePressesCleanInnocenceSincerityImpressedConferencesPress Conferences Author:Werner Herzog
“All my life one of my greatest desires has been to travel-to see and touch unknown countries, to swim in unknown seas, to circle the globe, observing new lands, seas, people, and ideas with insatiable appetite, to see everything for the first time and for the last time, casting a slow, prolonged glance, then to close my eyes and feel the riches deposit themselves inside me calmly or stormily according to their pleasure, until time passes them at last through its fine sieve, straining the quintessence out of all the joys and sorrows.” PeopleFeelsFirstsHas BeensIdeasCountryEyeLastsJoyDesirePleasureSeaLandFineSorrowFirst TimeRichesCirclesSwimAppetiteGlobesLast TimeGlancesCastingObservingInsatiableTime PassesDepositsJoys And SorrowsQuintessence Author:Nikos Kazantzakis