Famous quotes containing the words guardian, sailor and/or moon:
“Its not the bullet with my name on it that worries me. Its the one that says To whom it may concern.”
—Anonymous Belfast Resident. quoted in Guardian (London, Oct. 16, 1991)
“He is the best sailor who can steer within the fewest points of the wind, and extract a motive power out of the greatest obstacles. Most begin to veer and tack as soon as the wind changes from aft, and as within the tropics it does not blow from all points of the compass, there are some harbors which they can never reach.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“Seen from the moon we are all the same size.”
—Multatuli [Eduard Douwer Dekker] (18201887)
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