Famous quotes containing the words guardian, sailor and/or moon:
“That a guardian should require another guardian to take care of him is ridiculous indeed.”
—Plato (c. 427347 B.C.)
“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)
“They are as neat as a wallet,
opening and closing on their coins,
the quarters, the nickels,
straight into the crapper.
Why shouldnt I pull down my pants
and moon the executioner....”
—Anne Sexton (19281974)
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