World Sailing Speed

Famous quotes containing the words world, sailing and/or speed:

“The world will only, in the end, follow those who have despised as well as served it.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)

“There’s precious little to say between day and dark,
Perhaps a few words on the implacable will
Of time sailing like a magic barque
Or something as fine for the amenities....”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)

“The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but the speed of man’s adjustment to it—the speed of his acceptance.”
—E.B. (Elwyn Brooks)