World Sailing Speed

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

“Everything in the world exists to end up in a book.”
—Stéphane Mallarmé (1842–1898)

“O western orb sailing the heaven,
Now I know what you must have meant as a month since I walked,
As I walked in silence the transparent shadowy night,”
—Walt Whitman (1819–1892)

“Wait, Kate! You skate at such a rate
You leave behind your skating mate.
Your splendid speed won’t you abate?
He’s lagging far behind you, Kate.”
—David Daiches (b. 1912)