Quotes and Sayings about Navigation
"The most desirable aspects of the Law of the Sea Treaty pertain to navigational rights."
- Frank Gaffney
(Related: Rights, Law, Sea)
"Navigation is power of a limited sort - it enables us to manage the immensity of the media torrent."
- Todd Gitlin
(Related: Power, Media, Navigation)
"We have always been taught that navigation is the result of civilization, but modern archeology has demonstrated very clearly that this is not so."
- Thor Heyerdahl
(Related: Civilization, Navigation, Result)
"In the underlying bill, I think the authors of the legislation, those in support of it, understand the use of the Mississippi River. Yes, there is commercial navigation on it, and there will be tomorrow."
- Ron Kind
(Related: Legislation, Navigation, Support, Tomorrow, Will)
"History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are."
- David C. McCullough
(Related: History, Navigation)
"The bottom line is, winter navigation on the Seaway is a bad idea."
- John M. McHugh
(Related: Idea, Navigation, Winter)
"A young sailor boy came to see me today. It pleases me to have these lads seek me on their return from their first voyage, and tell me how much they have learned about navigation."
- Maria Mitchell
(Related: First, Navigation, Today)
"You are not content with the vast millions of tribute we pay you annually under the operation of our revenue law, our navigation laws, your fishing bounties, and by making your people our manufacturers, our merchants, our shippers."
- John H. Reagan
(Related: People, Content, Fishing, Law, Laws, Navigation, Tribute)
"The rules of navigation never navigated a ship. The rules of architecture never built a house."
- Thomas Reid
(Related: Architecture, Navigation, Rules)
"We were suddenly faced with the necessity of training a lot of young men in the art of navigation."
- Clyde Tombaugh
(Related: Art, Men, Navigation, Necessity, Training)