{"quotes":[{"text":"For I say there is no other thing that is worse than the sea is for breaking a man, even though he may a very strong one.","author":"Homer","tags":["breaking","man","odysseus","odyssey","sailing","sailor","sea","suffer","suffering"],"id":719,"author_id":"Homer"},{"text":"A costume party… great… a chance for the bimbos to whore themselves out with no penalty of conscience. I found myself excruciatingly curious as to what she was going as, a sailor? No. A pilot. That would be something.","author":"Bruce Crown","tags":["bimbos","conscience","costume","halloween","party","pilot","sailor","whores"],"id":12936,"author_id":"Bruce+Crown"},{"text":"Nothing matches a Sailor's kiss coming back home where he belongs.","author":"Sameh Elsayed","tags":["adam-elsayedtodd","experience-plus","human-development","kiss","noha-sameh","sailor","sameh-elsayed"],"id":15330,"author_id":"Sameh+Elsayed"},{"text":"To a fireman, wind is a curse. To a sailor, wind is a blessing.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["blessing","curse","fireman","perspective","sailor","wind"],"id":16112,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"A sailor chooses the wind that takes the ship from a safe port. Ah, yes, but once you're abroad, as you have seen, winds have a mind of their own. Be careful, Charlotte, careful of the wind you choose.","author":"Avi","tags":["inspirational","life","sailor","ship","wind"],"id":40576,"author_id":"Avi"},{"text":"A sailor's love for the sea is only matched by his mistress's salty kiss.","author":"Anthony T. Hincks","tags":["kiss","love","match","mistress","ocean","philosophy","sailor","salty","sea","taste"],"id":61815,"author_id":"Anthony+T.+Hincks"},{"text":"Says O'Sullivan to me, 'Mr. Fay, I'll have a word wid yeh?' 'Certainly,' says I; 'what can I do for you?' 'Sell me your sea- boots, Mr. Fay,' says O'Sullivan, polite as can be. 'But what will you be wantin' of them?' says I. ''Twill be a great favour,' says O'Sullivan. 'But it's my only pair,' says I; 'and you have a pair of your own,' says I. 'Mr. Fay, I'll be needin' me own in bad weather,' says O'Sullivan. 'Besides,' says I, 'you have no money.' 'I'll pay for them when we pay off in Seattle,' says O'Sullivan. 'I'll not do it,' says I; 'besides, you're not tellin' me what you'll be doin' with them.' 'But I will tell yeh,' says O'Sullivan; 'I'm wantin' to throw 'em over the side.' And with that I turns to walk away, but O'Sullivan says, very polite and seducin'-like, still a-stroppin' the razor, 'Mr. Fay,' says he, 'will you kindly step this way an' have your throat cut?' And with that I knew my life was in danger, and I have come to make report to you, sir, that the man is a violent lunatic.","author":"Jack London","tags":["comedy","funny","humor","sailor","sea","ship","witty"],"id":68248,"author_id":"Jack+London"},{"text":"Take charge of your life! The tides do not command the ship. The sailor does.","author":"Ogwo David Emenike","tags":["challenges","circumstances","control","obstacles","problems","sailor","ship","situations","take-charge","tides"],"id":95548,"author_id":"Ogwo+David+Emenike"},{"text":"It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.","author":"John Locke","tags":["ocean","know","sailor "],"id":109259,"author_id":"John+Locke"},{"text":"A sailor is not defined as much by how many seas he has sailed than by how many storms he has overcome.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["adversity","challenges","life-lesson","life-lessons","life-lessons","life","life","life","life-and-sayings","matshona-dhliwayo","motivation","motivational","motivational","motivational","motivational-for-women","obstacles","overcome","overcomer","overcoming-adversity","overcoming-challenges","overcoming-obstacles","overcoming","sailing","sailor","sea","set-backs","storm","storm","storms-of-life","trouble","troubles"],"id":112133,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":30,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}