a port QUOTES

1 " To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor. "

― Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

2 " Every beautiful street is a port of happiness! "

― Mehmet Murat ildan

3 " Madame Altamont was leaving for a holiday. With her characteristic concern for propriety and orderliness, she emptied her refrigerator and gave the left-overs to the concierge: two ounces of butter, a pound of fresh green beans, two lemons, half a pot of redcurrant jam, a dab of fresh cream, a few cherries, a port of milk, a few bits of cheese, various herbs, and three Bulgarian-flavour yoghurts. "

― Georges Perec

4 " The author gives an interesting naval etymology of the word " opportunity" . It referred to days in which sailing ships had to wait outside a port for the appropriate tide, which then was their chance until the next tide. "

5 " Solitude is not a port to drop anchor, but only a port to rest for a while! "

― Mehmet Murat ildan

6 " To reach a port we must set sail –
Sail, not tie at anchor
Sail, not drift. "

― Franklin D. Roosevelt