Sails Quotations

When you do a record like 'Talk,' and you're happy with it, and it reaches your ambitions and then doesn't sell as well as you wanted, it kind of takes the wind out of your sails a little.

I've always loved the songs of the sea. I was first introduced to them back in 1957, at the Old Town School of Folk Music. I used to go to Pete Seeger concerts, and he would do songs like 'Ruben Ranzo' and talk about how the sailors sang songs to do their work - to raise the anchors, pull up the sails and that sort of thing.

We were better than the Marlins last year. We were supposed to battle them to the end, but we had no wind left in our sails because of our schedule. Twenty-two extra road games beats you down.

Serving becomes very different at sea level. At altitude, the ball sails farther. The ball gets driven into the court at sea level. Our serve becomes harder and it's a mental deal as well. But the other team (UCLA) is much more practiced at serving at sea level.

Give me a spirit that on this life's rough sea Loves to have his sails filled with a lusty wind, Even till his sail-yards tremble, his masts crack, And his rapt ship run on her side so low That she drinks water, and her keel ploughs air

Give me a spirit that on this life's rough sea Loves to have his sails filled with a lusty wind, Even till his sail-yards tremble, his masts crack, And his rapt ship run on her side so low That she drinks water, and her keel ploughs air

We took two real quick shots in a row, and on both occasions they came down and scored. They took the wind out of our sails a little bit.

I think they took the wind out of our sails when they scored that goal after we dominated the first period. It gave them a little bit of confidence and we got into penalty trouble. There's not much more that you can say about that.

Over the past 12 months, we've done an exhaustive review on future strategy and growth strategy, and I'm confident Nike Inc.'s strategy is the right one. We will get some wind in the sails and create some energy for this company.

That error kind of opened the doors for us. It kind of let the wind out of their sails a little bit, and we took advantage of it.

I think maybe we just ran out of some steam. They were hitting some shots, they shot close to 50 percent for the game (22 of 50). You play most teams and they're not going to do that and I think it took the wind out of our sails that they started to hit some outside shots.

Whither, O splendid ship, thy white sails crowding, / Leaning across the bosom of the urgent West.

We definitely took the wind out of their sails a little bit. We got some quick looks, which gives you some confidence.

This segment of the business could provide wind for Microsoft's sails for the coming years.

To be able to answer is big. It took the wind out of their sails after they had some.

When we lost Adam last year, it really took the wind out of our sails for a while. I don't want to lose him again this year." ()

Fair stood the wind for France, / When we our sails advance, / Nor now to prove our chance, / Longer will tarry.

We were down to 10 on the shot clock a couple of times. You definitely take the air out of team's sails when you do that. We made tough shots down the stretch. I think that bothered them. They weren't concentrating on offense.

Through the first three innings, we were sticking the ball pretty good. We came out swinging at good pitches and hit the ball hard. Once Globe had that rally, though, I don't know if it took the wind out of our sails or what, but we just didn't respond to it.

We got that goal at the end of the first period. I thought we had a pretty good energy in the first period. We matched the excitement that they had. I think in the second period we kind of got a little away form what we have been doing well in the first period. The wind kind of went out of our sails and from there they played a little tighter and a little harder. Their guys made plays at the right time.

As soon as the market runs away a little bit, there's a little of profit taking, taking the wind out of the sails a little bit. The underlying feeling is there's plenty of money possibly coming into the market.

February really took the wind out of the sails of the water supplies.

The sea-reach of the Thames stretched before us like the beginning of an interminable waterway. In the offing the sea and the sky were welded together without a joint, and in the luminous space the tanned sails of the barges drifting up with the tide seemed to stand still in red clusters of canvas sharply peaked, with gleams of varnished sprits.

Saturday was challenging with light air and a little chop. The conditions made it necessary to drive carefully and trim the sails constantly and a little looser.

Once we got the lead, we were still anxious. I think it took the wind out of our sails a little bit and we were a little fatigued at that point.

That was a big stretch of the game. They were playing us tough and they were likely to get more confidence the longer they were able to play us tough. That seemed to take the wind out of their sails a bit when we busted it up to about 10.

That takes some wind out of your sails when you have a game in your hand. I've been on the other side of that. You're on a five-game losing streak. You can taste it. You're right there and you let it slip. We knew if we came out and got a couple stops (in overtime) that we had a chance to put a dagger in them.

You run the risk, whenever you build your story around a central mystery, of either letting it go too long, or revealing it too soon and then taking the wind out of the sails of the narrative.

This is another example of an independent agency trimming its sails to the political climate.

This effectively takes the wind out of the sails of investor sentiment at a time when investors were beginning to warm up to the prospects for accelerating earnings momentum.

It's entirely appropriate that we get to sail Dennis Conner and Stars & Stripes on the first day...Britain, who hasn't been in the Cup for 15 years, sails against the team that hasn't missed one.

Desire is the wind in your sails more than it is your destination, so keep your sails wide open, and be amazed.

The ocean's up, it's been rough and windy all weekend. But we're seeing sails in the 90 to 120 foot area, and they're hitting live ballyhoo trolled. There's also been an increase in the amount of dolphin being caught.

The ocean's up, it's been rough and windy all weekend, ... But we're seeing sails in the 90 to 120 foot area, and they're hitting live ballyhoo trolled. There's also been an increase in the amount of dolphin being caught.

Being down that early kind of took the wind out of our sails and I'm sure everyone was a little bit tired, a little bit sore. Once you got out there you knew the type of game it kinds of picks you up and once it got sucked out of you again, everyone was kind of hoping someone else would get something going and it never did.

Housing has peaked, and from here it's only downhill. It's going to take some of the wind out of the sails of consumer spending, but it won't choke off consumption.

I didn't think we were two goals worse. I thought the first 15 minutes of the second half we owned and then we give up the third goal and that takes the wind out of the sails so to speak. The adjustments were just guys needing to work a little harder.

The collision took the wind out of both team's sails for a couple of innings. It was an eerie feeling. There's not a mean bone in the kid's body. In the heat of the moment. He told me he was going to try and dive. Jason felt terrible about it.

Your reason and your passion are the rudder and the sails of your seafairing soul, if either your sails or your rudder be broken, you can but toss and drift, or else be held at a standstill in mid-seas. For reason, ruling alone, is a force confining; and passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own destruction.

The Man who with undaunted toils,/ sails unknown seas to unknown soils,/ With various wonders feasts his Sight: What stranger wonders does he write?