Beach Quotes
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The never-ceasing boom of the great ocean as it breaks on the Beach, drowns all smaller sounds.
alexander maclaren— Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895, p. 277)
[The assault units] were disorganized, had suffered heavy casualties and were handicapped by losses of valuable equipment.... They were pinned down along the Beach by intense enemy fire.... Personnel and equipment were being piled ashore... where congested groups afforded food targets for the enemy.
— An American officer at the landing beach at Normandy, June 6, 1944.
Every time I stand before a beautiful Beach, its waves seem to whisper to me: If you choose the simple things and find joy in nature's simple treasures, life and living need not be so hard.
Psyche Roxas-Mendoza
Love the sea? I dote upon it from the Beach.
Douglas William Jerrold— Specimen of Jerrold's Wit, "Love of the Sea".
In every outthrust headland, in every curving Beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth.
rachel carson— American marine biologist, author, and conservationist (1907 - 1964)
It takes a lot of hard work and dedication just like any pro sport. Especially for Beach volleyball you don't have to be tall or as fast as other sports. You just have to have the skills.
Misty May-Treanor— As quoted in Bring Your "A" Game: A Young Athlete's Guide to Mental Toughness by Jennifer L. Etnier (2009, pg. 12).
I started taking ballet lessons when I was 4, and I was performing in ballet companies when I was 10, and I did summer stock in Miami Beach when I was 12, and finally I said, 'I gotta go to Broadway .'
rita rudner— Rita Rudner, in Jerry Fink Lovely Rita: Comedian Rita Rudner revels in writing career, Las Vegas Sun, Jan. 25, 2002
Writing anything, it sorta starts the way you'd build a castle at the Beach. You're just taking your hands and you're mounting up sand.
aaron sorkin— The West Wing, Season Two Commentary Track: Noel.
To go out with the setting sun on an empty Beach is to truly embrace your solitude.
Jeanne Moreau— French actress, singer, screenwriter and director
There's only one way to prepare for playing Beach volleyball, and that's by getting in the sand.
Kerri Walsh Jennings— American professional beach volleyball player
I love the Beach. I love the sea. All my life I live within - in front of the sea.
rafael nadal— Spanish tennis player
The sun shines everywhere, not just at the Beach.
brande roderick— American model and actress
I like anywhere with a Beach. A Beach and warm weather is all I really need.
Rob gronkowski— The VIP Lounge: Rob Gronkowski (July 1, 2016)
I can think of nothing better
Than dancing on the Beach
See a girl, you can go and get her
Your troubles will be out of reach
— "On the Beach" from the album Best Now
But the beaches are always open 'cause the ocean, she never sleeps.
So turn around and come on down, the Beach is free.
— "The Beach is Free" from the album Mr. Love and Justice
Standing on a Beach somewhere
Looking for something to see
As the Beach rolls in, I swear
It's bringing something to me
— "Beach Foam" from the album "Wave Like Home"
When I lie on the Beach there naked, which I do sometimes, and I feel the wind coming over me and I see the stars up above and I am looking into this very deep, indescribable night, it is something that escapes my vocabulary to describe. Then I think: 'God, I have no importance. Whatever I do or don't do, or what anybody does, is not more important than the grains of sand that I am lying on, or the coconut that I am using for my pillow.' So I really don't think in the long sense.
Marlon Brando— New York Times (July 2, 2004)
There came to the Beach a poor exile of Erin,The dew on his thin robe was heavy and chill;For his country he sigh'd, when at twilight repairingTo wander alone by the wind-beaten hill.
thomas campbell— The Exile of Erin.
"Some he taught how to think, others how to see or hear... Children on the Beach he taught how to look for and find beautiful animals in worlds they had not suspected were there at all."
ed ricketts— John Steinbeck, foreword to The Log from the Sea of Cortez (1951).
I remember thinking that walking on the Beach as a free man is pretty desirable.
pierre trudeau— Part 3, 1974 - 1979 Victory And Defeat, p. 258
The first thing I do every morning is go online to check the surf. If the waves are good, I'll go surf. The Beach is 10 minutes away.
marisa miller— Marisa Miller Pictures, Photo Galleries, Bio & Rating. AskMen.com. News Corporation. Retrieved on 2010-04-14.
You wouldn't want Alan Greenspan to write the instructions for assembling a Beach chair.
robert orben— Chicago Tribune staff (June 25, 1995) "Think About It", Chicago Tribune, p. 3.
All night the thirsty Beach has listening lain With patience dumb, Counting the slow, sad moments of her pain; Now morn has come, And with the morn the punctual tide again.
— Susan Coolidge, Flood-Tide.
Which way's the Beach?
— Who: Nathan, when Goodwin lets him out of the pit that Ana-Lucia threw him in when she decides she doesn't remember seeing him on the plane and therefore suspects him of being an Other. Goodwin lets him out and tells him to escape in the opposite direction, and when he turns to leave, Goodwin breaks his neck, revealing himself to be the Other.
— Source: Lost, episode 2x7, "The Other 48 Days"
How long is it going to take before lawyers realize that the simple act of trying to repress something they don't like online is likely to make it so that something that most people would never, ever see (like a photo of a urinal in some random Beach resort) is now seen by many more people? Let's call it the Streisand Effect.
— Mike Masnick (January 5, 2005). "Since When Is It Illegal To Just Mention A Trademark Online?". techdirt: Legal Issues. Retrieved on October 29, 2012.
I'd rather be on Blackpool Beach than Bondi Beach.
— Leon Pryce, during Great Britain's 2006 Tri-Nations campaign in Australia.
