There's a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore like an idiot. Steven Wright
Rather, ten times, die in the surf, heralding the way to a new world, than stand idly on the shore. Florence Nightingale
Have you ever watched a crab on the shore crawling backward in search of the Atlantic Ocean, and missing? That's the way the mind of man operates. H. L. Mencken
Nihilism had no bottom. For thousands of years every philosopher had stood on the shore of this sunless sea, diving for pearls and never finding them. All had seen that, since they could not find bottom, they must assume it. Henry Adams
When a net is worn out, it is thrown away on the shore. Maori Proverb
When you in the Midsummer night, drunk, stand up on your boat to pee, you may see your widow-to-be on the shore." Finnish Proverb