If time were truly linear, she thought, it might have…

She was giving me oral sex, and she got carried away . . . So I choked her.

— Arthur Shawcross

“No, no, no, no. Don't get carried away, man. One thaw is not the summer.”

— Andrea Levy

Life is fragile, like the dew hanging delicately on the grass, crystal drops that will be carried away on the first morning breeze.

— Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

I am bound to get carried away by anyone who approaches me with a good script.

— Soha Ali Khan

Of all the classes of men, I dislike the most those who make their livings by talking - actors, clergymen, politicians, pedagogues, and so…

— H. L. Mencken

I still like to get carried away - but passively.

— Robert Plant

To meditate means to realize inwardly the imperturbability of the Essence of Mind. The reason why we are perturbed is because we allow ourselves…

— Huineng

“It was as if every day a piece of my heart was plucked out by birds and carried away little by little.”

— Bart Baker

“When people die and especially when they die tragically, others can't help but get carried away. They come up with their implausible interpretation and…

— Francesca Marciano

Not only I lost what I had in the ship, but from the captain and the company generally what was good or worth the…

— William Adams

A writer falls in love with an idea and gets carried away.

— Doris Lessing

“Carried away. He got a little carried away. This is like saying Hitler was a tad aggressive.”

— Sophie Kinsella

When I'm carried away, isn't it clear that my heart contradicts my mouth?

— Jean Racine

Men who never get carried away should be.

— Malcolm Forbes

I try hard not to preach, but I get carried away, which is a mistake, but it's a risk worth running.

— Ben Elton