To insist on a spiritual practice that served you in the…

Don't insult the alligator until you've crossed the river.

— Nikhil Saluja

Only when you have crossed the river can you say that the crocodile has a lump on his snout.

— Ashanti

“It’s like a man standing on a bridge in the middle of a river with his pants on fire wondering why his pants are…

— Alcoholics Anonymous

Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river.

— Cordell Hull

“It is only safe to mock a crocodile when you have crossed the river.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

A raft needed to cross the river is discarded when the other shore is reached, not carried about on one's head.

— Gautama Buddha

Since then, I have just read and read - but, that said, I suppose there is a raft of writers to whom I return…

— Penelope Lively

Democracy is like a raft: It won't sink, but you will always have your feet wet.

— Russell B. Long

“Most of them had not understood Blackberry's discovery of the raft and at once forgot it.”

— Richard Adams

“The world outside was a rolling sea and he was on a raft without a paddle. There was nothing to anchor him and no…

— G.P. Ching

When you were alone in the rising ocean, you grabbed whatever raft passed by.

— Paolo Bacigalupi

If someone throws a life raft out there, you have to actually swim to it. You can't say bring it to me.

— Billy Donovan

The raft is used to cross the river. It isn't to be carried around on your shoulders. The finger which points at the moon…

— Anonymous

I will pick a raft of cartoons. And then later, it'll come time to run this cartoon. And I'll look at it, and I…

— Robert Mankoff

There are so many ships in the animation sea that are computer driven, that I think we can have at least one that's just…

— Hayao Miyazaki