That country [Carthage] was rapidly sinking into the state of barbarism from whence it had been raised by the Phoenician colonies and… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
The sun, a red wheel, was sinking slowly in the west. Besides being spectacularly beautiful, the early-summer sunset was exceedingly soft and… — Mo Yan Copy Share Image
In my rear view mirror the sun is going down sinking behind bridges in the road and I think of all the… — Roger Waters Copy Share Image
When I see a lot of young faces in the audience, it's just sort of sinking in how important that is. Because… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
I admit that these terms and the diagrams connected with them repel some readers, and fill others with the vain imagination that… — Alfred Marshall Copy Share Image
A film is a boat which is always on the point of sinking-it always tends to break up as you go along… — Francois Truffaut Copy Share Image
Always leave a sinking ship. There's no virtue in hanging on to losers. And stocks don't have feelings. — Nancy Dunnan Copy Share Image
I thought I would try my hand at sailing. It was too small and kept sinking, so I decided to try a… — Arthur M. Jolly Copy Share Image
I do not use airplanes. They strike me as unsporting. You can have an automobile accident-and survive. You can be on a… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
I know, perhaps as well as anyone, what depression means, and what it is to feel myself sinking lower and lower. Yet… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
I love the process of cracking the spine for the first time and slowly sinking into a book. That will soon seem… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
We made air attacks on the Japanese anchorage, sinking and damaging several vessels. However, the Japanese were alerted to the fact that… — Jack Adams Copy Share Image
The law of floatation was not discovered by contemplating the sinking of things. — Thomas Troward Copy Share Image
God save the Queen and a fascist regime … a flabby toothless fascism, to be sure. Never go too far in any… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
Science keeps religion from sinking into the valley of crippling irrationalism and paralyzing obscurantism. Religion prevents science from falling into the marsh… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Maybe you're afraid of sinking. Don't think about it. If you don't think about it, you won't sink. If you do, you… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Some loves are like that. Your heart starts to feel like an overcrowded lifeboat. You throw your pride out to keep it… — Gregory David Roberts Copy Share Image
If America is a ship, it looks a lot like it's sinking - financially, morally, spiritually. It's frightening. — Kirk Cameron Copy Share Image
“Without looking up to God, sinking leads to drowning. But when my eyes are locked on his, sinking tells a different story.… — Emily P. Freeman Copy Share Image
With one glance he had got himself trapped in the brown fundament of her eyes, he was in danger of sinking, as… — Patrick Süskind Copy Share Image
God bless this tiny little boat, And me who travels in it. It stays afloat for years and years, And sinks within… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
John you say you met in an elevator. Was the elevator going up at the time, or down? This is very important,… — Groucho Marx Copy Share Image
I resolve to venture into the city on my own. I look at maps in the library—subway maps, bus maps, and regular… — Deborah Feldman Copy Share Image
I'm an African woman, I suppose these thoughts torture me more than they do black American people, because it's like watching my… — Kola Boof Copy Share Image
Everywhere I go, everyone I talk with, everyone I think about - their salvation is what is on my mind. I love… — Kirk Cameron Copy Share Image
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