Being an actor, you always feel like you're swimming upstream. People are going, 'No, they don't like you. They don't like the… — Bradley Whitford Copy Share Image
Obama does not believe in individual upward mobility. He would penalize it, tax it, regulate it, inveigh against it and disincentivize it.… — Dick Morris Copy Share Image
“God will not be tolerated. He instructs us to worship and fear Him. In our world, where hundreds of things distract us… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
what i need is traveling minds talktouch kisses spittouch you swimming upstream. — Sonia Sanchez Copy Share Image
“The professor leaned forward. “But there’s nothing more profound than creating something out of nothing.” Her lovely face turned fierce. “Think about… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You shouldn't always feel like you're swimming upstream and fighting against the grain. With Robby, I think it was my first real… — Gabby Windey Copy Share Image
As products of our highly competitive and specialized society, with all its ladders and ceilings, neat compartments, titles, and categories, to remain… — Judith Hanson Lasater Copy Share Image
“When I’m writing my own stuff, it’s like swimming upstream. Or … falling down a cliff and grabbing at branches, trying to… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
it’s like swimming upstream. Or … falling down a cliff and grabbing at branches, trying to invent the branches as I fall. — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
I have seen salmon swimming upstream to spawn even with their eyes pecked out. Even as they are dying, as their flesh… — Kathleen Moore Copy Share Image
Every person born into this world is a winner. When you think of the thousands of little sperm swimming upstream, and the… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
“We are swimming upstream against a great torrent of disorganization...In this, our main obligation is to establish arbitrary enclaves of order and… — Norbert Wiener Copy Share Image
“The more helpful our phones get, the harder it is to be ourselves. For everyone out there fighting to write idiosyncratic, high-entropy,… — Brian Christian Copy Share Image
“Though we recognize distinct cultural differences across time and place, the commonalities warrant our attention. To think about how these ancient commonalities… — John H. Walton Copy Share Image
After a lifetime of swimming upstream, I am convinced that one of the real secrets to Wal-mart's phenomenal success has been that… — Sam Walton Copy Share Image
“I think being yourself—your true, entire self—is always going to feel like you’re swimming upstream.” “Yeah,” she said. “But if the last… — Taylor Jenkins Reid Copy Share Image
If life is a river, then pursuing Christ requires swimming upstream. When we stop swimming, or actively following Him, we automatically begin… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
“Great Brown Bear is walking with us, Salmon swimming upstream with us, as we stroll a city street.” — Gary Snyder Copy Share Image
“It's a strange kind of irony. The things that affect us most are the things we can't remember" (from Swimming Upstream).” — Ruth Mancini Copy Share Image
I've never felt like I fit in. I always feel like I'm walking in the wrong direction or swimming upstream. — Paige Spiranac Copy Share Image
One of the biggest lessons that I have learned in this life is how futile it is to fight inevitability. Life is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Could you imagine what a salmon would say if you asked it about its life? We think our lives are miserable? If… — Soroosh Shahrivar Copy Share Image
You ain't supposed to get salmon when they're swimming upstream to spawn. But if you're hungry, you do. — Loretta Lynn Copy Share Image
