Afloat Quotes
63 Afloat quotes by 63 unique authors
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Olive's private view is that life depends on what she thinks of as "big bursts" and "little bursts." Big bursts are things like marriage or…
— Elizabeth Strout
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Then sail, my fine lady, on the billowing wave - The water below is as dark as the grave, And maybe you'll sink in your…
— Margaret Atwood
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Thus, sped by currents of curiosity afloat the swift river of rumor do secrets sail to strange ports.
— Will Eisner
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I meet new Walt Whitmans everyday. There are a dozen of them afloat. I don't know which Walt Whitman I am.
— Walt Whitman
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...love must be regarded as one of the religious and dangerous experiences, because it lifts people out of the arms of reason and sets them…
— Robert Musil
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You’re insane, you know that?†he says. “It’s the only thing keeping me afloat,†I say.
— Lauren DeStefano
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Light That's how I feel- like the winter-fringed breeze might scoop me up into its wings, fly away with me trapped in its feathered embrace.…
— Ellen Hopkins
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Julius Tallow was a fool. He appeared complacent, but like a weak swimmer out of his depth, his legs were kicking frantically under the surface,…
— Jonathan Stroud
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I have also a paper afloat, with an electromagnetic theory of light, which, till I am convinced to the contrary, I hold to be great…
— James Clerk Maxwell
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Luckily, the public school system that I was in had a really great drama program, so I plunged into that. It really sort of kept…
— Allison Scagliotti
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I tried to dance in my earlier films, but it was more like struggling to stay afloat once you are thrown into the water.
— Emraan Hashmi
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In the 1960s, a minimum wage job would keep a family of three afloat.
— Elizabeth Warren
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Very slowly using two fingers, Annabeth drew her dagger. Instead of dropping it, she tossed it as far as she could into the water. Octavian…
— Percy Jackson
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I want to be the person keeping your head above the water, but the truth is I'm drowning too, and if I try to keep…
— Unknown Author
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In a life riddled with unexpected changes, and disappointments, we are forced to have to let go of some of the negative forces in our…
— Anurag Prakash Ray
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You kept the hope afloat. Looked to yourself and began to row. Nobody else knows the damage done to your boat It's all on you,…
— Raghib Clitso
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Everybody is a castaway. Everybody's in the same boat. Yeah, it's easy to sink when you're all alone, but together, we can stay afloat.
— The Ready Set
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You cannot sink someone else's end of the boat and still keep your own afloat.
— Charles Bowers
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If you're drowning out in the waters and you can't stay afloat. Ask Hashem for mercy and he'll throw you a rope.
— Matisyahu
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Cting came from me being depressed. I was a gymnast and swimmer until 13. Then I gave sports up and started naval gazing. I needed…
— Andrew Garfield
Who Wrote These Afloat Quotes
63 authors contributed a total of 63 Afloat Quotes, led by these top contributors: