Anchors Quotes

239 Anchors quotes by 210 unique authors

Sometimes ideas hold us down; they become heavy anchors that hold the bark of identity fixated in shallow, dead water. — John O'Donohue
The search for truth is, as it always has been, the noblest expression of the human spirit. Man's insatiable desire for knowledge about himself, about… — Raymond B. Fosdick
Feeling is deep and still; and the word that floats on the surface Is as the tossing buoy, that betrays where the anchor is hidden. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest. The flood had made, the wind… — Joseph Conrad
Once you accept the power of spine in the creative act, you will become much more efficient in your creativity. You will still get lost… — Twyla Tharp
Gauguin says that when sailors have to move a heavy load or raise an anchor, they all sing together to keep them up and give… — Vincent Van Gogh
It is observed at sea that men are never so much disposed to grumble and mutiny as when least employed. Hence an old captain, when… — Samuel Smiles
Women anchor me. They're there when I need them. They're sensitive to me, and I'm sensitive to them. I'm not saying I've loved that many… — Ray Charles
Maternity leave is over for Tina Fey of Saturday Night Live. She'll be back behind the Weekend Update anchor desk for this week's episode, her… — Tina Fey
The past is an anchor with suffering written on the rope. I don't live there now. I am cutting myself free. — Mark Millar
Worry was my mother's mechanic, her mechanism for engaging with the machinery of living. Worry was an anchor for her, a hook, something to clutch… — Charles Yu
It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought. — John Kenneth Galbraith
When Nirvana became popular, you could very easily slip and get lost during that storm. I fortunately had really heavy anchors - old friends, family. — Dave Grohl
Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence. — David Ben-Gurion
Cast your cares on God; that anchor holds. — Frank Moore Colby
Stood off and on during the night, determining not to come to anchor till morning, fearing to meet with shoals; continued our course in the… — Christopher Columbus
I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety. — Frederick Douglass
Do you know that I was the anchor on the 'CBS Morning Show?' And my newsman was Walter Cronkite. — Dick Van Dyke
I'm single, footloose and fancy free, I have no responsibilities, no anchors. Work, friendship and self-improvement, that's me. — Joel Edgerton
Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope. — Epictetus
We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope. — Epictetus
People are looking for stability in a shaky world. They want something they can get hold of that's firm and sure and an anchor in… — Gordon B. Hinckley
To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor. — Oliver Wendell Holmes
I get the greatest feeling when I'm singing. It's other-worldly. Your feet are anchored into the Earth and into this energy force that comes up… — Cyndi Lauper
Do you know what White House correspondents call actors who pose as reporters? Anchors. — Jay Leno

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