Barnacles Quotes

21 quotes by 21 authors

In my mind's eye, Shakespeare is a huge, hot sea-beast, with fire in his veins and ice on his claws and inscrutable eyes, who looks… — A. S. Byatt
Yet the evil still increased, and, like the parasite of barnacles on a ship, if it did not destroy the structure, it obstructed its fair,… — William Banting
To those who have no personal experience of this revolutionary aspect of Christian truth, but who see only the outer crust of dead, human conservatism… — Thomas Merton
Ah, whimsical. It's terrible the way words get attached to you like barnacles. As is what I do is acting on a 'whim'. If only… — Michael Leunig
But if we know that the people of God are first a fellowship of sinners, we are freed to hear the unconditional call of God's… — Richard J. Foster
I think the Republican party should be placed in drydock and have the barnacles scraped off its bottom. — Tallulah Bankhead
No naturalist has devoted more painstaking attention to the structure of the barnacles than Mr. Darwin. — Richard Owen
Professors of literature collect books the way a ship collects barnacles, without seeming effort. — Carolyn Heilbrun
In my experience, whatever happens clings to us like barnacles on the hull of a ship, slowing us slightly, both uglifying and giving us texture.… — Nick Flynn
Her fingers moved among barnacles and mussels, blue-black, sharp-edged. Neon red starfish were limp Dalis on the rocks, surrounded by bouquets of stinging anemones and… — Janet Fitch
I am the planet's most affectionate life-form, something like the cross between a golden retriever and a barnacle. — Elizabeth Gilbert
Come on, lover, let's have a look," Eric said, giving me a quick kiss. He jumped off the back porch with me still attached to… — Charlaine Harris
Really, Alexia, what could have possessed you to attach yourself to the side of the ship in such a juvenile fashion? It is positively barnacle-like. — Gail Carriger
Barnacles on the container ship of consciousness. — John Green
Love." She looked at me with those blue eyes. "Isn't it astonishing how confused and complicated such a small,simple word is? It attracts so many… — Deb Caletti
Long marriages have ended in ruin over tiny and insignificant grievances that were never properly aired and instead grew into a brittle barnacle of hatred. — Augusten Burroughs
The ship's boards were still sticky with new resin. We leaned over the railing to wave our last farewell, the sun-warm wood pressed against our… — Madeline Miller
Any character can find an audience and work if you have passion for that character. You might have to just scrape off the dirt and… — Geoff Johns
Words like feminism or democracy scare me. They are words with barnacles on them, and you can't see what's underneath. — William Collins
Oh, barnacles! — Sponge Bob

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