Ebb Quotes
88 quotes by 80 authors
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There was a time when I believed I was the redeemed one, the boy borne safely home on the ebb of whatever freak tide carried…
— Tana French
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To stand at the edge of the sea, to sense the ebb and flow of the tides, to feel the breath of a mist moving…
— Rachel Carson
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In the unceasing ebb and flow of justice and oppression we must all dig channels as best we may, that at the propitious moment somewhat…
— Jane Addams
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When you love someone you do not love them, all the time, in the exact same way, from moment to moment. It is an impossibility.…
— Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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When you love someone you do not love them all the time, in exactly the same way, from moment to moment. It is an impossibility.…
— Leo Buscaglia
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In the uncertain ebb and flow of time and emotions, much of one’s life history is etched in the senses. And things of no particular…
— Banana Yoshimoto
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There is a part of childhood that is childish, and a part that is sacred. Suddenly we are touching the sacred part -- running to…
— David Levithan
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The Russians are bent on world dominance, and they are rapidly acquiring the means to become the most powerful imperial nation the world has seen.…
— Margaret Thatcher
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The sea can do craziness, it can do smooth, it can lie down like silk breathing or toss havoc shoreward; it can give gifts or…
— Mary Oliver
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Time's waters will not ebb nor stay.
— John Keble
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One problem with age is that patience begins to ebb.
— Carl Hiaasen
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Faith in the supernatural is a desperate wager made by man at the lowest ebb of his fortunes.
— George Santayana
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For the perfect idler, for the passionate observer it becomes an immense source of enjoyment to establish his dwelling in the throng, in the ebb…
— Charles Baudelaire
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To the question, "When were your spirits at the lowest ebb?" the obvious answer seemed to be, "When the gin gave out."
— Francis Chichester
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The seasons, like greater tides, ebb and flow across the continents. Spring advances up the United States at the average rate of about fifteen miles…
— Edwin Way Teale
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As in nature, all is ebb and tide, all is wave motion, so it seems that in all branches of industry, alternating currents - electric…
— Nikola Tesla
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I go out and take oysters, clams and mussels every 2 weeks or so during late fall, winter and early spring. I particularly like to…
— Jim Himes
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While the West has enjoyed overwhelming global power, its moral preachings have been legitimised, and in effect enforced, by that power. But as that power…
— Martin Jacques
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Europe and Africa share proximity and history, ideas and ideals, trade and technology. You are tied together by the ebb and flow of people. Migration…
— Ban Ki-moon
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Of course, like all organic processes, there is an ebb and a flow to writing. One does not exist without the other. The writer needs…
— Lisa Unger
Who Wrote These Ebb Quotes
80 authors contributed a total of 88 Ebb Quotes, led by these top contributors: