Floated Quotes

80 quotes by 72 authors

The power, indeed, of every individual is small, and the consequence of his endeavours imperceptible, in a general prospect of the world. Providence has given… — Samuel Johnson
The law of floatation was not discovered by contemplating the sinking of things, but by contemplating the floating of things which floated naturally, and then… — Thomas Troward
Gus: "It tastes like..." Me: "Food." Gus: "Yes, precisely. It tastes like food, excellently prepared. But it does not taste, how do I put this… — John Green
This is the standard procedure for corporate growth these days; one company buys up another on loans that are floated on the basis of future… — Eric Kierans
We like to put sacred texts in flowing waters, so I rolled it up, tied it to a piece of wood, placed a dandelion on… — Malala Yousafzai
I'd been busy, busy, so busy, preparing for life, while life floated by me, quiet and swift as a regatta. — Lorene Cary
Floating in the void free of gravity I made my way along the side of the ship. I listened to my own breaths. It was… — Elisabeth Eaves
A self made man is a rarity and hated by the parasites that floated to fame thought their parents, relatives and contacts. — Al Goldstein
I remember the first time I saw him. He was 13 and just floated over the ground like a cockier spaniel chasing a piece of… — Alex Ferguson
Between the covers of the books that no one had ever read again, in the old parchments damaged by dampness, a livid flower had prospered,… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Barely a teenager, Elizabeth Taylor was already more beautiful and voluptuous than Miss America. When she arrived at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel for our magazine… — Esther Williams
The hand that guides the brush has already caught and executed what floated before the mind at the same moment the mind began to form… — Eugen Herrigel
As far as the work I did with Timbaland, it was his sound and I just kinda floated in his direction. I just rapped over… — Bubba Sparxxx
I remember just lying in the grass, staring at the clouds, wondering where they drifted off to after they floated over Texas. — Renee Zellweger
There was wildlife, untouched, a jungle at the border of the sea, never seen by those who floated on the opaque roof. Describing his early… — Jacques Yves Cousteau
She tapped on the window with her embossed hairbrush. They were too far off to hear. The drone of the trees was in their ears;… — Virginia Woolf
I'd forgotten how that sort of craving felt, how it rose suddenly and loudly from the pit of my stomach like a flock of startle… — Sue Monk Kidd
When I think of ages past That have floated down the stream Of life and love and death, I feel how free it makes us… — Rabindranath Tagore
A few amber clouds floated in the sky without a breath of air to move them. The horizon was of a fine golden tint, changing… — Washington Irving
I saw two clouds at morning Tinged by the rising sun, And in the dawn they floated on And mingled into one. — John Gardiner Calkins Brainard

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