Floating Quotes

394 quotes by 339 authors

Once Henry had heard a crying noise at sea, and had seen a mermaid floating on the ocean's surface. The mermaid had been injured by… — Elizabeth Gilbert
If I were to choose the sights, the sounds, the fragrances I most would want to see and hear and smell--among all the delights of… — Edwin Way Teale
Yellow, mellow, ripened days, Sheltered in a golden coating; O'er the dreamy, listless haze, White and dainty cloudlets floating; Winking at the blushing trees, And… — Will Carleton
Beauty is in the strangest places. A piece of garbage floating in the wind. And that beauty exists in America. It exists everywhere. You have… — Alan Ball
The simple, stupefying truth that, as a woman, I am a minute ocean, in the dark tropic of whose womb eggs lay coded as roe,… — Diane Ackerman
We are bits of energy floating about in various guises, and when we die we rejoin the big cosmic soup of the universe. — Bat for Lashes
Science is like a flashlight in the hands of people living in a huge balloon. They can illuminate anything in the balloon, but cannot shine… — Huston Smith
As an educator, I try to get people to be fundamentally curious and to question ideas that they might have or that are shared by… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Education in India has made monumental progress since Independence but continues to face daunting challenges at multiple levels, particularly in terms of quality, infrastructure and… — Shashi Tharoor
I am always floating around trying to tend to everyone and be free while at the same time enjoying some space. — Jenna Morasca
In terms of me being a Christian, going to Israel was really cool. Going to the West Bank, Bethlehem, floating in the Dead Sea -… — Larry Fitzgerald
This moment where we think we rest, when the brain is floating, you know, in sleep, is actually a moment where I could be very… — Philippe Petit
Life as an astronaut in space is a very interesting one. There are things we all take for granted here on earth, like gravity, that… — Kevin A. Ford
Richard was in heavy, heavy costume, he could hardly sit, you know, and I turned up and they put me in two layers of silk,… — Michael Gambon
The Royal Navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength; the floating bulwark of the… — William Blackstone
Many corpses will be floating in the sea. — Thaksin Shinawatra
You know the way Washington works. Once you start floating ideas, they are immediately attacked by all the different interest groups before the ideas can… — Judd Gregg
When the Internet first came into public use, it was hailed as a liberation from conformity, a floating world ruled by passion, creativity, innovation and… — Neil Strauss
Silicon Valley builds its bridges on abundance. Abundant bits of information floating out there, writing great programs to process it, then giving people a lot… — Robert Kyncl
BABE or BABY, n. A misshapen creature of no particular age, sex, or condition, chiefly remarkable for the violence of the sympathies and antipathies it… — Ambrose Bierce

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