Plunge Quotes

197 quotes by 177 authors

When you read a great book, you don't escape from life, you plunge deeper into it. — Julian Barnes
To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows. It is easy… — Jean Anouilh
Confront them with annihilation, and they will then survive; plunge them into a deadly situation, and they will then live. When people fall into danger,… — Sun Tzu
A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. By doing this, you will awaken from your… — Nabeshima Naoshige
Government has come to be a trade, and is managed solely on commercial principles. A man plunges into politics to make his fortune, and only… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
There are many beautiful things in the world around us, but pearls can only be discovered in the depths of the sea; if we wish… — Sadhu Sundar Singh
The only equivalent plunge from genius I could think of was Ernest Hemmingway's tragic loss of ability to write. Hemmingway got up one morning and… — Ian Wooldridge
For anyone who lives in the oak-and-maple area of New England, there is a perennial temptation to plunge into a purple sea of adjectives about… — Hal Borland
Prayer is the inner bath of love into which the soul plunges itself. — John Vianney
If, unable to solve the mysteries of Providence, we plunge into Atheism, we only increase a thousand fold the darkness by which we are surrounded — Charles Hodge
Oh the wild joys of living! The leaping from rock to rock ... the cool silver shock of the plunge in a pool's living waters. — Robert Browning
People meeting for the first time suddenly relax if they find they both have cats. And plunge into anecdote. — Charlotte Gray
Calmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over. — Ramana Maharshi
A man can write one book that can be great, but this doesn't make him a great writer-just the writer of a great book. .… — Anthony Burgess
Don't tear up the page and start over again when you write a bad line-try to write your way out of it. Make mistakes and… — Garrison Keillor
It is my hope that as the Negro plunges deeper into the quest for freedom and justice he will plunge even deeper into the philosophy… — Martin Luther
Alan Paul plunges into Chinese life and takes us along for the ride, through vegetable markets, used-car lots, Taoist temples, divey bars, and a beachside… — Peter Hessler
I drank from the bottle again and it was a scary plunge because I always wanted to take too much. It hurt, but it was… — James Franco
I was the first movie star to plunge into night-time soap opera. — Dorothy Malone
John Green has written a powerful novelâ€”one that plunges headlong into the labyrinth of life, love, and the mysteries of being human. This is a… — KL Going

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