Sank Quotes

114 quotes by 98 authors

Conservatives may believe that impoverished borrowers destroyed Wall Street. But we liberals will not fool ourselves that stupid bankers sank conservatism for good. — Thomas Frank
On a starred night Prince Lucifer uprose, Tired of his dark dominion swung the fiend . . . He reached a middle height, and at… — George Meredith
Head held high, she stepped toward the block and sank to her knees, and it was then that Akiva started to scream. His voice soared… — Laini Taylor
A few melancholy birds were pipping and wailing, until the round red sun sank slowly into the western shadows; then an empty silence fell — J.R.R. Tolkien
Through her, in microcosm, the wide earth sobbed. The starglobe sank in her; the colours faded. The death-dew rose and the wild birds in her… — Mervyn Peake
...and the cries of the birds and the uproar of the monkeys became more and more remote, and the world became eternally sad. The men… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I remember when the Titanic sank in 1912, it was the ship that was supposed to be unsinkable. The only thing it ever did was… — Vance Havner
Locke sank into a swoon; The Garden died; God took the spinning-jenny Out of his side. — William Butler Yeats
You took a pretty picture and you smashed it into bits, sank me into blackness and you sealed it with a kiss. — Madonna Ciccone
Gotta get a tight grip, don't slip, loose lips, sank ships, it's a trip, I love the way she licks her lips. — Tupac Shakur
Tell me a boat full of lawyers just sank. — Robert Cray
[It is hard to know what is good luck and what isn't and therefore whether we should be happy or sad about it. Only time… — Zelig Pliskin
Down sank the great red sun, and in golden, glimmering vapors Veiled the light of his face, like the Prophet descending from Sinai. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Rentals sank, living rose. I could not afford help. I must be owner, agent, landlady and janitor. I loathed landladying... I tried in every way… — Emily Carr
And when children begin to use their reason, fathers and mothers should take great pains to fill their hearts with the fear of God. This… — Saint Francis de Sales
She needed Cholly's sins desperately. The lower he sank, the wilder and more irresponsible he became, the more splendid she and her task became. In… — Jim Morrison
You never think you're on the verge of disaster while you're looking over the edge yourself. It's your friends and family who are trying to… — Johnny Depp
Everything my mother made had to cook for 80 hours, and when she made matzoh balls she didn't know fluffy. Everything sank. — Alan King
Karen wasn't hard, she was soft, too soft. A soft touch. Her hair was soft, her smile was soft, her voice was soft. She was… — Margaret Atwood
Am I tough? Am I strong? Am I hard-core? Absolutely. Did I whimper with pathetic delight when I sank my teeth into my hot fried-chicken… — James Patterson

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