Sink Quotes
647 quotes by 548 authors
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A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too will sink back…
— Sai Baba
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I am one of those who would rather sink with faith than swim without it.
— Stanley Baldwin
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The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt…
— Joseph Addison
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It's always nerve-wracking when you're hosting 'Saturday Night Live.' You either sink or swim.
— Christina Aguilera
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I think in the end there are only 20 or 30 tenets of basic cooking. It's going at perhaps the same issue from different angles,…
— Alton Brown
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'Outlaw Cook' was a revelation. Folks like Jeff Smith and Marcella Hazan got me interested in cooking, but John Thorne pushed me into the path…
— Alton Brown
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One leak will sink a ship: and one sin will destroy a sinner.
— John Bunyan
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In the last 15 or 20 years, I've watched the British press simply go to hell. There seems to be no limit, no depths to…
— John le Carre
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The more we try to rest ourselves from our Egos, the deeper we sink into it.
— Emile M. Cioran
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Basically my wife was immature. I'd be at home in the bath and she'd come in and sink my boats.
— Woody Allen
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The ship of democracy, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of those on board.
— Grover Cleveland
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The danger to society is not merely that it should believe wrong things, though that is great enough; but that it should become credulous, and…
— William Kingdon Clifford
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Politicians must set their aims for the high ground and according to our various leanings, Democratic, Republican, Independent, we will follow. Politicians must be told…
— Maya Angelou
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And if tonight my soul may find her peace in sleep, and sink in good oblivion, and in the morning wake like a new-opened flower…
— D. H. Lawrence
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Sink the Bible to the bottom of the ocean, and still man's obligations to God would be unchanged. He would have the same path to…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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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
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When old companions, old lusts, and sins crowd in upon you, and when you feel that you are ready to sink, what can save you,…
— Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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The afflicted are not listened to. They are like someone whose tongue has been cut out and who occasionally forgets the fact. When they move…
— Simone Weil
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My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the lotus position, compose my mind…
— Edward Abbey
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Everything was curved to fit the walls: the stove, the sink and the cupboards, and all of it had been painted with flowers, insects and…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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