Sinking Quotes

204 quotes by 187 authors

On land, you can walk away from people, from unpleasant situations. But when you're on a ship for 14 months with 49 other people, if… — Billy Campbell
I think I'm gonna attach myself to the sinking ship that is book publishing. — Daniel Clowes
The Pound is sinking, the Peso's failing, the Lira's reeling, and feeling quite appalling. — Paul McCartney
It was mid-November 2008. There were pirates taking ships with impunity in African waters, terrorists punching holes in Indian security, China sinking towards depression because… — Walter Mosley
The art of declamation has been sinking in value from the moment that speakers were foolish enough to publish, and hearers wise enough to read. — Charles Caleb Colton
The man who goes up in a balloon does not feel as if he were ascending; he only sees the earth sinking deeper below him. — Arthur Schopenhauer
None may wholly escape the good of Nature, however imperfectly exposed to her blessings. The minister will not preach a perfectly flat and sedimentary sermon… — John Muir
Thatâ€™s the problem with fiction â€” or the charm, if you want. Even mediocre plots have a way of sinking their hooks into you, until… — Charles McGrath
I resolve to venture into the city on my own. I look at maps in the libraryâ€”subway maps, bus maps, and regular mapsâ€”and try to… — Deborah Feldman
Mont Blanc yet gleams on high: the power is there, The still and solemn power of many sights And many sounds, and much of life… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
If a man is not rising upwards to be an angel, depend upon it, he is sinking downwards to be a devil . He cannot… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine. — Charles Dickens
My words in her mind: cold polished stones sinking through a quagmire. — James Joyce
Athletes often start life at the opposite end of the wealth and prestige spectrum, but as soon as they exhibit an unusual talent for swinging… — Jeffrey Kluger
Scientists have proven that it's impossible to long-jump 30 feet, but I don't listen to that kind of talk. Thoughts like that have a way… — Carl Lewis
In the ocean of baseness, the deeper we get, the easier the sinking. — James Russell Lowell
When I became CEO of Xerox 10 years ago, the company's situation was dire. Debt was mounting, the stock sinking and bankers were calling. People… — Anne M. Mulcahy
The biggest thing we get out of it is seeing the kids smile. And hopefully we will also see that the lessons we're teaching -… — Bobby Orr
We of the sinking middle class may sink without further struggles into the working class where we belong, and probably when we get there it… — George Orwell
Candidate Obama promised to fundamentally transform America and that's one promise he has kept. Turning a shining city on a hill into a sinking ship. — Sarah Palin

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