Slip Quotes

599 Slip quotes by 497 unique authors

Better the feet slip then the tongue. — George Herbert
These great turning-days of life cast no shadow before, slip by unconsciously. Only a trifle, a little turn of the rudder, and the ship goes… — Rebecca Harding Davis
He is a fool who lets slip a bird in the hand for a bird in the bush. — Plutarch
Who lets slip fortune, her shall never find: Occasion once past by, is bald behind. — Abraham Cowley
The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip. — Paulo Coelho
The mob is a sort of bear; while your ring is through its nose, it will even dance under your cudgel; but should the ring… — Jane Porter
I'm that same David Crockett, fresh from the backwoods, half-horse, half-alligator, a little touched with the snapping turtle; can wade the Mississippi, leap the Ohio,… — Davy Crockett
It seems to me that many writers, by virtue of environments of culture, art and education, slip into writing because of their environments. — Robert E. Howard
Too many men slip early out of the habit of studious reading, and yet that is essential. — William Osler
We cannot stand still or slip backwards. We must go forward now together. — Gerald R. Ford
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where Nature may heal and cheer and give strength to body… — John Muir
And how about that Barack Obama? You know what they're saying? For the first time he's starting to slip in the polls. Barack Obama is… — David Letterman
We work our jobs, collect our pay, believe were gliding down the highway, when in fact we're slip sliding away. — Paul Simon
You're more likely to slip up when you're trying to accomplish your goals by yourself. It may be that you don't have an outer support… — Lauren Mackler
Eventually, with regret, I left the religious life, and, once freed of the burden of failure and inadequacy, I felt my belief in God slip… — Karen Armstrong
Here is what I'm trying to tell you: Adult isn't a noun, it's a verb. It's the act of making correctly those small decisions that fill our… — Kelly Williams Brown
You know, all writers are vampires and they'll look around and they watch you when you're not even thinking they're watching you and they'll slip… — James Gandolfini
Families, particularly, tend to be the ones that you take the most for granted. They seem to slip under the radar, all those important things… — Adam Garcia
Passion can quickly slip to jealousy, or even hatred. — Arthur Golden
I lead two totally separate lives. There are times when I have to slip into rock star mode. — Martin Gore
When Nirvana became popular, you could very easily slip and get lost during that storm. I fortunately had really heavy anchors - old friends, family. — Dave Grohl
Life is full of banana skins. You slip, you carry on. — Daphne Guinness
I'm lucky that my real-life Mom has both a great sense of humor about herself and an amazing ability to slip into complete denial if… — Cathy Guisewite
It's mind-altering when you slip into someone else's shoes. That's psychedelic, man. — Bryan Cranston
The fine line between roaring with laughter and crying because it's a disaster is a very, very fine line. You see a chap slip on… — Roald Dahl

Who Wrote These Slip Quotes

497 authors contributed a total of 599 Slip Quotes, led by these top contributors: