Ballast Quote by Joanne Harris

The more modest its intellectual ballast, the more exclusively it takes into consideration the emotions of the masses, the more effective [propaganda] will be.

— Adolf Hitler

Ignorance and prejudice are the ballast of our ship of state - however, ships without ballast are not seaworthy and cannot sail in the…

— George Orwell

It becomes necessary to learn how to clear the mind of all clouds, to free it of all useless ballast and debris by dismissing…

— Indra Devi

Her purse was a weight, ballast; it tethered her to the earth as her mind floated away.

— Anne Lamott

Wit gives an edge to sense, and recommends it extremely.

— William Penn

“The boat—no, it was a ship, as one of the crew had explained, since it had a solid superstructure and was stabilized by ballast,”

— Jack L. Chalker

Habit is the ballast that chains the dog to his vomit.

— Samuel Beckett

Somehow this literary genre, which most people condemned, acted as a sort of counterbalance to Charles's soul; it was the ballast that prevented him…

— Félix J. Palma

My remembrance of the past is a novel I am constantly recomposing; and it would not be a historical novel, but sheer fiction, if…

— George Santayana

A vow imparts stability, ballast and firmness to one's character.

— Mahatma Gandhi

A hot air balloon requires a great deal of fuel to keep it aloft, so that you can't fly it even for one day.…

— Steve Fossett

Hatred is the ballast of the rock which lies upon our necks and underfoot.

— Maya Angelou