Sinking Quotes

Often undecided whether to desert a sinking ship for one that might not float, he would make up his mind to sit on the wharf for a day.

It sounds mercenary and it smacks of rats leaving the sinking ship. But get real, when everyone is bailing out, you don't want to be the last man standing.

His style has the desperate jauntiness of an orchestra fiddling away for dear life on a sinking ship.

Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine.

Daley may be sinking. The hot water has gone from his chest to his neck.

In the ocean of baseness, the deeper we get, the easier the sinking.

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 of sinking into your feet.

My words in her mind: cold polished stones sinking through a quagmire.

We made air attacks on the Japanese anchorage, sinking and damaging several vessels. However, the Japanese were alerted to the fact that American carriers were nearby.

The surrender of life is nothing to sinking down into acknowledgment of inferiority.

I got this idea about being afraid to let go of something and being afraid of sinking into a state of almost anesthesia, where you have to trust other people. Just the paranoia of it all. And it seemed to suit the frenetic track. So I just wrote it out and, you know, said it.

You know, now it's sinking in. It's taken me a long time to realize - and it is sinking in - how important this book is. And I have a certain distance now. I've done it such a long time ago.

You can imagine, if somebody's approaching retirement, and all of a sudden the funds that he or she is depending on is depleted by 50% or however many, it gives them a sinking feeling in the pit of their stomach.

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.

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 - not only the fundamentals of hockey, but also the life values - are sinking in.

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 urged me to declare bankruptcy, but I felt personally responsible for tens of thousands of employees.

It is a sign that your reputation is small and sinking if your own tongue must praise you.

The pressure of getting an order right is greater than sinking a putt.

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 will not be so dreadful as we feared, for, after all, we have nothing to lose.

I'd much rather be a woman than a man. Women can cry, they can wear cute clothes, and they're the first to be rescued off sinking ships.

I drilled holes in the floor of the club, and it's sinking.

I think I'm gonna attach myself to the sinking ship that is book publishing.