Swim Quotes - Page 24

• You need to figure out what you want, Josh. If that means you need to swim against the tide to get it, at least youre aiming for something that could make you very happy.

  Jay Asher

  Mean, Needs, Want

  Jay Asher, Carolyn Mackler (2011). “The Future of Us”, p.187, Penguin

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• Startled, he loosed his grasp and she pulled free. He clutched her arm, but she spun around and pressed her mouth to his. His lips were rough, chapped. She felt the sting of fangs against her bottom lip. He made a sharp sound in the back of his throat and closed his eyes. Mouth opening under hers. The smell of him- of cold, damp stone- made her head swim. One kiss slid into another and it was perfect, was exactly right, was real.

  Holly Black

  Real, Eye, Kissing

  Holly Black (2006). “Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie”, p.230, Simon and Schuster

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• Keep these concepts in mind: You've failed many times, although you don't remember. You fell down the first time you tried to walk. You almost drowned the first time you tried to swim. Don't worry about failure. My suggestion to each of you: Worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try.

  Sherman Glenn Finesilver

  Failure, Recovery, Remember You

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• Meditation means: remain as relaxed as you are in deep sleep and yet alert. Keep awareness there; let thoughts disappear but awareness has to be retained. And this is not difficult: it is just that we have not tried it, that's all. It is like swimming: if you have not tried it, it looks very difficult; it looks very dangerous too. And you cannot believe how people can swim because you simply drown! But once you have tried a little bit it comes easily; it is very natural.

  Rajneesh

  Believe, Mean, Sleep

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• Men have been taught that it is a virtue to agree with others. But the creator is the man who disagrees. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to swim with the current. But the creator is the man who goes against the current. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to stand together. But the creator is the man who stands alone.

  Ayn Rand

  Men, Insanity, Insane

  Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.129, Penguin

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• I never learned to ride a bicycle, and it is too late now. I never learned to drive. I never learned to swim.

  Marlene Dumas

  Too Late, Late, Bicycle

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• I swim more or less every day.

  Jane Asher

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• I looked at the sweatshirt again. "'You swim' is a philosophy?" He shrugged. "Better than 'you sink', right?

  Sarah Dessen

  Philosophy, Sweatshirts, Better Than You

  Sarah Dessen (2008). “Lock and Key”, p.142, Penguin

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• When I'm not working, I weight train three times a week and swim and surf as much as I can - in the summer, you usually find me in the water.

  Dustin Clare

  Summer, Water, Three

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I read mysteries like Nancy Drew and Alfred Hitchcock, and I swim and I ride my motorbike.

  Heather O'Rourke

  Mystery, Nancy, Motorbike

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• Today, there are those who say that marriage is out of fashion... They say that it is not worth making a life-long commitment, making a definitive decision, ‘for ever’, because we do not know what tomorrow will bring. I ask you, instead, to be revolutionaries, I ask you to swim against the tide; yes, I am asking you to rebel against this culture that sees everything as temporary and that ultimately believes you are incapable of responsibility, that believes you are incapable of true love.

  Pope Francis

  Fashion, Believe, Commitment

  Pope Francis “The Blessing of Family: Inspiring Words from Pope Francis”, Franciscan Media

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• Inside your own self pity there you swim, in sinking down to drown her voice still haunts you, and only with your laughter can you win.

  Joni Mitchell

  Laughter, Sadness, Winning

  Song: Roses Blue, Album: Clouds

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• Amoeba has her picture in the book, Proud Protozoon!-Yet beware of pride, All she can do is fatten and divide; She cannot even read, or sew, or cook... The Worm can crawl But has no eyes to look. The Jelly-fish can swim But lacks a bride.

  Julian Huxley

  Book, Eye, Pride

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• Some people put us down. But I still haven't heard of any Americans trying to swim across the border into Mexico!

  Bob Hope

  Funny, Humorous, America

  Bob Hope (2004). “Bob Hope”, Hyperion

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• Every new painting is like throwing myself into the water without knowing how to swim.

  Edouard Manet

  Knowing, Water, Painting

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• I simply would like to live comfortably day by day, fish, swim, enjoy my declining years.

  John McAfee

  Years, Enjoy, Fishes

  "John McAfee uses live broadcast to reaffirm desire to return to US" by Amanda Holpuch, www.theguardian.com. December 10, 2012.

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• I examine my own being, and find there a world, but a world rather of imagination and dim desires, than of distinctness and living power. Then everything swims before my senses, and I smile and dream while pursuing my way through the world.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Dream, Imagination, Desire

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2016). “THE SORROWS OF YOUNG WERTHER (Literary Classics Series): Historical Romance Novel”, p.7, e-artnow

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• As you swim the river of live, do the breast stroke. It helps to clear the turds from your path.

  George Carlin

  Humorous, Rivers, Path

  George Carlin (2002). “Napalm & Silly Putty”, Hyperion

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• I know how the birds fly, how the fishes swim, how animals run. But there is the Dragon. I cannot tell how it mounts on the winds through the clouds and flies through heaven. Today I have seen the Dragon.

  Confucius

  Running, Animal, Clouds

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• Sometimes you meet people who can't swim. And I always think: 'Oh my God, that's extraordinary.' For me, it's always been a treat I just feel really happy in the water.

  David Walliams

  Thinking, People, Water

  "David Walliams exclusive interview: I'd love to put Gordon Brown in a frock". www.mirror.co.uk. August 10, 2008.

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• Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something. People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost. If you know someone who tries to drown their sorrows, you might tell them sorrows know how to swim.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Mean, People, Sorrow

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• Sometimes it was easier to swim with the current rather than fight against it. There was always a shallow pool somewhere ahead. Memories are like battles, and battles can go one way or the other. You can stand and fight, no matter what pains run from you wounds; or you can turn tail and run, knowing then that the enemy will follow and without mercy hunt you down. We had so many dreams as children. Where do they all go when we grow? Are they swallowed up by the mundane things of everyday life? Or do we lose them, leave them behind us in the dust, for new children to find and take up?

  Helen Hollick

  Running, Dream, Children

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• People can't fly because they don't believe they can. If nobody ever showed people they could swim, everybody'd drown if they were dropped into the water.

  William Wharton

  Believe, People, Water

  William Wharton (1980). “Birdy”, Avon Books

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• I watch the ashes swim around like dandelion puffs, making swirls where bodies and walls once stood.

  Lauren DeStefano

  Wall, Watches, Ashes

  FaceBook post by Lauren DeStefano from May 23, 2012

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• I loved Ian in the now, the way he looked at me, how he made my stomach swim, how he held my hair when I was puking my guts up after eating a bad enchilada. That’s love.

  J.A. Redmerski

  Hair, Way, Enchiladas

  J. A. Redmerski, J. Lynn, Jay Crownover (2013). “The Edge of Never, Wait For You, Rule: Scorching Summer Reads 3 Books in 1”, p.38, HarperCollins UK

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