Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Caleb Colton

A public debt is a kind of anchor in the storm; but if the anchor be too heavy for the vessel, she will be sunk by that very weight which was intended for her preservation.

David Brinkley

Being an anchor is not just a matter of sitting in front of a camera and looking pretty.

Bear Grylls

Both faith and fear may sail into your harbor, but only allow faith to drop anchor.

Deb Caletti

Love was also an easy word, used carelessly. Felons and creeps could offer it coated in sugar, and users could dangle it so enticingly that you wouldn't notice that it had things attached - heavy things, things like pity and need, that were weighty as anchors and iron beams and just as impossible to get out from underneath.

Tony Iorio

We've always partnered with the schools. They are the anchors of the community.

Lester Holt

I really bristle when I get called to events and people introduce me as one of the top black anchors in the country. You know, that's very insulting. I'm striving to be one of the best anchors in the country. Handcuff me like that. What you're saying is, 'You're black. You should only expect to rise to the level of the best at being black.'

William Falconer

The most ancient anchors are laid to have been of stone, and sometimes of wood, to which a great quantity of lead was usually fixed.

Greg Mitchell

For hours, starting just before midnight, newspaper reporters and anchors ... interviewed euphoric loved ones and helped spread the news about the miracle rescue.

Tom Anderson

There weren't enough rail anchors and the rail had worn away.

Jason Anderson

When it comes down to it, water, sewer, roads and rail is what you need.

Bill Janklow

I bought a railroad during this period of time.

John Thomas

The only one that will work is a rail system, but the routes need change.

Anthony Quinn

Oh, the Irish were building the railroads down through Mexico, through Chihuahua. They finished the railroads when they finished out in the West Coast, and they went down and put the trains into Mexico.

Christopher Morley

A critic is a gong at a railroad crossing clanging loudly and vainly as the train goes by.

Robert A. Heinlein

When railroading time comes you can railroad—but not before.

Peter Dinklage

I never lived in an abandoned railroad station.

Mark Twain

Benefit of clergy: Half-rate on the railroad.

Jack Ellis

But first and foremost, ... it's for transportation, and we know that rail is in Macon's future, just like it's in Macon's past, and we have to be ready for it.

Eileen collins

I've been in your shoes many times so I understand.

Nigel Gault

It wouldn't be unusual at all for them to stop and start again.

M. Hardman

We'll do it again. We're going to see it through.

Pat Coyle

She turned it really good. And I'm not sure of the status yet.

Judy Pardonnet

I don't think it's anything specific to this area, but it's still under investigation.

Shannon Stevens

She said every place she went, he showed up.

Adam Davis

That stuff comes and goes. It's something you've got to play through.

Freddie Ljungberg

I think we can upset some of the big teams,

Abraham Nunez

I like (the boos) because it makes you want to do something good.

Beatrix Potter

I am worn to a raveling.

Jeff Horner

We weren't worn down. We just didn't make plays.

Daniel J. Boorstin

Where ruts have not yet been worn, it requires less effort to stay out of them.

Doris Payne

I am real pained by this, but I am worn out.

Roy H. Williams

Basically, Tyler's just worn out. I think he's completely spent.

Brady Quinn

I don't think he's worn all of them at the same time.

Bruce Arena

That's Brian. It's uncommon, but that's why Brian's worn the captain's armband as well.

Benjamin Franklin

Had I revenged wrong, I had not worn my skirts so long.

Lee J. Cobb

The HUAC did a deal with me. I was pretty much worn down. I had no money. I couldn't borrow.