#float

Action is at bottom a swinging and flailing of the arms to regain one's balance and keep afloat. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#afloat #arms #balance #bottom #flailing

A squirrel attacked me. I got attacked by a squirrel in Battersea Park. They're dangerous. It's rare. I've torn most of the ligaments in my knee. So no football for me. It's early retirement now. I've got a floating knee-cap! ↗

— Niall Horan

#dangerous #early #floating #football #got

Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But the greatest part of mankind float betwixt vice and virtue. ↗

— David Hume

#bad #distinct #float #good #greatest

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. ↗

— Muhammad Ali

#butterfly #float #like #sting

You can't drown yourself in drink. I've tried, you float. ↗

— John Barrymore

#drown #float #i #tried #you

Whether you've seen angels floating around your bedroom or just found a ray of hope at a lonely moment, choosing to believe that something unseen is caring for you can be a life-shifting exercise. ↗

— Martha Beck

#around #bedroom #believe #caring #choosing

When you're in the muck you can only see muck. If you somehow manage to float above it, you still see the muck but you see it from a different perspective. And you see other things too. That's the consolation of philosophy. ↗

— David Cronenberg

#consolation #different #different perspective #float #manage

I can write, He floated up to the ceiling, and a baby rabbit came out of his pocket, grew wings, and flew away. And you will believe that it really happened. That's magic, isn't it? ↗

— Humphrey Carpenter

#baby #believe #came #ceiling #flew

Souls are not designed to float around in thin air. ↗

— Alex Chiu

#around #designed #float #souls #thin

The swimmer adrift on the open seas measures his strength, and strives with all his muscles to keep himself afloat. But what is he to do when there is no land on the horizon, and none beyond it? ↗

— Georges Duhamel

#afloat #beyond #himself #his #horizon