#sink

My grandfather was Catholic; my grandmother, Jewish. Crossing over from Bavaria, as immigrants to the United States, the ship started to sink. My grandmother jumped overboard. My grandfather followed, to save this girl he had never met. ↗

— Emanuel Celler

#crossing #followed #girl #grandfather #grandmother

The ship of democracy, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of those on board. ↗

— Grover Cleveland

#democracy #may #mutiny #ship #sink

However low a man sinks he never reaches the level of the police. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

#level #low #man #never #police

I love the theater, but if I had to choose, I would choose a film at this time in my life. Something meaty, to sink my teeth into. ↗

— Jeff Daniels

#film #had #i #i love #into

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

— Bobby Darin

#floor #holes #i #sinking

Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand, poetry sinks and swoons under a moderate weight of prose. ↗

— Walter Savage Landor

#certain #deal #great #great deal #hand

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#expenses #great #leak #little #ship

It probably won't sink in until I've retired from running but I'm a much better athlete than two years ago. ↗

— Michael East

#athlete #better #i #much #probably

Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim. ↗

— James A. Garfield

#compelled #happen #man #nine #out

It's interesting to fantasize having a man sink his teeth into your neck for sustenance, knowing that it isn't going to be terribly painful but rather very exciting. ↗

— Frank Langella

#fantasize #going #having #his #interesting