#sinking

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. ↗

— George Orwell

#belong #class #dreadful #feared #further

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. ↗

— Sarah Palin

#candidate #city #fundamentally #hill #into

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. ↗

— Pat Robertson

#depending #depleted #feeling #funds #gives

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

— Don Rose

#daley #gone #his #hot #hot water

But all the love in the world won't save a sinking ship. You have to either bail or jump overboard. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#life #love #sarah-dessen #sinking-ship #life

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. ↗

— Eric Carle

#book #certain #distance #done #how

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

— Charles Dickens

#flame #friendship #pass #rosy #sinking

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

— Bobby Darin

#floor #holes #i #sinking

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. ↗

— Anne M. Mulcahy

#bankers #bankruptcy #became #calling #ceo

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. ↗

— Gilda Radner

#cry #cute #first #i #man