The S.S. Sierra was
The S.S. Sierra was a ten-thousand-ton vessel. Today, lifeboats bigger than the Sierra are found on the Queen Mary and other luxury liners. Fred Allen
Lifeboats
When one burns one\’s
When one burns one’s bridges, what a very nice fire it makes. Dylan Thomas
\\\”I look upon this
\”I look upon this world as a wrecked vessel. God has given me a lifeboat and said, ‘Moody, save all you can. Dwight L. Moody
Someone once said to
Someone once said to me, ‘Some of us choose to live with a lifeboat just a little bit out of our reach.’ I’d like to reach a point where I no longer bullshit myself. I think that’s the natural human condition – to lie to yourself. Because the truth is painful. Dustin Hoffman
Christ, in short, asks
Christ, in short, asks us to give everything, all our false redemption in the lifeboat, all our false ideas about who God is, all our trust in something other than God to redeem us. In so doing, we die to our broken natures in exchange for His perfect nature, and find unification with Him that … Read more
First law on holes
First law on holes – when you’re in one, stop digging! Denis Healey
Puns are little plays
Puns are little plays on words that a certain breed of person loves to spring on you and then look at you in a certain self-satisfied way to indicate that he thinks that you must think that he is by far the cleverest person on Earth now that Benjamin Franklin is dead, when in fact … Read more
I will love you
I will love you as the iceberg loves the ship, and the passengers love the lifeboat and the lifeboat loves the teeth of the sperm whale, and the sperm whale loves the flavor of naval uniforms. Daniel Handler
If no one can
If no one can do that, yeah, Donald Trump better man the lifeboats, because there’s some significant chance he’ll win the nomination. Dalia Mogahed
Man the lifeboats. The
Man the lifeboats. The idiots are winning. Charlie Brooker