Quotes for All
Lord Maccon, being Lord Maccon and good at such things, then changed, right there in the Thames, from dog-paddling wolf to large man treading water. He did so flawlessly, so that his head never went under the water. Professor Lyall suspected him of practicing such maneuvers in the bathtub. Gail Carriger
Christianity is a religion which concerns us as we are here and now, creatures of body and soul. We do not follow the footsteps of his most holy life by the exercise of a trained religious imagination, but by treading the firm, rough earth, up hill and down dale. Evelyn Underhill
Any mother with half a skull knows that when Daddy’s little boy becomes Mommy’s little boy, the kid is so wet he’s treading water. Erma Bombeck
A scholar like myself who is not a Sinologist and yet ventures the proposition that Chinese languages should be rewritten in the Greek alphabet (or Romanized, to use the current term) is treading on uncharted territory (for him) and does so at his peril. Eric A. Havelock
Never be afraid to tread the path alone. Know which is your path and follow it wherever it may lead you; do not feel you have to follow in someone else’s footsteps. Eileen Caddy
It is… treading on dangerous ground to paint the picturesque as I am at times doing. E. J. Hughes
You are treading the path to your greatness: no one shall follow you here! Your passage has effaced the path behind you, and above that path stands written: Impossibility. Friedrich Nietzsche
Inside I’m treading waters steady tryna swim ashore. Drake
It was at a vividly bad time in Norman Mailer’s life that I met him, and a sort of water-treading time in mine. He had stabbed his wife, and I was a copy boy at Time magazine. Dick Cavett
One of the reasons for putting yourself on the line, is that life is not simply treading water… I always felt that once you reach a certain point, you have to try and move ahead. Dick Button