Batten Down The Hatches Quotes

#1. In times of crisis, different people react in different ways. Some might try to escape. Others might attempt to batten down the hatches and ride out the storm in a safe haven.

Cullen Bunn

#2. press-ganged', 'taking the wind out of your sails', 'shot across the bows', 'loose cannon', 'shipshape', 'batten down the hatches' belong more obviously to the sea. Others such as 'close quarters', 'cut and run', 'fathoming' something, 'broad in the beam' and the 'cut of your jib' take a moment

Ben Wilson

#3. Far, far easier to batten down the hatches and lock the world out than take a chance.

Sarah Mayberry

#4. I'm not trying to take New York by storm. I just want to sneak in there, keep my head down, batten down the hatches and cook.

Gordon Ramsay

#5. Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.

Epictetus

#6. Knowledge no longer exists if one has ignored the attributes of the Almighty Great Creator.

Ibn Hazm

#7. The measurement of good policy is the well-being of the community. I saw the human faces of failed policies, and they weren't smiling.

Raul Ruiz

#8. What do I do?" Blue asked cannily. What have you guys seen me doing?"
"Traveling," Maura replied. "Changing the world."
"Trees in your eyes," Calla added, more gently than usual. "Stars in your heart.

Maggie Stiefvater

#9. I wondered if there were other restless people asking the question with me: What if Jesus meant the stuff he said?.

Shane Claiborne