Breasting Quotes

#1. Behold the threaden sails,
Borne with the invisible and creeping wind,
Draw the huge bottoms through the furrow'd sea,
Breasting the lofty surge

William Shakespeare

#2. At their very feet had been the river. The boat came breasting out of the mist, and in they stepped. All new things in life were meant to come like that.

Eudora Welty

#3. Women carry on. They endure the way old ships do, breasting into outrageous waters, ache and creak, hull holed and decks awash, yet find anchorage in the ordinary, in tables to be wiped down, pots to scrub, and endless ashes to be put out.

Niall Williams

#4. To have the chance to see your music be elevated and to have almost universally positive response to that music, makes me feel better every day. I feel more confident and inspired, and that's fun.

John Legend

#5. There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult - to begin a war and to end it.

Alexis De Tocqueville

#6. I was timid and frightened as a child. Yours truly did not shin up mountains or do any other kind of adventurous stuff.

Kate Adie

#7. We watch death and destruction on TV, in movies, over the news and online so much that it is just a part of our lives. It was never meant to be that way. In the end, we have paid a heavy price for our curiosity.

John Patrick Hickey

#8. With my adventurous, can-do attitude, I walked into a world where crap is an everyday event.

Cindy Keiger

#9. Nursing is great for so many reasons, but there is one reason that means more than any poll results, amount of money, or job security: Nurses make a difference.

Brittney Wilson

#10. When I walk into court, I'm not concerned about justice, the rule of law, or making sure it's a fair fight. Fuck fair. I'm there to protect my client. That's where my duty begins and ends. But

Marcia Clark

#11. Affliction promotes holiness. The more the diamond is cut, the more it sparkles!

Thomas Watson

#12. A fortunate birth, in other words, is a shock absorber. -The Thought Experiment

George Saunders

#13. I needed, I needed ... you." "Don't tell me you need me." "But I can't help it. I do

Abbi Glines

#14. I've said it before - life really has a way of working out for me. My advice? A positive attitude and the ability to be flexible is essential. And a dash of delusion never hurts.

Jana Aston

#15. One Whitman is miracle enough, and when he comes again it will be the end of the world.

Randall Jarrell