Quotes About Walking The Plank

#1. As a very small child I found recorded noise and the solitary singer beneath the spotlight so dramatic and so brave ... walking the plank ... willingly ... It was sink or swim. The very notion of standing there, alone, I found beautiful.

Morrissey

#2. He's not safe. He's the shark-infested deep end of the sea and if I agree to go out with him, I'd be walking the plank, right off the boat and into his dark depth. How am I supposed to do that when I don't even know if I can swim?

Colleen Hoover

#3. Confidence is not allowing your fear of weaknesses and limitations to hold you back but to take control of your weakness and limitation.

Abdulazeez Henry Musa

#4. You always know what to do, you always know exactly what to do, you always do exactly what's right for you, and the rest of the world can go hang..

William Goldman

#5. Truly informed sources rarely expect others to accept their conclusions simply because they assert them.

Anthony Weston

#6. I've done some collaborations which have ended up like Chinese whispers, but the most successful was with Tilda Swinton ... Together we transcended our previous work and made something better together than we could have done apart.

Cornelia Parker

#7. See the gift that change delivers.

Jane Seymour

#8. At one point, as Samuel urges Adam to raise his boys well regardless of the blood that might be in them, Adam tells him, "You can't make a race horse of a pig." Samuel replies, "No, but you can make a very fast pig.

John Steinbeck

#9. Set out to do three or four things this year with gusto and excellence, rather than doing a dozen things just sufficiently. Trust me on this.

Danielle LaPorte

#10. I like to think of myself as a pirate and you're just walking that person out on the plank. And then you pull them back when you get what you want. Of course, sometimes, in the beginning, you're going to push a little too far.

Bob Johnson

#11. If there were an ounce of courage in this body I would be joined by other senators ... saying they will not tolerate this.

Rand Paul

#12. When we feel like we belong we feel connected and we feel safe. As humans we crave the feeling and we seek it out.

Simon Sinek

#13. My bed was where we held our exorcisms. She brought me peace. I brought her fire.

Karina Halle

#14. I spend most of my days pacing around, muttering that I have no ideas, feeling like I'm walking a plank.

Aaron Sorkin

#15. I have to say that I've always believed perfectionism is more of a disease than a quality. I do try to go with the flow but I can't let go.

Rowan Atkinson