Slip Quotes - page 11

Heroes are people who rise to the occasion and slip quietly away. (Tom Brokaw)
And now the high crest sinks, now the head is nodding overpowered and the huge neck has slipped from around the fleece it guarded, like refluent Po or Nile that sprawls in seven streams or Alpheus when his waters enter the Hesperian world. View quote
Gaius Valerius Flaccus
Fan Chin feasted his eyes on this announcement; and, after reading it through once to himself, read it once more aloud. Clapping his hands, he laughed and exclaimed, "Ha! Good! I have passed." Then, stepping back, he fell down in a dead faint. His mother hastily poured some boiled water between his lips, whereupon he recovered consciousness and struggled to his feet. Clapping his hands again, he let out a peal of laughter and shouted, "Aha! I've passed! I've passed!" Laughing wildly he ran outside, giving the heralds and the neighbours the fright of their lives. Not far from the front door he slipped and fell into a pond. When he clambered out, his hair was dishevelled, his hands muddied and his whole body dripping with slime. But nobody could stop him. Still clapping his hands and laughing, he headed straight for the market. View quote
Wu Jingzi
Every time I slip into the ocean, it's like going home. View quote
Sylvia Earle
Look If you had one shot to sit on your lazy butt and watch all the TV you ever wanted until your brain turned to mush Would you go for it? or just let it slip? Yo. View quote
Al Yankovic
Well, see, there's this cave in Switzerland I really need to find.' She slipped on her sunglasses; was already in the middle of the street when she turned and looked back at Hale and Gabrielle. 'You coming? View quote
Ally Carter
I think it is a good thing to have woman friends at every stage of life. We confide in each other, we support each other, we understand each other most of the time. Of course, sometimes we are competitive or angry or distant, too. But I do think it is important not to let the main friendships slip away in the sweep of the days. View quote
Anne Roiphe
Families, particularly, tend to be the ones that you take the most for granted. They seem to slip under the radar, all those important things - it almost becomes second nature to do so. View quote
Adam Garcia
There is, in every event, whether lived or told, always a hole or a gap, often more than one. If we allow ourselves to get caught in it, we find it opening onto a void that, once we have slipped into it, we can never escape. View quote
Brian Evenson
Blind Willie Johnson is a pretty big vocal influence. He can be very harsh, like gargly, gruff vocals, but also just slip into some very delicate, vulnerable soft stuff. I like that combination. View quote
Benjamin Booker
Gradually, football has seen its appeal slip at the most basic levels. Pediatricians are advising parents not to let young children play organized football too early in life. (Charlie Pierce)
Memories are like mercury. Every time you sort of try to get near them, they slip out of your hand like a bar of soap. View quote
Daphne Guinness
if only my whole life could be words and music, if only everything else could slip away. View quote
Elizabeth Wurtzel
... to slip beneath the surface and soar along the silent bottom of the sea agile and shining in water honeycombed with light. View quote
Ellen Meloy
Longevity is something I never gave a second thought to. I guess it's the shadow of growing up in post WWII, but I never believed I would live past 20. Here I am though... a senior citizen... my voice and heart are stronger than ever, but boredom is the greatest enemy so I have to be careful not to slip over the edge. View quote
Eric Burdon
I have friends who are leading men, and they're only ever allowed to play leading men of a certain type. But as a character actor, there's a wider variety of projects available. On the big Hollywood films, all they care about is having their lead in place, so it's actually easier for someone like me to slip in. And I'm happy to do so. View quote
Eddie Marsan
This is not a country that has had a tremendous sympathy for poor people, so I think that the notion that somehow we have slipped into an era in which poor people don't matter is not quite the way our history would define it. View quote
Faye Wattleton
They have learned that resistance is actually possible. The holds are beginning to slip away. View quote
George Jackson
Don't slip into the traps, and don't forget about your 'hood, the kids in the 'hood. Remember, you're disposable, so take advantage while you can. View quote
Isaac Hayes
The mob is a sort of bear; while your ring is through its nose, it will even dance under your cudgel; but should the ring slip, and you lose your hold, the brute will turn and rend you. View quote
Jane Porter
The United States is the most innovative country in the world. But our leadership could slip away if we fail to properly fund primary, secondary and higher education. (Jeff Bingaman)
If it's supposed to be a really passionate snog, you slip the tongue in. View quote
Jennifer Ellison
Anybody who has a career is going to have to deal with a rumor in their time, or something that usually isn't true. I have a great team behind me and a family that supports me. I just care too much about my career. I have been working too long to let it slip away for something stupid. View quote
Jesse McCartney
I still get butterflies when I'm doing a runway show. The music starts, you're wearing these gorgeous clothes and your nervous about your high heels, if your shoes are going to break, if your going to slip or do something wrong. View quote
Joan Smalls
I always said to myself that the minute I thought I'd slipped, and not be the player I wanted to be, it was time for me to go. View quote
Joe Sakic