Anchor Quotes

It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought. (John Kenneth Galbraith)
Amidst the confusion of the times, the conflicts of conscience, and the turmoil of daily living, an abiding faith becomes an anchor to our lives. View quote
Thomas S. Monson
I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety. View quote
Frederick Douglass
Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor. View quote
Thomas Babington Macaulay
A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope. View quote
Epictetus
To act is to anchor in the imminent future. View quote
Emil Cioran
A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic. View quote
Roy Blount
I have my ethics and morals. I have my anchor point of what is right and wrong in real life, but I'm not afraid to entertain any and every aspect of personality in relationship to creating a character. View quote
Corin Nemec
Amnesty is the magnet. Other magnets that you mentioned are anchor babies who get benefits in this country and employer deductions for employees, even if they are here illegally, which Mr. King is addressing. View quote
Virgil Goode
We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope. View quote
Epictetus
Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope. (Epictetus)
My life [is] a series of Hollywood orgies and Kabbalah center brunches with the cast of Friends. At least that's what my handlers tell me. I'm actually too valuable to live my own life and spend most of my days in a vegetable crisper to remain fake news anchor fresh. View quote
Jon Stewart
Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor. View quote
Nhat Hanh
I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it,-but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. View quote
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
The French say that to part is to die a little. To be forgotten too is to die a little. It is to lose some of the links that anchor us to the rest of humanity. View quote
Aung San Suu Kyi
You know what is good about these Dixie Chicks burnings or bashings? It's a wonderful, wonderful way for really stupid people to hook up. They meet, they throw some things on the fire, they talk about Vin Diesel, they tell stories about who their favorite Fox anchor is, they exchange phone numbers and in some cases has led to marriages. View quote
Janeane Garofalo
Cast your cares on God; that anchor holds. View quote
Frank Moore Colby
That made me happy. That was my Anchor. View quote
Ned Vizzini
Have an anchor so that life doesn't toss you around. View quote
Debby Ryan
As always, Blay was the anchor who kept him from being swept away. View quote
J.R. Ward
CBS news anchor Dan Rather has interviewed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. When asked what it was like to talk to a crazy man, Saddam said, 'It's not so bad.' (Conan O'Brien)
Some say that Jesus is the rock, or the anchor. I say that your friends and family are your anchor. And you can really hold their hands, not just sing about it. No disrespect to George Jones. View quote
Gale Harold
Experience had quickly taught her that she could not survive the storms without the anchor of the constraining love of Christ and what she called the "Rock-counsciousness" of the promise given her, "He goeth before. View quote
Elisabeth Elliot
Alone! Alone! No beacon, far or near! No chart, no compass, and no anchor stay! View quote
Ada Cambridge
'm thrilled to be joining the incredible team at ABC News. Being asked to anchor 'This Week' and the superb tradition started by David Brinkley, is a tremendous and rare honor, and I look forward to discussing the great domestic and international issues of the day. View quote
Christiane Amanpour