S Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with S. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Swim through tsunami like the sea is your empire.”
Source: Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets
“Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.”
Source: Sam Walton: Made In America
“Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom. If everybody else is doing it one way, there's a good chance you can find your niche by going in exactly the opposite direction. But be prepared for a lot of folks to wave you down and tell you you're headed the wrong way. I guess in all my years, what I heard more often than anything was: a town of less than 50,000 population cannot support a discount store for very long.”
“Swim with your fears and they will have no chance but to drown.”
“Swimmer of noonday, lean for the perfect dive
To the dead Mother's face, whose subtile down
You had not seen take amber light alive.”
“Swimmer
You are
a water nymph
from the ocean
rising.”
Source: I Will Be Silent
“Swimmin' laps around a bottle of Louie the Thirteenth
Jumpin' off of a mountain into a sea of codeine
I'm at the top of the top, but still I climb
And if I should ever fall, the ground will then turn to wine.”
“Swimming against a river is like fighting against the emotions from passing through you; allow your body to flow with the river.”
Source: If Stars Could Speak
“Swimming against the current is not idiotic if the waters are racing toward a waterfall.”
Source: Escolios a una texto implícito: Selección
“Swimming against the current is the true embodiment of freedom.”
“Swimming against the tide is a waste of time — the system is the one that makes the waves.”
“Swimming always cleans your soul”
“Swimming and athletics are the big gigs at the Olympic games. Cycling and rowing are pretty big for Britain, but globally, the two big things are athletics and swimming.”
“Swimming for his life, a man does not see much of the country through which the river winds.”
“Swimming gave me my start, but my pal Tarzan did the real work. He set me up nicely.”
“Swimming has given me a lot. It's given me a respect for people and different cultures around the world when I've been competing abroad. I've learnt many life skills and met so many friends around the world that I might not have had otherwise. I'm focused and driven and I guess swimming has made me that way.”
“Swimming. I liked swimming. But I don't think I was happy in that life. I don't know if I am truly happy in any life.'
'Is happiness the aim?'
'I don't know. I suppose I want my life to mean something. I want to do something good.”
Source: The Midnight Library
“Swimming in my Daddy's big nuts”
“swimming in the deep
souls
lost and found
within the event horizon
on any day
no goodbye is forever”
Source: Within the event horizon: poetry & prose
“Swimming in your own lane, or finding your genius, is about first spending the time to go deep within, before stepping out again and crafting a strategy to navigate the world as yourself, PROUD, yet textured by the nuances of the society and communities you live in.”
Source: Do What Matters: The Purpose Driven Career Transition Guide: Infusing the principles of sustainability and purpose into any career and transition.
“Swimming is a confusing sport, because sometimes you do it for fun, and other times you do it to not die. And when I'm swimming, sometimes I'm not sure which one it is.”
“Swimming is fun. It's a lot funner than golf.”
“Swimming is good for you, especially if you're drowning. Not only do you get a cardiovascular workout but also you don't die.”
“Swimming is great because there are levels of goals. First, when I was four, it was making it to the other end and overcoming the fear of standing up in front of everybody at a swim meet because I was such a shy kid.”
“Swimming is more than a once-every-four-years sport. My goal is to bring attention to swimming - to give it some personality.”
“Swimming is my passion and something that I love. Going out there in the water, it feels as if there's nothing wrong with me. I go out there and train as hard as anybody else. I have the same dreams, the same goals. It doesn't matter if you look different. You're still the same as everybody else because you have the same dream.”
“Swimming is normal for me. I'm relaxed. I'm comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It's my home.”
“Swimming is not a sport. Swimming is a way to keep from drowning. That's just common sense!”
Source: Napalm & Silly Putty
“Swimming is one of the hardest sports.”
“Swimming is probably my main conditioning. It gives you a full-body workout. It builds endurance, builds your lungs strong, I mean you name it. And I like that the older you get, you try to find different ways to train besides just pounding and running every day.”
“Swimming is probably the ultimate of burnout sports.”
“Swimming is probably the ultimate of burnout sports. It's ironic because millions of people who swim as their regular exercise love the meditation aspect of it; you don't wind up with any orthopedic injuries. But when you swim at a world class level for hours and hours - the loneness of the long distance runner.”
“Swimming isn't everything - winning is.”
“Swimming upstream in the music business is a hard thing to do.”
“Swinburne was an absurd character. He was a bird of showy strut and plumage. One could not but admire his glorious feathers; but, as soon as he began to moult ... one saw how very little body there was underneath.”
“Swindlers are notoriously gullible.”
“Swing a bigger brush - you don't know what you're missing.”
Source: Charles Webster Hawthorne
“Swing at the strikes.”
“Swing easy and hit hard.”
“Swing hard in case you hit it.”
“Swing hard, in case they throw the ball where you're swinging.”
“Swing is extreme coordination. It's a maintaining balance, equilibrium. It's about executing very difficult rhythms with a panache and a feeling in the context of very strict time. So, everything about the swing is about some guideline and some grid and the elegant way that you negotiate your way through that grid.”
“Swing is my favorite kind of music.”
Source: George Strait
“Swing is so much more than a dance, it's a way of life. The music gets stuck in your mind and the dance is in your heart and the whole scene is engraved on your soul. You can fly.”
“Swing voters are more appropriately known as the 'idiot voters' because they have no set of philosophical principles. By the age of fourteen, you're either a Conservative or a Liberal if you have an IQ above a toaster.”
“Swing will never sound as good as it did in the '40s.”
“Swing your partner, dosey-do, now clap your hands... uh-oh, that's all the square dance moves I know... I'll bluff the rest. Slap your partner in the face, Write bad checks all over the place, Flirt with strangers, annoy your spouse, Get a divorce and lose your house, ...uh... dosey-do.”
“Swing your razor wide! Sweeney, hold it to the skies!”
Source: Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of Fleet Street: a musical thriller
“Swing your swing. I know, I did.”
“Swing your swing. Not some idea of a swing. Not a swing you saw on TV. Not that swing you wish you had. No, swing your swing. Capable of greatness. Prized only by you. Perfect in it's imperfection. Swing your swing. I know, I did.”