“[On William Lyon Phelps's Happiness:] It is second only to a rubber duck as the ideal bathtub companion. It may be held in the hand without causing muscular fatigue ... and it may be read through before the water has cooled. And if it slips down the drain pipe, all right, it slips down the drain pipe.” IfsMayHandsWaterIdealsCompanionSlipsDucksFatiguePipeDrainsRubberBathtubsRubber Ducks Book:Dorothy Parker in Her Own Words Source: Dorothy Parker in Her Own Words
“Contrary to popular belief, the Loch Ness Monster is not a dinosaur -- it's a huge mutant duck, a top researcher claims.... Most mainstream Nessie researchers consider Gluber's duck theory to be horse feathers and are trying to blast it out of the water.” TryingBeliefWaterTheoryHugeClaimsHorseContraryMonstersDucksMainstreamFeathersBlastDinosaursResearchersMutantsContrary To Popular BeliefLoch Ness Monster Author:Murphy J. Foster, Jr.
“Has your work become very easy? Do you find you can do it with little effort? Has it ceased to impose any strain or fatigue upon you? Do you no longer feel loss of vitality after a long spell of it? Can you now do it as easy as water rolls off a duck's back? If so, look out! Do some stock-taking. Examine your output.... Work done with little effort is likely to yield little result. Every job can be done excellently or indifferently. Excellence necessitates effort-hard, sustained, concentrated effort.” IfsFeelsLooksLittlesLongHardDoneJobsEasyWaterCan DoWorkLossResultsEffortExcellenceYieldSpellsDucksStrainYou Can Do ItVitalityFatigueWork DoneOutput Author:B. C. Forbes
“My motto is water off a duck's back. Meaning: don't let negativity weigh you down, perpetuate positive thinking.” ThinkingWaterPositive ThinkingDucksNegativityMottoMy Motto Author:Jinkx Monsoon
“I found my mind has changed over the last years. Different vulnerabilities - things that I was never vulnerable to before I am now. And vice-versa. Things I was vulnerable to then are like water off a duck's back. I have a lot less fear. I think I'm getting more determined.” ThinkingYearsMindDifferentLastsFoundWaterChangedVicesDeterminedVulnerableVulnerabilityDucksLast YearVice Versa Author:Paolo Nutini