“We cannot be free of nagging desires through suppression. This is like trying to keep a rubber boat beneath the water. But we remove compulsive desires altogether by understanding their nature.” TryingDesireUnderstandingWaterBoatRemoveRubberSuppressionNagging Author:Vernon Howard
“What I had mastered was fly-fishing Rule # 1: Remove all hooks from soft tissue under water, where near-freezing temperatures anesthetize exposed nerve endings and you can't hear your fellow anglers' hysterical laughter.” WaterSeaLaughterRiversFellowsFishesBoatLakesRemoveFishingNervesExposedHookTemperatureTissuesHystericalFly FishingFreezingAnglers Author:Jessica Maxwell
“Practice, practice, practice in speaking before an audience will tend to remove all fear of audiences, just as practice in swimming will lead to confidence and facility in the water. You must learn to speak by speaking.” SpeakWaterPracticeAudienceRemoveSwimmingFacility Book:The Art of Public Speaking Source: The Art of Public Speaking
“The procedure has a strange Alice-in-Wonderland quality. The reservoir was created as a public water supply, yet the community, probably unconsulted about the sportsmen's project, is forced either to drink water containing poisonous residues or to pay our tax money for treatment of the water to remove the poisons - treatments that are by no means foolproof.” MeanWaterCommunityPayQualityStrangeDrinkTaxesProjectsEnvironmentalPoisonTreatmentRemoveProceduresPoisonousWonderlandContainingReservoirsDrink WaterSportsmanSilent SpringFoolproof Author:Rachel Carson