Quotes About Being Anchored

Enjoy reading and share 10 famous quotes about Being Anchored with everyone.

“Thomas More: Will, Id trust you with my life. But not your principles. You see, we speak of being anchored to our principles. But if the weather turns nasty you up with an anchor and let it down where theres less wind, and the fishings better. And "Look," we say, "look, Im anchored! To my principles!”
— Robert Bolt —

“Thomas More: Will, I'd trust you with my life. But not your principles. You see, we speak of being anchored to our principles. But if the weather turns nasty you up with an anchor and let it down where there's less wind, and the fishing's better. And "Look," we say, "look, I'm anchored! To my principles!”

— Robert Bolt

“A kite can't really fly free,that's just an expression. In order to soar high in the sky the string of a kite needs to be anchored. If the string breaks the kite drops back to the ground. The kite's freedom depends on it not being as free as he thinks it is.”

— Simon Napier-Bell

“I take a nap after supper and dream of the U.S. Navy, a ship anchored near a war scene, at an island, but everything is drowsy as two sailors go up the trail with fishing poles and a dog between them to go make love quietly in the hills: the captain and everybody know they're queer and rather than being infuriated however they're all drowsily enchanted by such gentle love ... (p. 119)”

— Jack Kerouac

“The essence of conservative ideology is its being anchored in the divine order of things.”

— Franz Von Papen

“Having totality means being capable of following "what is," because "what is" is constantly moving and constantly changing. If one is anchored to a particular view, one will not be able to follow the swift movement of "what is.”

— Bruce Lee

“I believe a man is better anchored who has a belief in the Supreme Being.”

— James Cash Penney

“Inspiration originally meant "being in spirit", indicating that when we are inspired we are connected to a higher domain of pure awareness and pure consciousness. True inspiration can only flow through us when we are anchored in the present moment.”

— Christopher Dines

“Volleyball anchored me at a time in my life when I needed it. It gave me a reason for being this big, big girl.”

— Gabrielle Reece

“From the original watchtower through the anchored balloon to the reconnaissance aircraft and remote sensing-satellites, one and the same function has been indefinitely repeated, the eye's function being the function of a weapon.”

— Paul Virilio

“Progression is important. I'm always going to play music in the general vein of rock'n'roll, but when I started I was very much associated with the West Coast lo-fi thing and I didn't want to get anchored in with anything that was just in vogue for the time being.”

— Dee Dee Ramone