Quotes of Swimmer - somelinesforyou

“ Time travels in divers paces with divers persons. I 'll tell you who Time ambles withal, who Time trots withal, who Time gallops withal, and who he stands still withal. - As You Like It. Act iii. Sc. 2. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Nobel prize money is a lifebelt thrown to a swimmer who has already reached the shore in safety. ”

- George Bernard Shaw

“ It is a wise person that adapts themselves to all contingencies; it's the fool who always struggles like a swimmer against the current. ”

- Unknown

“ She plunged into a sea of platitudes, and with the powerful breast stroke of a channel swimmer made her confident way towards the white cliffs of the obvious. ”

- W. Somerset Maugham

“ Coming from a barely clothed childhood as a swimmer makes me really comfortable with my body. ”

- Estella Warren

“ Divers philosophers hold that the lips is parcel of the mouth. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl. ”

- Sadi

“ He who would tell divers tales must know how to vary the tune. ”

- Marie de France

“ The dead and past stories that I have told again in divers fashions, are not set down without authority. ”

- Marie de France

“ He who endeavors to serve, to benefit, and improve the world, is like a swimmer, who struggles against a rapid current, in a river lashed into angry waves by the winds. Often they roar over his head, often they beat him back and baffle him. Most men yield to the stress of the current… Only here and there the stout, strong heart and vigorous arms struggle on toward ultimate success. ”

- Albert Pike
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