Anchor Quotes

I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety.
Frederick Douglass

Political, Republican, Party

To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Reach, Sail, Tie

Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.
Epictetus

Life, Hope, Single

Amidst the confusion of the times, the conflicts of conscience, and the turmoil of daily living, an abiding faith becomes an anchor to our lives.
Thomas S. Monson

Faith, Daily, Living

It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought.
John Kenneth Galbraith

Thought, Put, Far

We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.
Epictetus

Life, Hope, Ship

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

Lie, Sometimes, Against

My beliefs will run through everything I do. My beliefs, my values are my anchor and when people try to drag me, as I know they will, it is to that sense of right and wrong, that sense of who I am and what I believe, to which I will always hold.
Ed Miliband

Everything, Through, Try

Being an anchor is not just a matter of sitting in front of a camera and looking pretty.
David Brinkley

Pretty, Matter, Looking

To act is to anchor in an imminent future, so imminent it becomes almost tangible; to act is to feel you are consubstantial with that future.
Emile M. Cioran

Future, Act, Almost

CBS news anchor Dan Rather has interviewed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. When asked what it was like to talk to a crazy man, Saddam said, 'It's not so bad.'
Conan O'Brien

Crazy, Bad, Said

When I first anchored in 1970, I had never seen a woman anchor a news show.
Jessica Savitch

Woman, Show, Seen

The news anchor is exactly that - an anchor, a center, a focus.
Jessica Savitch

Focus, News, Center

On the day I started college in 1979, no woman had ever been on the United States Supreme Court or served as the Speaker of the House. None had been an astronaut or the solo anchor of a network evening news broadcast. Not one had been president of an Ivy League college or run a serious campaign for president.
Dee Dee Myers

Woman, Evening, Serious

I have my ethics and morals. I have my anchor point of what is right and wrong in real life, but I'm not afraid to entertain any and every aspect of personality in relationship to creating a character.
Corin Nemec

Life, Character, Real

Hopefully, any character I play has an anchor in reality.
Michael Sheen

Character, Reality, Play

From the right, you get demagogues shouting about brown-skinned anchor babies and clamoring to deport the undocumented. From the left, you get advocacy for the oppressed but otherwise, when it comes to national civic identity, mainly silence.
Eric Liu

Silence, Left, National

I talked about the need for American leadership, I talked about the importance of the United States to a more peaceful world, a world that has been quite turbulent in recent years, and needs a strong American anchor.
Condoleezza Rice

Leadership, Strong, American

The main job requirement for a network-news anchor is thinking it's the only important job in the world. This is a field where solemn gravitas isn't a drawback; it's the whole point.
Rob Sheffield

Job, Important, Thinking

Stood off and on during the night, determining not to come to anchor till morning, fearing to meet with shoals; continued our course in the morning; and as the island was found to be six or seven leagues distant, and the tide was against us, it was noon when we arrived there.
Christopher Columbus

Morning, Night, Off

When I first started wearing wigs, I didn't know you had to anchor them down with bobby pins. I walked out during a windy day and my wig blew off and got stuck to a branch. I was walking while my wig was hanging! If that's not the most embarrassing thing... but you have to use bobby pins.
Sherri Shepherd

Down, Off, While

Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.
Thomas B. Macaulay

I don't think I have the face - may have the voice but not the demeanor for an anchor. And I defied it.
Mike Wallace

May, Face, Voice

'm thrilled to be joining the incredible team at ABC News. Being asked to anchor 'This Week' and the superb tradition started by David Brinkley, is a tremendous and rare honor, and I look forward to discussing the great domestic and international issues of the day.
Christiane Amanpour

Great, Forward, Team

Some people continue to pretend that anchor people are reporters.
Peter Jennings

Continue, Pretend, Reporters

There's nothing universal about Indian families except that the family itself is deeply important across the country. It's sort of the fabric and anchor of our country.
Mira Nair

Family, Important, Nothing

In college, I was a weather anchor for the local news. I would 'borrow' my forecast from The Weather Channel.
Emily Procter

Weather, College, News

One word I had throughout the first year and a half of my mother's death was 'unmoored.' I felt that I had no anchor, that I had no home in the world.
Meghan O'Rourke

Home, Death, Mother

I never wanted to be an anchor for 25 years, and suddenly I wanted to be one.
John Stossel

Wanted, Suddenly

My father is an anchor and my brother is as well.
Patrick Wilson

Father, Brother

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