Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream. Votes: 6
W. C. FieldsIn matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. Votes: 6
Thomas JeffersonPeople who drink to drown their sorrow should be told that sorrow knows how to swim. Votes: 4
Ann LandersOur natures are a lot like oil, mix us with anything else, and we strive to swim on top. Votes: 4
Joan RiversABC is owned by Disney, so it's a little more conservative than Adult Swim. Polar opposites. Votes: 3
Eric AndreSwim or sink, live or die, survive or perish with my country was my unalterable determination. Votes: 3
John AdamsPeople wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground. Votes: 3
Marcel ProustI try to swim every damn day I can, and I've learned to scuba dive and snorkel. Votes: 2
Nina SimoneSo this is how you swim inward. So this is how you flow outwards. So this is how you pray. Votes: 2
Mary OliverYou cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore. Votes: 1
William FaulknerIf I swim in the ocean, I have a shark thought. Not a bad one, but just a little one Votes: 1
Tea LeoniI've always wanted to like, swim in a swimming pool filled with peanut butter Votes: 0
Jesse McCartneyOnce a changemaker, always a changemaker but only a few swim against the tide. Votes: 0
Richard BransonMy strength is my distance. I can swim two-and-a-half soccer fields on one breath. Votes: 0
Tanc SadeOnly the strongest players can swim in the shark-infested waters of the Masters' Seas. Votes: 0
Victor NiederhofferIt's always nerve-wracking when you're hosting 'Saturday Night Live.' You either sink or swim. Votes: 0
Christina AguileraEvery new painting is like throwing myself into the water without knowing how to swim. Votes: 0
Edouard ManetKnowledge is knowing the depth of the ocean. Wisdom is knowing till where to swim. Votes: 0
Saleem SharmaMy father was a swim teacher. We used to swim before school, swim after school. Votes: 0
Gordon RamsayNormally I make myself swim, do exercises. For zest I like going to the cinema. Votes: 0
Antonia FraserI guess it's ridiculously romantic, but I wanted to be a full tilt, sink-or-swim writer. Votes: 0
Daniel Woodrelldoubt is like a current you have to swim against, one that saps your strength. Votes: 0
Victoria SchwabI'm glad Hurricane Katrina happened. It taught us an important lesson: black people can't swim. Votes: 0
Carlos MenciaIf you want to get to the castle, Groceries, you've got to swim the moat. Votes: 0
Elizabeth GilbertWindows work two ways, mirrors one way. You never walk through mirrors or swim through windows. Votes: 0
Jim Morrison... sometimes you have to deal / Devilishly with drowning men in order to swim them to shore. Votes: 0
Gwendolyn BrooksI took my daily swim at the Beverly Hills Hotel pool despite the presence of onlookers Votes: 0
Esther WilliamsInside the calm minds, great ideas swim serenely like the morning geese of the misty lakes! Votes: 0
Mehmet Murat ildanI simply would like to live comfortably day by day, fish, swim, enjoy my declining years. Votes: 0
John McAfeeOn matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock. Votes: 0
Thomas JeffersonI took my daily swim at the Beverly Hills Hotel pool despite the presence of onlookers. Votes: 0
Esther WilliamsThe question of whether computers can think is like the question of whether submarines can swim. Votes: 0
Edsger DijkstraDear bells! how sweet the sound of village bells When on the undulating air they swim! Votes: 0
Thomas HoodYou don't have to swim faster than the shark, just faster than the person you're with. Votes: 0
Kevin NealonIt's the Olympics. If you can't get up to swim early in the morning, don't go. Votes: 0
Michael PhelpsBooks bear him up a while, and make him try to swim with bladders of philosophy. Votes: 0
John WilmotThere's a small island, inhabited in the South Pacific that I will try to swim to. Votes: 0
Peter ArnettI watch the ashes swim around like dandelion puffs, making swirls where bodies and walls once stood. Votes: 0
Lauren DeStefanoEvery time I paint, I throw myself into the water in order to learn how to swim. Votes: 0
Edouard ManetI swim in a pool of my own neurosis. I carry love, grief deeply, like an Irishman. Votes: 0
Richard HarrisOne thought of thee puts all the pomp to flight; Priests, tapers, temples, swim before my sight. Votes: 0
Alexander PopeIf I'm anywhere close to where I can hike or swim, that's my favourite thing to do. Votes: 0
Lily ColeI read mysteries like Nancy Drew and Alfred Hitchcock, and I swim and I ride my motorbike. Votes: 0
Heather O'RourkeI mean, personally, I would have had no problem surviving. Come on, how hard is it to swim? Votes: 0
Zach BraffJacob Zuma built a 2 million rand swimming pool, but no one in the family knows how to swim Votes: 0
Julius MalemaRich people (in Australia) have swimming pools in their gardens but, at least, they do swim in them. Votes: 0
George MikesIf it doesn't swim, run, or fly, or isn't green and grow in the ground, don't eat it. Votes: 0
Charles PoliquinIf my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn't swim. Votes: 0
Margaret ThatcherA Dream is where a boy can swim in the deepest oceans and fly over the highest clouds. Votes: 0
J. K. RowlingI like to run down to the beach and have a little swim in the nude in the morning. Votes: 0
Robert McNamaraI read the way a person might swim, to save his or her life. I wrote that way too. Votes: 0
Mary OliverI swim when I am injured. What the best guys do is so hard. Michael Phelps is the best. Votes: 0
Usain BoltBe not the slave of your own past - plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far. Votes: 0
Ralph Waldo EmersonI can no longer walk. I can no longer swim. But I'm lucky when I see how animals suffer. Votes: 0
Brigitte BardotI played lacrosse for a hot second, but I was mainly a swimmer - captain of my swim team. Votes: 0
Grace GummerI think 99 times and find nothing. I stop thinking, swim in the silence, and the truth comes to me. Votes: 0
Albert EinsteinOne of my good friends said, in a reggae riddim, don't jump in the water if you can't swim... Votes: 0
Bob MarleyIf you would swim on the bosom of the ocean of Truth, you must reduce yourself to a zero. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiThe ground is my ocean, Iâm the shark, and most people donât even know how to swim. Votes: 0
Carlos MachadoIf you can't swim, the idea of being in nine feet of water is terrifying, much less the ocean. Votes: 0
Chuck KlostermanRunning is bad for your knees, and I like to do things I actually enjoy, like going for a swim. Votes: 0
Emma StoneBut I think sometimes a person has to be forced underwater to see if they're going to drown or swim. Votes: 0
Karen WhiteThe only regrets I have are rather prosaic - like I wish I went for a swim in the Pacific. Votes: 0
Paul AllenI can't swim and I'm terrified of drowning, but I still love being by water - just not in it. Votes: 0
Sherri ShepherdI'll know America is in bad shape when Cubans in Miami get in the water and swim back to Cuba. Votes: 0
Carlos MenciaAs you swim the river of live, do the breast stroke. It helps to clear the turds from your path. Votes: 0
George CarlinIf The Beatles or the 60's had a message, it was 'Learn to swim. And once you've learned - swim! Votes: 0
John LennonIf I swim in the ocean, I have a shark thought. Not a bad one, but just a little one. Votes: 0
Tea LeoniLet an idea swim to the surface like a fish in a pool...let the mind drift to the vision. Votes: 0
Dick FrancisWhen a trout rises to a fly, it does not swim as much as tilt its fins and jet skyward. Votes: 0
Joseph MonningerI can't swim at the level I used to. I had to retire because of an injury to my shoulder. Votes: 0
Scott SpeedmanWhen you have to cope with a lot of problems, you're either going to sink or you're going to swim. Votes: 0
Tom CruiseI treat every race the same. We all wanted to swim fast today and give something back to the crowd. Votes: 0
Michael PhelpsIf I don't know how to swim and two weeks later I know how to swim, I know how to swim. Votes: 0
Nate ParkerI swim, I do Pilates, I meditate - I think it's about keeping your stress level as low as you can. Votes: 0
John StamosI've always wanted to be able to hold my breath for like, ever, and swim in the water like a fish. Votes: 0
Carlos Pena, Jr.On learning to swim: I'm too big to have some woman hold my stomach and say 'Now kick your feet.' Votes: 0
Will SmithI have my own way to stay focused. I work out every day. I exercise. I swim. I meditate. I breathe. Votes: 0
NnekaI love to swim in the nude and roam around the house in the nude. You're just as free as a bird! Votes: 0
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