#anchor

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

— Epictetus

#hope #life #our #ship #should

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

#almost #anchor #becomes #feel #future

I can say that even in the midst of my most cynical comic stripping: Opus shone through with a bit of heart, anchoring the ugly proceedings with a comforting pull of emotion. ↗

— Berkeley Breathed

#bit #comforting #comic #cynical #emotion

The anchors now made are contrived so as to sink into the ground as soon as they reach it, and to hold a great strain before they can be loosened or dislodged from their station. ↗

— William Falconer

#before #contrived #great #great strain #ground

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

— David Brinkley

#being #camera #front #just #looking

The world reacts very strangely to people they see on TV, and I can begin to understand how anchor monsters are made. If you're not careful, you can become used to being treated as though you're special and begin to expect it. For a reporter, that's the kiss of death. ↗

— Anderson Cooper

#become #begin #being #careful #death

I'm single, footloose and fancy free, I have no responsibilities, no anchors. Work, friendship and self-improvement, that's me. ↗

— Joel Edgerton

#fancy #footloose #free #friendship #i

We have this morning dropped anchor, just off Williamstown. ↗

— William John Wills

#dropped #just #morning #off

All you need is one safe anchor to keep you grounded when the rest of your life spins out of control. ↗

— Katie Kacvinsky

#life #life

Home is a notion that only nations of the homeless fully appreciate and only the uprooted comprehend. ↗

— Wallace Stegner

#attachment #belonging #home #homelessness #roots