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anchor

«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.'»
«Better lose the anchor than the whole ship»
Author: Dutch Proverb | About: Losing | Keywords: anchor
«A man does a lot of praying in an enemy prison. Prayer, even more than sheer thought, is the firmest anchor.»
«A faithful companion is a sure anchor.»
Author: Motto | Keywords: anchor
«A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.»
«Cast your cares on God; that anchor holds.»
Author: Frank Moore Colby | Keywords: anchor
«Death, old captain, it is time, let us raise anchor!»
«Drop anchor anywhere and the anchor will drag - that is, if soul is a limitless, fathomless sea, and not a dog pond»
«A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.»
Author: Epictetus | Keywords: anchor
«At last the anchor was up, the sails were set, and off we glided. It was a sharp, cold Christmas; and as the short northern day merged into night, we found ourselves almost broad upon the wintry ocean, whose freezing spray cased us in ice, as in polished armor.»