Fish Swimming Against The Current Quotes & Sayings

The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them. — Tacitus

But she knew that her father's presence at the table with a man who spewed filth from his mouth - did that make it less filthy? No. it condoned. — Harper Lee

I say the same of humility and of all the virtues; the wiles of the devil are terrible, he will run a thousand times round hell if by so doing he can make us believe that we have a single virtue which we have not. And he is right, for such ideas are very harmful, and such imaginary virtues, when they come from this source, are never unaccompanied by vainglory; just as those which God gives are free both from this and from pride. — Teresa Of Avila

Prayer is a serious thing. We may be taken at our words. — Dwight L. Moody

That's part of the policy: To keep switching gears. — Ridley Scott

The little girl on the plane Who turned her doll's head around To look at me. — J.D. Salinger