Flotation Quotes & Sayings

What with the pointing and the blue suit, she brought to mind a flight attendant. I expected her to tell me that in the event of an emergency, my brand-new Hecate blazer could be used as a flotation device. — Rachel Hawkins

The [sexual harassment] situation has gotten so out of hand that, in 1993, in one of the first British cases, a plumber was fired for continuing to use the traditional term "ballcock" for the toilet flotation unit, instead of the new politically correct term, sanitized of sexual suggestiveness. This is insane. We are back to the Victorian era, when table legs had to be draped lest they put the thought of ladies' legs into someone's dirty mind. — Camille Paglia

If airline seat cushions are such great flotation devices, why don't you ever see anyone take one to the beach? — Jerry Seinfeld

On every commercial flight, the traveler is told, "Your seat cushion can be used as a flotation device". The question is, why doesn't the plane just become a boat? — Sam Ewing

In the event of a plane crash, locate the nearest woman with implants and use her as a flotation device. *** — Various

Laughter feels like our flotation device -- it won't pull us out of the storm, but it might carry us through, if we can just hang on. — Emery Lord

The law of flotation was not discovered by contemplating the sinking of things. Rather, it was discovered by thinking about things that float naturally. — Wayne Dyer