30 quotes found
"The real question of government versus private enterprise is argued on too philosophical and abstract a basis. Theoretically, planning may be good. But nobody has ever figured out the cause of government stupidity—and until they do (and find the cure), all ideal plans will fall into quicksand."
"Human progress never rolls in on wheels of inevitability; it comes through the tireless efforts of men willing to be co-workers with God, and without this hard work, time itself becomes an ally of the forces of social stagnation. We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right. Now is the time to make real the promise of democracy and transform our pending national elegy into a creative psalm of brotherhood. Now is the time to lift our national policy from the quicksand of racial injustice to the solid rock of human dignity."
"This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilising drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to open the doors of opportunity to all of God's children. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children."
"Making the best of things is … a damn poor way of dealing with them.... My whole life has been a series of escapes from that quicksand."
"With me, the present is forever, and forever is always shifting, flowing, melting. This second is life. And when it is gone it is dead. But you can't start over with each new second. You have to judge by what is dead. It's like quicksand…hopeless from the start."
"A quicksand of deceit."
"Henry "Mutt" Williams-Jones III: What is it, quicksand? Marion Ravenwood: I'm calm. Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones, Jr.: No, it's a drysand pit. Marion: I'm sinking, but I'm calm. "Indiana": Quicksand is a mix of sand, mud and water and depending on the viscosity it's not as dangerous as people sometimes think. Marion: For Pete's sake, Jones, we're not in school! "Indiana": Don't worry. There's nothing to worry about unless there's a… [suddenly there is a void collapse] …a void collapse."
"Sergeant Calhoun: What is this? [sees sign] Nesquik-sand!? Fix-It Felix, Jr: Quicksand? Oh, I'll hop out and grab you one of those vines. [tries unsuccessfully to hop] I can't hop. I'm hopless. This is hopeless! We're gonna drown here! Sergeant Calhoun: Stop thrashing. Stop—stop, you're making us sink faster. [Felix continues thrashing] Get ahold of yourself! [hits Felix]"
"I have died a thousand days Just to feel this quicksand And every movement is embraced By this sweet frustration"
"Our mother's philosophy It feels like quicksand And if she sinks I'm going down with her"
"Should I kiss the viper's fang Or herald loud the death of Man I'm sinking in the quicksand of my thought And I ain't got the power anymore"
"Your father's gone a-hunting In the quicksand and the clay And a woman cannot follow him Although she knows the way"
"Slow, sinking feeling Kills the mood you're conveying And it pulls me far down below"
"'Cause the world waits around But I keep slipping and losing ground"
"Stop you're talking down I lack the strength to sit or stand I lost my self confidence in the quicksand In the quicksand In the quicksand In the quicksand"
"Our love is quicksand So easy to drown They steal the gravity, yeah From moving ground"
"As If I ever had a choice All in the hands of the energy Once again feel the quicksand swallow me Tonight, I won't struggle"
"Some people fall in love and touch the sky Some people fall in love and find quicksand"
"Nothing but a castle built on top of a swamp of quicksand"
"I'm running in quicksand Something's haunting me The guilty past I've buried My mind won't let me sleep"
"Figure eighting in quicksand"
"That someone is you That someone is you That someone has pulled me up and out of cartoon quicksand Pulled me up and out of me"
"Feet first into the quicksand Every day we are surrendering Never straying from the game plan I keep hoping you will take my hand and stand up"
"Quicksand's got no sense of humour I'm still laughing like hell"
"You're nothing but a history A second here and then you're gone Quicksand, quicksand all around Turn the corner just beyond"
"Time's like quicksand Soon again, I'm standing naked in Wonderland"
"Deviate all by means in name 'Cause we all crawl in quicksand the same"
"The quicksand of time You know it makes me want to cry"
"These hands disappear as I wave farewell This gentle quicksand turns into hard times"
"You're dancing in quicksand"