"Thomas More: Will, I'd trust you with my life. But not your principles. You see, we speak of being anchored to our principles. But if the weather turns nasty you up with an anchor and let it down where there's less wind, and the fishing's better. And "Look," we say, "look, I'm anchored! To my principles!"

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Source : Robert Bolt (2013). “A Man For All Seasons”, p.43, A&C Black

Robert Bolt

#Anchors Quotes #Wind Quotes #Fishing Quotes

“You don't know how to get yourself out of that deep water until you're in the deep water.”

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“Let the erring sisters depart in peace; the idea of getting up a civil war to compel the weaker States to remain in the Union appears to us horrible to the last degree.”
“I find my Lord Jesus cometh not in the precise way that I lay wait for Him. He hath a manner of His own. Oh, how high are His ways above my ways”
“Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.”
“You said move on, where do I go?”
“The line was originally, ‘Captain Phillips, get a load of me: fancy-free on the seven seas,’ but I ad-libbed.”
“Recognizing the Savior's spiritual light begins with our willingness to believe.”
“The game is if the orchestra can hear each other, they play better. If they play better and there's a tangible feeling between the orchestra and the audience, if they feel each other, the audience responds and the orchestra feels it.”

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