148 Quotes About Anchors

People are looking for stability in a shaky world. They want something they can get hold of that's firm and sure and an anchor in the midst of all of this instability in which they're living.

That is where homeland is. In that shifting space, kinfolk know one another by secret signs; and wherever kinfolk meet, homeland soil coalesces about their feet in the mysterious way that coral cays, like seabirds pausing in flight, anchor themselves to the Barrier Reef.

I really bristle when I get called to events and people introduce me as one of the top black anchors in the country. You know, that's very insulting. I'm striving to be one of the best anchors in the country. Handcuff me like that. What you're saying is, 'You're black. You should only expect to rise to the level of the best at being black.'

It doesn't look good. If the cell just anchors there, we might see something like last week.

We've always partnered with the schools. They are the anchors of the community.

... the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor and other tackle.

Some people continue to pretend that anchor people are reporters.

A good book holds you down. It’s an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.

I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.