Quotes by Swimming The secret island had looked mysterious enough on the night they had seen it before - but now, swimming in the hot June haze, it seemed more enchanting than ever. As they drew near to it, and saw the willow trees that bent over the water-edge and heard the sharp call of moorhens that scuttled off, the children gazed in delight. Nothing but trees and birds and little wild animals. Oh, what a secret island, all for their very own, to live on and play on. Enid Blyton swimming animal children Throw your children in the surf and let them get used to it. They have to learn all about rips and tides and swimming between the flags and all that sort of stuff. I know that sounds ridiculous but it's true. Eric Bana swimming rip children I'm really looking forward to just concentrating on the swimming part now instead of what's going on with me outside the pool. Eric Shanteau pool looking-forward swimming Being happy outside the pool means fast swimming in the pool. Eric Shanteau pool swimming mean After my cancer diagnosis, I really took my swimming to a new level. Eric Shanteau cancer swimming levels Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as that little girl in her first swimming pool. Esther Williams swimming girl character Traveling to swimming meets took me beyond my small-town existence, gave me a hint of the exciting world outside of my own home. Esther Williams hints swimming home I always felt that if I made a movie, it would be one movie; I didn't see how they could make 26 swimming movies. Esther Williams swimming movie would-be I was 15, and the years of hard swimming had packed muscle on my frame and made me very strong. Not as strong as a football player, but strong enough to inflict heavy damage. Esther Williams swimming strong football No one had ever done a swimming movie before so we just made it up as we went along. I ad-libbed all my own underwater movements. Esther Williams underwater swimming done Rosemary felt that this swim would become the typical one of her life, the one that would always pop up in her memory at the mention of swimming. F. Scott Fitzgerald typical swimming memories All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath. F. Scott Fitzgerald swimming writing history The first album, for better or for worse, was done over from the ages of 17-22, with a couple of different producers. Some of it was recorded in an old swimming pool, some of it was recorded in a synagogue - it kind of was all over the place. Florence Welch swimming couple age If life is a river, then pursuing Christ requires swimming upstream. When we stop swimming, or actively following Him, we automatically begin to be swept downstream. Francis Chan swimming life-is rivers I said to the waitress, "There's a fly swimming in my soup." She said: "You've got too much soup - he should only be able to paddle." Frank Carson swimming humor funny The truth is always an abyss. One must — as in a swimming pool — dare to dive from the quivering springboard of trivial everyday experience and sink into the depths, in order to later rise again — laughing and fighting for breath — to the now doubly illuminated surface of things. Franz Kafka swimming fighting order Women in the public eye and on TV are often scrutinized for how they look so I know how easy it would be to fall into the trap of taking on board this negativity. The healthiest way for me to deal with it is by being fit and healthy through activities like swimming, which helps me focus on what my body can do rather than what it looks like. Gabby Logan swimming eye fall One thing I loved about New Zealand was the indoor/outdoor lifestyle of the place. I remember going from Xboxing, jamming out on guitars and drum machines in my buddy's apartment, to a bike ride through the parks and up and down the streets all over the city, to the ocean, right into the water. I remember we were swimming outer ways and we got to a certain place where we wanted to see - or I wanted to see - how deep the water was. Gabriel Mann swimming guitar ocean I love The Inn at Palmetto Bluff, an Auberge Property in Bluffton, South Carolina. Its a spectacular corner of the world, with massive old trees lined with Spanish moss, and alligators swimming in the river. Gail Simmons swimming rivers tree I never told my father I loved him before he died, and I have a lot of issues about that. They're all swimming around in my head, in my heart, unresolved, and in a way it felt fitting to dedicate the film to him. Gary Oldman swimming heart father «4567891011121314»