Quotes About Rescue

There is nothing more futile than to consciously look for something to save you.

Readers tend to tolerate such "accidents"... when they get the characters into trouble but they're less accepting when the author uses them to rescue people. The "deus ex machina"...in one stroke it renders meaningless all the efforts of the cast.

Quinn wanted to make her see that people didn't live like this; but what was the use. No one was going to get her away from Bird Man out there.

You put me back together when I was in pieces. You gave me confidence, and reminded me that I was lovable. You saved me.

That's why you have to save the dying man. Because you want him around to keep saving you.

Oh my God, that would be just like An Officer and a Gentleman," Kat cried. "Pick her up, Grace! Do it!

She smiled at him in the way you would smile at someone if they'd saved your life.

I looked at her dress and I thought, Oh no, it's awful. Because it was all scrunched up, it looked terrible. I just remember thinking, It doesn't look like it's been ironed. The Emanuels reacted the same way and dashed to the rescue. Once the train was properly spread out on the carpeted steps, it looked as dazzling as the young woman who was wearing it.

There is nothing more noble than putting yourself in the line of fire to save a life.

It was quite instant that he wanted Harry's approval. Did you notice that? And the children sort of rescued him this time. It's a great turnabout. That's what happens as your children get older. They do things for you, and it's quite shocking when they do.

Yank! Yank! We you come to get Yank. We you come to get.

Nada conmueve tanto a las mujeres como la posibilidad de salvar un hombre.

Come lieta appare la terra a chi nuota se Poseidone infranta gli abbia la nave urtata dal vento e dall'onde furiose, e pochi sfuggirono al mare nuotando e toccaron la riva, e molta e densa salsedine incrosta la pelle, e scampati da morte a terra vengon allegri: similmente apparve alla donna caro il marito.

Aw, Poke, you poor, kind, decent, stupid girl. You saved me and I let you down.

What kind of rescue is this, where you toss the prisoner a knife and stand and wait to see what happens?

I didn't know how you'd get us out of that last one. But you did. You were good.

How many times are you two going to have to save me from myself before this whole drama runs its course?" asked Peter. "I think…six times," said Father. "No, eight," said Mother. "You two think you're so cute," said Peter. "Mm-hm." "Yep.

Everybody needs rescuing. Lonely people need rescuing, anyway. There's nothing but lonely people in this world. Even people who think they're not lonely, they're aching with loneliness or the fear of being lonely. So we saved each other every day for the past couple of months.

Yes," said Ender. "He's one of your flock, isn't he? So leave the ninety-nine, shepherd, and come with us to save the one that's lost.

Everything falls into the hands of music eventually. The only thing that ever rescued me was listening to a big voice.

There are a hundred ways a man can bleed to death. And he can be pulled from the rubble of bitterness, of despair, as well as the wreckage of the Phoenix. And which rescue is the more real? Nothing you could have done for me... was more important than the restoration of my hope.

Say you're in the middle of nowhere, nobody for miles and no hope of rescue. You sit down and start playing solitaire and somebody will immediately come along and tell you to play the red eight on the black nine.

But who will find him if he's lost? Who will find the little boy? Goodness will find the little boy. It always has. It will again.

Men spared their lives in great disasters often feel in their deliverance the workings of fate. The hand of Providence.