Taking one's chances is like taking a bath, because sometimes you end up feeling comfortable and warm, and sometimes there is something terrible lurking around that you cannot see until it is too late and you can do nothing else but scream and cling to a plastic duck.
" i am a man, not a duck, llama, or fish, once a man, always a man" - Sir Stuart Thomas
You threaten to punch someone in the face, what do they do? They duck. You try to punch 'em in the wallet and they always open up.
We lie under the network of arching shells and live in a suspense of uncertainty. If a shot comes, we can duck, that is all; we neither know nor can determine where it will fall." - All Quiet On The Western Front, Ch. 6 - Erich Maria Remarque
The competition is out to get you. Are you a moving target or a sitting duck? Innovate or die. - Richie Norton
It’s not what I think? If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck... I imply with a shrug ...well then you know what they say.Nothing hap―Quack! - K. Bromberg
A confident leader is like a duck. Above the water, he is calm and poised while below the water, he is driven by a flurry of focused activity. - Todd Stocker
Always behave like a duck - keep calm and unruffled on the surface but paddle like the devil underneath. - Jacob Braude
Don't duck the most difficult problems. That just ensures that the hardest part will be left when you are most tired. Get the big one done - it's downhill from then on. - Norman Vincent Peale
When in doubt, duck. - Malcolm Forbes
He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain. - Douglas Jerrold
When did the world begin and how?"I asked a lamb, a goat, a cow:"What's it all about and why?"I asked a hog as he went by:"Where will the whole thing end, and when?"I asked a duck, a goose, a hen:And I copied all the answers too,A quack, a honk, an oink, a moo. - Robert Clairmont
What, exactly, is the Internet? Basically it is a global network exchanging digitized data in such a way that any computer, anywhere, that is equipped with a device called a modem can make a noise like a duck choking on a kazoo. - Dave Barry
If it looks like a duck and sounds like a duck, it could be a really ugly swan. - Timmothy Radman
My God! The English language is a form of communication! Conversation isn't just crossfire where you shoot and get shot at! Where you've got to duck for your life and aim to kill! Words aren't only bombs and bullets —no, they're little gifts, containing meanings! - Philip Roth
Why a duck? - Chico Marx
Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg. - Hans Christian Andersen
In the end, a lack of compatibility is what ruins relationships. You can't force someone to be an eagle when they are a duck. Nobody wants to fly solo. Dreams were meant to be shared together. - Shannon L. Alder
There you stand like a duck in a thunderstorm again - aren't you ever going to understand?