“Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.”
Jean Paul Sartre (1905–1980) French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and …
“Pray to God, but row away from the rocks.”
Variant: Call on God, but row away from the rocks.
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