“Choke me in the shallow water before I get too deep.”

“I’m almost never serious, and I’m always too serious. Too deep, too shallow. Too sensitive, too cold hearted. I’m like a collection of paradoxes.”

Ferdinand de Saussure (1857–1913) Swiss linguist

“And I drank, greedily, until my throat suddenly choked and contracted and a horrible taste shook me. It was the kind of milk I hated. It was buttermilk. I spat it out, washed my mouth with water, and hurried to look at the other bottle. It was buttermilk, too.”

John Fante book Ask the Dust

“Choose love not in the shallows
but in the deep.”

Christina Rossetti (1830–1894) English poet

“Silence is deep as Eternity, speech is shallow as Time.”

Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher

“Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.”

Barbara Walters (1929) American broadcast journalist, author, and television personality

“Silence is deep as Eternity, Speech is shallow as Time.”

Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher

“Too many times we’re looking for ways to get around deep waters and dangerous fires, rather than through them. Has this ever been your experience?”

James MacDonald (1960) American pastor

“Study hard, for the well is deep, and our brains are shallow.”

Richard Baxter (1615–1691) English Puritan church leader, poet, and hymn-writer

“Mystical explanations are considered deep; the truth is, they are not even shallow.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist