Eckhart Tolle

Religion and ritual can be vehicles for entering stillness. It says in Psalm 46:10, 'Be still, and know that I am God.' But they are still just vehicles. The Buddha called his teaching a raft: You don't need to carry it around with you after you've crossed the river.

German Speaker

Konnie Huq

Blue Peter' scarred me for life. I was kayak-surfing in Cornwall and the waves were so strong it was more like white-water rafting. I had to hang on for dear life. At one point I let go and my hand was crushed on a rock.

British Celebrity

Kyra Sedgwick

It's easier in some ways being on the life raft and the other guy's in the boat and you can row alongside and be supportive. In some ways, that's an easier role.

American Actress

Doug Stanton

I wanted to write 'In Harm's Way' from the young men's point of view of being in a raft, or hanging in a life vest with just their nose poking above the water.

American Journalist

Grant Shapps

We know that solving homelessness has to be about more than simply introducing a new raft of government initiatives, task forces and top-down solutions.

British Politician

George Lucas

I've always been a follower of silent movies. I see film as a visual medium with a musical accompaniment, and dialogue is a raft that goes on with it.

American Director

Victoria Arlen

At some points, hope was the only thing I had. When I began my journey toward walking again, I clung to hope like a life raft.

Steve Aoki

I started using a raft at my shows in 2009, and in 2011, I started caking people.

American Musician

Caterina Scorsone

I'm from Canada, so I did a lot of camping and rafting growing up.

Canadian Actress

John Pinette

If I was 120 pounds, I still ain't going white-water rafting.

Often used to refer to an impromptu, makeshift floating device in survival situations.

Emergency Usage

Refers to activities on rivers or lakes, usually for fun or sport.

Recreational Activity

Emphasizes the basic, often primitive construction compared to a boat.

Simple Construction

Indicates an overwhelming amount of something, usually intangible.

Figurative Abundance

Metaphor for quantity, not related to actual floating objects.

Not Literally Floating

Often used to convey the collective effect of many small parts.

Cumulative Impact

Associated with exhilarating outdoor sporting activities.

Adventure Sport

Often a shared experience with others, fostering teamwork.

Group Activity

Refers to maneuvering a raft through challenging water, like rapids.

Rapid Navigation

 from utilitarian rafts to the Doge's own ostentatious gilded barge. Like a modern day taxi system, gondolas were leased to boatmen who made the rounds of the city's ferry stations. Passengers paid a fare to be carried from one side of the Grand Canal to the other, as well as to other points around the city.

Corruption, wealth and...

 fun show it was great things really changed me though when I did this project out of the swimming cities v and 30 other artists from all over the country put together raft made rafts out of trash and remoted them down the Hudson River

The art of winging it PIPE...

 trip there were 15 of us on six rafts and four kayaks dad looked on the river like an old friend the rare kind where years passed but the memories of one another remain vivid picking up right where they left off

Rediscovering Youth on...

 Otherwise, the first zombie could step on the bridge while people are still on it. Finally, there are no tricks to use here. You can't swing across, use the bridge as a raft, or befriend the zombies.

Can you solve the bridge...

 Because you are, aren't you? There's a raft of research, but I know it from my personal life. If my wife is cooking a meal at home, which is not often thankfully. No, she's good at some things.

Do schools kill...

 our atmosphere that our world is around one degree celsius hotter than it was in pre-industrial times this warming is enough to bring about the raft of effects we call climate change

When The World Gets 1℃...

 so how did a bird that inspires so much passion start working for a rafting company 14 years ago what we did the first year we immediately hired a

Homing Pigeon: A...

 but still the water rises the ants react by linking arms together forming a mesh of interconnected bodies between them they're making a life raft

Ants Ingenious Survival...

 It breaks the ice into smaller pieces. But the seal still has a raft and appears to be protected from any oncoming wave.

Incredible Orca Hunt PIPE...

 building a raft is a basic life skill not everyone in the tribe has a canoe so for one-way trips down river they use

Raft