If you refuse to drink from the fountain of knowledge…

“He who neglects to drink of the spring of experience is likely to die of thirst in the desert of ignorance.”

— Li Po

I've made it a rule never to drink by daylight and never to refuse a drink after dark.

— Anonymous

Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.

— Will Durant

This is what reading is like to me. It's finding a spring in the midst of a barren land. Just when I think I…

— Anonymous

I daren't come and drink," said Jill. Then you will die of thirst," said the Lion. Oh dear!" said Jill, coming another step nearer."I…

— Anonymous

“If you’re dying of thirst in the desert, drinking your urine won’t help you. The proteins and salts are by that point so concentrated…

— Mary Roach

Just as water is the only thing that can relieve thirst in the desert, the provision of God's Word is the only thing that…

— Jim George

Never refuse to do a kindness unless the act would work great injury to yourself, and never refuse to take a drink - under…

— Mark Twain

In places this book is a little over-written, because Mr Blunden is no more able to resist a quotation than some people are to…

— George Orwell

When I was small, I would refuse to drink when I ate fish because I thought the fish would reconstitute itself in my stomach

— Peter Ustinov

“The others had been driven into the desert to die of thirst (the Germans poisoned the waterholes), were shot, or—to economize on bullets—bayoneted or…

— Adam Hochschild

Grace is like a lake of drinkable water right outside your door. But you stay inside and die of thirst.

— Maya Angelou

“If the oxygenator breaks down, I’ll suffocate. If the water reclaimer breaks down, I’ll die of thirst. If the Hab breaches, I’ll just kind…

— Andy Weir

“If you waste time watering a fruitless tree, fruitful ones may die of thirst.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

If you don't die of thirst, there are blessings in the desert. You can be pulled into limitlessness, which we all yearn for, or…

— Anne Lamott