As the Olympic torch neared Lake Placid, N.Y., in 1980, signaling the opening of that year's Winter Olympics, newspapers and magazines throughout… — Don Yaeger Copy Share Image
The lake was always my orienting point when my dad was teaching me how to not get lost. The lake is east,… — Jamila Woods Copy Share Image
Whether or not we can save Lake Michigan, whether or not we can avoid a breakdown in our criminal justice system are… — Bill Scott Copy Share Image
Fans love Sosa for his exuberance, for the kisses he blows to his mother, wife and four children. He is Slammin' Sammy,… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
Garrison Keillor's 'Lake Wobegon' books create a world I can immerse myself in over and over. I love the deadpan humour, the… — Fiona Barton Copy Share Image
I grew up in kind of a resort community. I lived on a big lake. It was really cool growing up there.… — Joe Harris Copy Share Image
“Living there [Horse Mesa] was like living in a natural cathedral. Waking up every morning, you walked outside and looked down at… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
“During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries a practical knowledge of the construction of small lakes was part of the equipment of most… — Elisabeth Beazley Copy Share Image
My brother liked sewing and sculpting and making things, and my sister sewed and painted and cooked and baked. She's a professional… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
I am trained, and I did do 'The Nutcracker' in its right form, but at the time, they told me I was… — Laurieann Gibson Copy Share Image
“You see another who looks thirsty. Walking over to them, you nudge them on the back. They look at you, and you… — Amanda Leigh Copy Share Image
I don't know a lot about mountaineering. I once went walking in the Lake District with the legendary climber Chris Bonington and… — Sandi Toksvig Copy Share Image
“Shetani lengo lake ni kutawala dunia. Huwezi kutawala dunia bila elimu!” — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
“If you give a boy a lake and a log he will very rapidly invent the ship.” — Patrick Brophy Copy Share Image
I hated Matthew Bourne's 'Swan Lake' when it first turned up, and then when it was televised, and then when it returned. — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
You don't know when you are immersed in a book what the reaction to it will be, but I feel great about… — Kim Edwards Copy Share Image
My drummer, Gene Lake, is Oliver Lake's son. So I certainly have wide tastes, in not only what I listen to, but… — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
“Mist to mist, drops to drops. For water thou art, and unto water shalt thou return.” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
Location is everything, I'd rather camp in the Lake District or Scotland than sit in a five-star hotel in Frankfurt. — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
Smile / to see the lake / lay / the still sky / And / out for an easy / make / the dragonfly. — Lorine Niedecker Copy Share Image
“You can keep watch, in case – you know, the lake decides to attack us or something.” — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I grew up hunting and fishing in Land Between the Lakes. I have so many great memories of camping with my mom… — W. Earl Brown Copy Share Image
“A lake cannot remain stormy for a long time; an ocean cannot remain calm for a long time; everything and everyone cannot… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
No matter where I go - London, Beirut, Jerusalem, Washington, Beijing, or Bangalore - I'm always looking to rediscover that land of… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
It didn't matter that there were actually two lakes there, ... It didn't matter that he had only $300 in his pocket.… — Theodore Hesburgh Copy Share Image
“Our hearts may have broken in Nebraska but in Colorado they split open along the fractures, crumble to pieces, blow away. The… — Ron Currie Jr Copy Share Image
“Theodore, Reed, Spade, Ashford, and Niko were standing at the other side of the lake, already half naked. Kilian jogged up to… — Jane Washington Copy Share Image
It always has been a goal of mine to compete in the Olympics. Right after I graduated from college, I moved out… — Brittany Bowe Copy Share Image
My recollection of a hundred lovely lakes has given me blessed release from care and worry and the troubled thinking of our… — Hamlin Garland Copy Share Image
Being surrounded by hockey, I got forced into it as a kid. I started skating when I was 4 and had a… — Carl Hagelin Copy Share Image
Starting in my teens, I was always standing on the corner near our apartment singing harmony with friends. We'd also go to… — Frankie Valli Copy Share Image
I turn and I look back across the lake. The mist is gone and the ice diminished, the drip of the icicles… — James Frey Copy Share Image
Whether we live by the seaside, or by the lakes and rivers, or on the prarie, it concerns us to attend to… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
We don't tend to ask where a lake comes from. It lies before us, contained and complete, tantalizing in its depth but… — John Daniel Copy Share Image
![“Living there [Horse Mesa] was like living in a natural cathedral. Waking up every morning, you walked outside and looked down at the blue lake, then up at the sandstone cliffs--those awe-inspiring layers of red and yellow rock shaped over the millennia, with dozens of black-streaked crevices that…” quote by Jeannette Walls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/395/jeannette-walls-1378_after-the-rain_living-there-horse-mesa-was-like-living_1345338.jpg)
