“The Panama Canal,' says Abdiel Perez, 'is like a wound that humans inflicted on the Earth--one that nature is trying to heal.” — Alan Weisman Copy Share Image
Panama's a really wonderful country. There's obviously the Panama Canal, which brings a lot of tourism, and a huge American influence; it's… — J. August Richards Copy Share Image
Nothing so challenges the American spirit as tackling the biggest job on earth....Americans are stimulated by the big job; the Panama Canal,… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
The day is not far distant when three Stars and Stripes at three equidistant points will mark our territory: one at the… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
Regarding the Panama Canal Treaty negotiations, they will find us standing up or dead, but never on our knees; NEVER! — Omar Torrijos Herrera Copy Share Image
When President Teddy Roosevelt posed for the cameras astride a massive steam shovel during construction of the Panama Canal in 1906, it… — Alan Huffman Copy Share Image
“only 10 million of the required 250 million cubic meters of earth had yet been removed. The undertaking is a vast one,… — Helen Josephine Sanborn Copy Share Image
We should keep [the Panama Canal]. After all, we stole it fair and square. — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share Image
The most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months. — Jessica Savitch Copy Share Image
A finer body of men has never been gathered by any nation than the men who have done the work of building… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
My impression about the Panama Canal is that the great revolution it is going to introduce in the trade of the world… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
I'm actually the son of Mary Guibert. My mother was born in the Panama Canal zone and came to America when she… — Jeff Buckley Copy Share Image
I live on a boat, which is in the midst of renovation. I figure the good Lord will put me in the… — Florence Henderson Copy Share Image
“From the Introduction to Christopher Columbus and the Age of Exploration for Kids: In 1892, with the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s… — Ronald A. Reis Copy Share Image
“The distinctive crimes of this generation are crimes of subtlety and finesse. —ALEXANDER S. BACON 1908” — J.M. Carlisle Copy Share Image
Who's Britannica to tell me that the Panama Canal was built in 1914? If I want to say that it was built… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
I don't want to go into history; I want to go into the Canal Zone. — Omar Torrijos Herrera Copy Share Image
“To get a sense on the scale of this effort, consider that last year users collectively spent about 200 million hours each… — Erik Brynjolfsson Copy Share Image
“I suspect that the age of letters is waning, for our time. It is the age of Panama Canals, of Sandra Bernhardt,… — Henry James Copy Share Image
“Matheus pressed his fingertips to his forehead, rubbing in overlapping circles. He closed his eyes and exhaled. He wanted to grab Quin… — Amy Fecteau Copy Share Image