--- title: "6 River Man Quotes by 4 authors" description: "Browse 6 River Man quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best River Man sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89d/james-t-farrell-27467_years_he-was-sad-because-he-had-grown-up-and-b_342696.jpg" --- > [“He was sad because he had grown up, and because the years passed like a river that no man could stop.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-farrell/he-was-sad-because-he-had-grown-up-and-because-the-years-passed-like/) [James T. Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-farrell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89d/james-t-farrell-27467_years_he-was-sad-because-he-had-grown-up-and-b_342696.jpg) > [“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river, and it's not the same man.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/no-man-ever-steps-in-the-same-river-twice-for-it-s-not-the-same-river/) [Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3b/heraclitus-1050_river_no-man-ever-steps-in-the-same-river-twic_667846.jpg) > [No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heraclitus/no-man-ever-steps-in-the-same-river-twice-for-it-s-not-the-same-river-2/) [Heraclitus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heraclitus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bd/heraclitus-1050_river_no-man-ever-steps-in-the-same-river-twic_712419.jpg) > [“What do you most wish for, Izzy?" "Herbs and salads, and fish straight from the river. A man needs no more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-novik/what-do-you-most-wish-for-izzy-herbs-and-salads-and-fish-straight/) [Mary Novik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-novik/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/151/mary-novik-260949_food_what-do-you-most-wish-for-izzy-herbs-and_1833961.jpg) > [A man takes his sadness down to the river and throws it in the river but then he’s still left with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-siken/a-man-takes-his-sadness-down-to-the-river-and-throws-it-in-the-river/) [Richard Siken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-siken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dad/richard-siken-4133_hands_a-man-takes-his-sadness-down-to-the-rive_2326250.png) > [“A man walks into a bar and says: Take my wife–please. So you do. You take her out into the rain and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-siken/a-man-walks-into-a-bar-and-says-take-my-wife-please-so-you-do-you/) [Richard Siken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-siken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec7/richard-siken-4133_broken-man_a-man-walks-into-a-bar-and-says-take-my_2378819.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/river-man/#itemlist", "name": "River Man Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He was sad because he had grown up, and because the years passed like a river that no man could stop.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James T. 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