River Quotes · Page 70

Fine!" muttered Mogget. "Wet, cold, and full of holes. Another fun day on the river.

— Garth Nix

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.

— Heraclitus

“There Will Always Be Suffering It Flows Through Life Like Water”

— Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Water is at the center of every chemical reaction, and therefore should be the earths most precious gift.

— Janine Benyus

“You are one peerless river to the city that I am. You always pilot inundations and bequeath scars on my irreproachable soul.”

— Mohit Kaushik

All know that the drop merges into the ocean but few know that the ocean merges into the drop.

— Kabir

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. -Jimmy Dean

— Jimmy Dean

Pouring forth its seas everywhere, then, the ocean envelops the earth and fills its deeper chasms.

— Nicolaus Copernicus

I went to Italy as a 21-year-old when I could easily have stayed in Argentina, playing for the biggest club in the…

— Hernan Crespo

If you ask an actor what he'd prefer to act on, he'd probably say a tangible, real set, or even better, a…

— Luke Evans

The sea - this truth must be confessed - has no generosity. No display of manly qualities - courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness…

— Joseph Conrad

I drifted down the river while I left you ashore, now this river maybe lonely but at least I can see where…

— Travis Martin

Barge traffic on the Mississippi River represents the most efficient, most cost-effective, most environmentally sound means of transporting commodity goods from this…

— Leonard Boswell

“I appricated that Nell was talking to me like a grown-up, but I had no idea what she meant. Still, I could…

— Silas House

For centuries, the Yangtze River - the longest in Asia - has played an important role in China's history, culture, and economy.…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

“Sometimes even a thousand waves hitting the shore continuously one after the other also can't erase few footprints on the seashore.”

— Akshay Vasu

The sea can do craziness, it can do smooth, it can lie down like silk breathing or toss havoc shoreward; it can…

— Mary Oliver

It's like, if you're on a ship, and you're sailing towards your destination, but the ship sinks: that doesn't mean that you…

— Columbus Short

Maybe you're getting into the rhythm of sailing life," says James. He looks out at the waves that are rolling in to…

— Anonymous

“Life is a river. Life is not the mountain which speaks of struggle, nor the ocean that speaks of depths unknown. Life…

— C. JoyBell C

“I think I took him to the beach that winter's day to show him that it offered a truer image of the…

— Robert Finch - The Outer Beach

“The basic requirements for crossing an ocean under sail are no more than they always have been – a strong hull; a…

— Roger D. Taylor

“Usually when you’re steering a boat, it’s like steering a car – you aim yourself in the right direction and move the…

— M.H. Herlong

“…how it would be nice if, for every sea waiting for us, there would be a river, for us. And someone -a…

— Alessandro Baricco

Let the mountains talk, let the river run. Once more, and forever.

— David R. Brower

“non-strength and safety” item aboard a small sailboat on a big ocean with only two people aboard is their windvane.”

— Cap'n Fatty Goodlander

“No counsel is more sincere than that given on ships which are in danger.”

— Leonardo da Vinci

It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.

— Jim Rohn

Tide goes in, tide goes out. Never a miscommunication. You can't explain that. You can't explain why the tide goes in.

— Bill O'Reilly

The sea is the same as it has been since before men ever went on it in boats.

— Ernest Hemingway

“He might not have both oars in the water, but his course is sound.”

— William Ritter

“There is no safe port; there are only ports that we feel ourselves safe.”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

We can't change the direction of wind however we can adjust the sails

— Ritu Ghatourey

The ship can't take this much pressure. Sometimes it falls apart just sitting in the hangar. -Professor

— Futurama

“The river where you set your foot just now is gone those waters― hiving way to this, now this.”

— Heraclitus

“We stopped under a railroad bridge and got out of the car to admire the river that ran through the town.”

— Jeannette Walls

In Porto, it's a tourist city. It's close to the river, the ocean as well. There's a lot of history.

— Anonymous

Sometimes you need to rock the boat just to make sure you are still in the water!

— Nishan Panwar

Break your pitcher against a rock. We don't need any longer to haul pieces of the ocean around.

— Rumi

“On a boat, you must think of every amp and where it comes from.”

— Rick Page