When I began work on my first book, The River of Doubt, which tells the story of Theodore Roosevelts 1914 descent of… — Candice Millard Copy Share Image
The voice of the sea is seductive, never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander in abysses of solitude. — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
A few days after 9/11, I put the old cassette of 'Born in the U.S.A.,' twisted and worn, on the car deck… — David Means Copy Share Image
“It’s like a man standing on a bridge in the middle of a river with his pants on fire wondering why his… — Alcoholics Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm finally living the way I always thought people in New York were supposed to live. I have a bright, sun-filled lovely… — Divine Copy Share Image
“The new day is almost here, but the old one is still dragging its heavy skirts. Just as ocean water and river… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“The laws of water are very difficult. No matter how many times it is explained to me, I don’t understand how the… — Eula Biss Copy Share Image
“The shore whispers to the sea: “Write to me what your waves struggle to say.” The sea writes in foam again and… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
Running a boat isn't that hard. Just takes doing. Most or all women I ever knew were discouraged from running boats, but… — Diane Wilson Copy Share Image
In the underlying bill, I think the authors of the legislation, those in support of it, understand the use of the Mississippi… — Ron Kind Copy Share Image
“I don't want to be the river anymore. I want to be the earth that the tree roots in. And I believe… — Sabrina Jeffries Copy Share Image
“ “The water that flows through the canals is both beautiful and deadly. Its tranquil surface belies the toxins beneath-- unpleasant to… — Fiona Paul Copy Share Image
It is a pleasure for to sit at ease Upon the land, and safely for to see How other folks are tossed… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
If it's a beautiful day we love to go to the Museum of Natural History. They have sprinklers. It's what passes for… — Alisyn Camerota Copy Share Image
Life is like the seashore; the waves come crashing, rocks erode away and the current pulls you out, yet.. you still go… — JJWorswick Copy Share Image
“The apple trees were in full bloom, the scent enveloping the party in a heady, almost palpable mist, and pale petals rocked… — Pauline Gedge Copy Share Image
Ive been on a cruise ship thats crashed. The captain comes on, 'I want you to know that the ship is taking… — John Pinette Copy Share Image
Our passions are the winds that propel our vessel. Our reason is the pilot that steers her. Without winds the vessel would… — Proverb Copy Share Image
All mountain streets have streams to thread them, or deep grooves where a stream might run. You would do well to avoid… — Mary Hunter Austin Copy Share Image
TWENTY bridges from Tower to Kew - Wanted to know what the River knew, Twenty Bridges or twenty-two, For they were young,… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
In practice, the ocean is the world's wildest place because of both its fearsome natural danger and how easy it is out… — Rose George Copy Share Image
You can get swept away quickly - it's terrifying. When you're living a more luxurious life - being brought out to a… — Lola Young Copy Share Image
When we were working on 'River Ota' in the '90s, I learnt to read Japanese, which was how I discovered that it… — Robert Lepage Copy Share Image
If I had to get lost in a fictional world? I would love to go with those Hemingway characters in 'The Sun… — Blake Crouch Copy Share Image
. . . the time has also come to identify and preserve free-flowing stretches of our great rivers before growth and development… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
I've seen the Rhine with younger wave, O'er every obstacle to rave. I see the Rhine in his native wild Is still… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
“The wave of Atlast came along and caulked the body's ship; when the ship is wrecked once more, the turn of union… — Rumi Copy Share Image
“As the tides of life rise and fall, life is constant, like the waves crashing upon the shore. Persistence is the key… — James A. Murphy Copy Share Image
“Without the men, ships are nothing but empty shells of metal. It’s the men who give the ship life, who turn it… — Douglas Mumphrey Copy Share Image
I'm a grandmother with dogs and nice friends here in the Rocky mountains. Ever see the movie A River Runs Through It?… — Margot Kidder Copy Share Image
No matter how many stones you throw at the water's surface, no matter how much you step on a shadow, the water's… — Kohta Hirano Copy Share Image
“Life is like a river - it keeps flowing, flowing and flowing till it merges into the Sea. nothing can stop the… — RVM Copy Share Image
I worked on a farm. Played ball and loafed along the fishing and swimming holes of the White River, and my boyhood… — Chuck Klein Copy Share Image
In the stormy current of life characters are weights or floats which at one time make us glide along the bottom, and… — Hippolyte Taine Copy Share Image
Establish specific objectives, and move steadily toward them. A rudder won't control a drifting boat; it must be underway. Similarly, you need… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
People think that when you're connected with other people it's more painful. The opposite is true. When you're connected to the river… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
“Voyager upon life's sea, To yourself be true, And whate'er your lot may be, Paddle your own canoe . . ." Harper's Magazine - May 1854” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Ganga to me is the symbol of India's memorable past which has been flowing into the present and continues to flow… — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
“Ask the river: ‘Do you feel useful, given that all you do is to keep flowing in the same direction?’ And the… — Sid Akula Copy Share Image
To create one must be willing to be stone stupid, to sit upon a throne on top of a jackass and spill… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes Copy Share Image
