---
title: "7 Say Water Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Say Water quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Say Water sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a0/chinua-achebe-781_ankle_people-say-that-if-you-find-water-rising_1300333.png"
---

> [People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/people-say-that-if-you-find-water-rising-up-to-your-ankle-that-s-the/)

[Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a0/chinua-achebe-781_ankle_people-say-that-if-you-find-water-rising_1300333.png)

> [To say America can have strong leadership without strong character is to say we can get water without the wet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-watts/to-say-america-can-have-strong-leadership-without-strong-character-is/)

[J. C. Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-watts/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e00/j-c-watts-8129_america_to-say-america-can-have-strong-leadershi_1758751.png)

> [“Too thick to drink,” as the boatmen used to say about the water of the Mississippi River, “too thin to walk on.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-schneider/too-thick-to-drink-as-the-boatmen-used-to-say-about-the-water-of-the/)

[Paul Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-schneider/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f96/paul-schneider-31915_mississippi-river_too-thick-to-drink-as-the-boatmen-used-t_1844375.jpg)

> [You cannot say that I get water to people. I don't physically do that. Through Araghyam, we support several NGOs across the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohini-nilekani/you-cannot-say-that-i-get-water-to-people-i-don-t-physically-do-that/)

[Rohini Nilekani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohini-nilekani/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d0/rohini-nilekani-5437_country_you-cannot-say-that-i-get-water-to-peopl_1924544.jpg)

> [I'm not gonna try to defend, or undo what's been done. All I could say about whatever's been done, it's been done,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ike-turner/i-m-not-gonna-try-to-defend-or-undo-what-s-been-done-all-i-could-say/)

[Ike Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ike-turner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fa/ike-turner-22632_bridge_i-m-not-gonna-try-to-defend-or-undo-what_2477651.png)

> [We do have a problem in this country. You can either make a movie and ignore that, or you can acknowledge it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cassavetes/we-do-have-a-problem-in-this-country-you-can-either-make-a-movie-and/)

[Nick Cassavetes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cassavetes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95d/nick-cassavetes-47889_acknowledge_we-do-have-a-problem-in-this-country-you_3123287.jpg)

> [I know what people say, that water's a lot like air. Do you charge for air? Well, of course not. Well, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-boone-pickens/i-know-what-people-say-that-water-s-a-lot-like-air-do-you-charge-for/)

[T. Boone Pickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-boone-pickens/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89f/t-boone-pickens-9502_air_i-know-what-people-say-that-water-s-a-lo_3195808.jpg)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/say-water/#itemlist",
            "name": "Say Water Quotes",
            "numberOfItems": 7,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Chinua Achebe"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/people-say-that-if-you-find-water-rising-up-to-your-ankle-that-s-the/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a0/chinua-achebe-781_ankle_people-say-that-if-you-find-water-rising_1300333.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a0/chinua-achebe-781_ankle_people-say-that-if-you-find-water-rising_1300333.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a0/chinua-achebe-781_ankle_people-say-that-if-you-find-water-rising_1300333.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not…” — Chinua Achebe",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "To say America can have strong leadership without strong character is to say we can get water without the wet.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "J. C. Watts"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-watts/to-say-america-can-have-strong-leadership-without-strong-character-is/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e00/j-c-watts-8129_america_to-say-america-can-have-strong-leadershi_1758751.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e00/j-c-watts-8129_america_to-say-america-can-have-strong-leadershi_1758751.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e00/j-c-watts-8129_america_to-say-america-can-have-strong-leadershi_1758751.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“To say America can have strong leadership without strong character is to say we can get water without the wet.” — J. C. Watts",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“Too thick to drink,” as the boatmen used to say about the water of the Mississippi River, “too thin to walk on.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Paul Schneider"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-schneider/too-thick-to-drink-as-the-boatmen-used-to-say-about-the-water-of-the/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f96/paul-schneider-31915_mississippi-river_too-thick-to-drink-as-the-boatmen-used-t_1844375.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f96/paul-schneider-31915_mississippi-river_too-thick-to-drink-as-the-boatmen-used-t_1844375.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f96/paul-schneider-31915_mississippi-river_too-thick-to-drink-as-the-boatmen-used-t_1844375.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Too thick to drink,” as the boatmen used to say about the water of the Mississippi River, “too thin to walk…” — Paul Schneider",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "You cannot say that I get water to people. I don't physically do that. Through Araghyam, we support several NGOs across the country which are tackling the problem on a day to day basis.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Rohini Nilekani"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohini-nilekani/you-cannot-say-that-i-get-water-to-people-i-don-t-physically-do-that/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d0/rohini-nilekani-5437_country_you-cannot-say-that-i-get-water-to-peopl_1924544.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d0/rohini-nilekani-5437_country_you-cannot-say-that-i-get-water-to-peopl_1924544.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d0/rohini-nilekani-5437_country_you-cannot-say-that-i-get-water-to-peopl_1924544.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“You cannot say that I get water to people. I don't physically do that. Through Araghyam, we support several…” — Rohini Nilekani",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I'm not gonna try to defend, or undo what's been done. All I could say about whatever's been done, it's been done, and it's water under the bridge. I have no regrets of my life.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Ike Turner"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ike-turner/i-m-not-gonna-try-to-defend-or-undo-what-s-been-done-all-i-could-say/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fa/ike-turner-22632_bridge_i-m-not-gonna-try-to-defend-or-undo-what_2477651.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fa/ike-turner-22632_bridge_i-m-not-gonna-try-to-defend-or-undo-what_2477651.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fa/ike-turner-22632_bridge_i-m-not-gonna-try-to-defend-or-undo-what_2477651.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I'm not gonna try to defend, or undo what's been done. All I could say about whatever's been done, it's been…” — Ike Turner",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 6,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "We do have a problem in this country. You can either make a movie and ignore that, or you can acknowledge it and say, this is the water that we're living in. You know this - the movie lives in this - it's centered around this particular problem, and I chose to acknowledge it.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Nick Cassavetes"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cassavetes/we-do-have-a-problem-in-this-country-you-can-either-make-a-movie-and/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95d/nick-cassavetes-47889_acknowledge_we-do-have-a-problem-in-this-country-you_3123287.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95d/nick-cassavetes-47889_acknowledge_we-do-have-a-problem-in-this-country-you_3123287.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95d/nick-cassavetes-47889_acknowledge_we-do-have-a-problem-in-this-country-you_3123287.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“We do have a problem in this country. You can either make a movie and ignore that, or you can acknowledge it…” — Nick Cassavetes",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 7,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I know what people say, that water's a lot like air.  Do you charge for air? Well, of course not.  Well, you shouldn't charge for water.  Okay, watch what happens you won't have any water",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "T. Boone Pickens"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-boone-pickens/i-know-what-people-say-that-water-s-a-lot-like-air-do-you-charge-for/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89f/t-boone-pickens-9502_air_i-know-what-people-say-that-water-s-a-lo_3195808.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89f/t-boone-pickens-9502_air_i-know-what-people-say-that-water-s-a-lo_3195808.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89f/t-boone-pickens-9502_air_i-know-what-people-say-that-water-s-a-lo_3195808.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I know what people say, that water's a lot like air. Do you charge for air? Well, of course not. Well, you…” — T. Boone Pickens",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/say-water/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/say-water/",
            "name": "Say Water Quotes",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/say-water/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a0/chinua-achebe-781_ankle_people-say-that-if-you-find-water-rising_1300333.png"
            },
            "description": "Browse 7 Say Water quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Say Water sayings and thoughts.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/say-water/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/say-water/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Say Water Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/say-water/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```