“And at my feet the pale green Thames Lies like a rod of rippled jade.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn't swim. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I'd have my ashes scattered on the Thames. Everyone can look at the water and say, 'There she is,' then wave. — Alison Hammond Copy Share Image
I've never been far from the river. I'm sort of like a Thames-nymph. — Natalie Dormer Copy Share Image
The silver Thames takes some part of this county in its journey to Oxford. — John Aubrey Copy Share Image
And there is London!--England's heart and soul. By the proud flowing of her famous Thames, She circulates through countless lands and isles… — Robert Montgomery Copy Share Image
Thou stately stream that with the swelling tide 'Gainst London walls incessantly dost beat, Thou Thames, I say, where barge and boat… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
In every cry of every man, In every infant's cry of fear, In every voice, in every ban, The mind-forg'd manacles I… — William Blake Copy Share Image
Hoc age ['do this'] is the great rule, whether you are serious or merry; whether ... learning science or duty from a… — Samuel Johnson 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
Twenty bridges from Tower to Kew — (Twenty bridges or twenty two) — Wanted to know what the River knew, For they… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
But if people want to swim in the Thames, if they want to take their lives into their own hands, then they… — Boris Johnson Copy Share Image
Trains are great dirty smoky things," said Will. "You won't like it." Tessa was unmoved. "I won't know if I like it… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
There was no moon but the night sky was a riot of crisp and glittering autumn stars. There were streetlights too and… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The Thames could be thought of as England's longest archaeological site, and no fewer than 90,000 objects recovered from its foreshore are… — Jean Hanff Korelitz Copy Share Image
“The Thames Shouldered its way past Blackfriars Bridge, impatient with the ancient piers, no longer the passive stream that slid past Chelsea… — J.G. Ballard Copy Share Image
They have poisoned the Thames and killed the fish in the river. A little further development of the same wisdom and science… — Thomas Love Peacock Copy Share Image
My depth of purse is not so great Nor yet my bibliophilic greed, That merely buying doth elate: The books I buy… — A. Edward Newton Copy Share Image
I went down to the sewers in London and looked at a campaigning group in London called RATS, Rowers Against Thames Sewage,… — Rose George Copy Share Image
The Thames Torso murders almost fell into my lap. After deciding to use a real historical crime as the focus for the… — Sarah Pinborough Copy Share Image
“There is no river in the world to be compared for majesty and the witchery of association, to the Thames; it impresses… — Hume Nisbet Copy Share Image
Everything I loved had been dead for two centuries - or, as in the case of Graeco-Roman classicism, for two milenniums. I… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“A RIB is a rigid inflatable boat, and this has an engine at the rear which pushes the nose up and out… — Clare O'Beara Copy Share Image
No, the last thing she cared about was whether people were staring at the boy and girl kissing by the river, as… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Kinship among nations is not determined in such measurements as proximity of size and age. Rather we should turn to those inner… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
I have a confession to make. Yesterday, I was responsible for the deaths of millions of Britons. What happened is that MI5… — Mark Lawson Copy Share Image
My New Year's Eve is always 2 July, the night before my birthday. That's the night I make my resolutions. And this… — Tracey Emin Copy Share Image
I wander thro' each charter'd street, Near where the charter'd Thames does flow, And mark in every face I meet Marks of… — William Blake Copy Share Image
No, I'm alright for adventure. I will up the Thames in one of those Jacuzzi dingys. — Jonathan Bailey Copy Share Image
I am not afraid to appear in Israel, although when I come to a place like Israel, I know it's not a… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
There is a hill beside the silver Thames, Shady with birch and beech and odorous pine; And brilliant underfoot with thousand gems,… — Robert Bridges Copy Share Image
Someday when peace has returned to this odd world I want to come to London again and stand on a certain balcony… — Ernie Pyle Copy Share Image
If you go to London now, not everything is beautiful, but it's amazingly better than it was. And the Thames is certainly… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
“Fifteen feet away, the wide River Thames rolled past, dark and deep and mysterious is the sullen-not-quite sunrise.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The funny thing is, London is an incredibly interesting city. It's very sexy and it's very different, with the Thames winding through… — Mel Smith Copy Share Image