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Canyon Quotes by John Wesley Powell
- The wonders of the Grand Canyon cannot be adequately represented in symbols of speech, nor by speech itself. The resources of the graphic art are…
- You cannot see the Grand Canyon in one view, as if it were a changeless spectacle from which a curtain might be lifted, but to…
- The elements that unite to make the Grand Canyon the most sublime spectacle in nature are multifarious and exceedingly diverse.
- The glories and the beauties of form, color, and sound unite in the Grand Canyon - forms unrivaled even by the mountains, colors that vie…
- I am not sure that we can climb out of the canyon here, and, when at the top of the wall, I know enough of…
- The landscape everywhere, away from the river, is of rock, cliffs of rock, tables of rock, plateaus of rock, terraces of rock, crags of rock,…
More Canyon Quotes
- Climbing K2 or floating the Grand Canyon in an inner tube; there are some things one would rather have done than do. — Edward Abbey
- It doesn't have to be the Grand Canyon, it could be a city street, it could be the face of another human… — A.C. Grayling
- Every season has its peaks and valleys. What you have to try to do is eliminate the Grand Canyon. — Andy Van Slyke
- It's like trying to describe what you feel when you're standing on the rim of the Grand Canyon or remembering your first… — Harrison Schmitt
- For thousands of years, father and son have stretched wistful hands across the canyon of time, each eager to help the other… — Alan Valentine
- I simply wanted to experience the presence of this man who had revolutionized my understanding. After a while we sat in silence,… — Huston Smith
- The big, blazing truth about man is that he has a heaven-sized hole in his heart, and nothing else can fill it.… — Peter Kreeft
- Today the thing I find myself thinking about the most is our landscape...I think it's something a lot of us take for… — Mick Dodson
- I had so much fun touring the Grand Canyon area with the Sierra Club. I love to get outdoors and enjoy nature.… — Nolan Gould
- Working with Jack [Nicholson] is sort of like standing in front of the Grand Canyon. — Diane Keaton
- I had a few fibroids removed, and they left me with a Grand Canyon of scar tissue in my uterus. The doctors… — Holly Marie Combs
- I love my country, by which I mean I am indebted joyfully to all the people throughout its history, who have fought… — Ani DiFranco