Ponds Quotes

192 quotes by 160 authors

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it. — Henry Adams
In England, David and I are big fish in a small pond. But in L.A., we are tiny, tiny, tiny fish in a big pond. — Victoria Beckham
I have two brothers and we basically spent our lives playing in the woods, falling in ponds, getting chased by wasps and riding donkeys that… — Jo Brand
Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams - they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do - they all contain truths. — Muhammad Ali
I think in both of those situations, it's important as an actor to learn, despite the success I had as a kid, that it's important… — Anthony Michael Hall
When we can drain the Ocean into mill-ponds, and bottle up the Force of Gravity, to be sold by retail, in gas jars; then may… — Thomas Carlyle
Give me books, fruit, French wine and fine weather and a little music out of doors, played by someone I do not know. I admire… — John Keats
In the spring rain, The pond and the river Have become one. — Yosa Buson
In the spring rain, the pond and the river become one. Into every life some rain must fall. Usually when your car windows are down.… — Langston Hughes
The greatest blunder I have seen that almost everyone makes is to just speak their mind. It doesn't make any sense. They sound like the… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Ten years from now I plan to be sitting here, looking out over my land. I hope I'll be writing books, but if not, I'll… — John Grisham
Science, which cuts its way through the muddy pond of daily life without mingling with it, casts its wealth to right and left, but the… — Alexander Herzen
I wasn't running toward the theater but running away from the sporting goods store. Of course now that I'm selling spaghetti sauce (with Newman's Own),… — Paul Newman
It's hard for the modern generation to understand Thoreau, who lived beside a pond but didn't own water skis or a snorkel. — Loudon Wainwright III
Even those who venture to dip a toe in the pond of risk never allow themselves to get used to the water. — David Viscott
I got up early and bathed in the pond; that was a religious exercise, and one of the best things which I did. They say… — Henry David Thoreau
The Indian prefers the soft sound of the wind darting over the face of the pond, the smell of the wind itself cleansed by a… — Chief Seattle
You can never be an artist if your work comes without effort. That is the problem with modernink from a bottle. You do not have… — Amy Tan
It is long ere we discover how rich we are. Our history, we are sure, is quite tame: we have nothing to write, nothing to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Anytime that is â€˜betwixt and betweenâ€™ or transitional is the faeriesâ€™ favorite time. They inhabit transitional spaces: the bottom of the garden, existing in a… — Brian Froud

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