River Quotes

1549 quotes by 1049 authors

Let us not forget the East Bank of the (River) Jordan, where seventy per cent of the inhabitants belong to the Palestinian nation. — George Habash
The surface of the quieted river, as I think now, is like a window looking into another world that is like this one except that… — Wendell Berry
If it is necessary, omit one bridge over the river, go round a little there, and throw one arch at least over the darker gulf… — Henry David Thoreau
Now God be thanked that the name of a hill is such music, that the name of a river can heal. — Alan Paton
The old river in its broad reach rested unruffled at the decline of day, after ages of good service done to the race that peopled… — Joseph Conrad
The river moves from land to water to land, in and out of organisms, reminding us what native peoples have never forgotten: that you cannot… — Lynn Culbreath Noel
The first river you paddle runs through the rest of your life. It bubbles up in pools and eddies to remind you who you are. — Lynn Culbreath Noel
I don't even have a choice. Rachel thought how that was pretty much true of everything now, that you got one choice at the beginning… — Ron Rash
Creativity arises out of the tension between spontaneity and limitations, the latter (like the river banks) forcing the spontaneity into the various forms which are… — Rollo May
The road will never swallow you. The river of destiny will always overcome evil. May you understand your fate. Suffering will never destroy you, but… — Ben Okri
In the beginning there was a river. The river became a road and the road branched out to the whole world. And because the road… — Ben Okri
Of course, Ankh-Morpork's citizens had always claimed that the river water was incredibly pure. Any water that had passed through so many kidneys, they reasoned,… — Terry Pratchett
You can wipe your feet on me, twist my motives around all you like, you can dump millstones on my head and drown me in… — Margaret Atwood
Thunder is no longer the voice of an angry god... No river contains a spirit... no snake the embodiment of wisdom, no mountain cave the… — Carl Jung
What a view, i said again. The river was blank and mindless with beauty. It was the most glorious thing I have ever seen. But… — James Dickey
Too many whites are getting away with drug use...Too many whites are getting away with drug sales...The answer is to go out and find the… — Rush Limbaugh
How lovely the little river is, with its dark changing wavelets! It seems to me like a living companion while I wander along the bank,… — George Eliot
George Foreman. A miracle. A mystery to myself. Who am I? The mirror says back. The George you was always meant to be. Wasn't always… — George Foreman
We like to put sacred texts in flowing waters, so I rolled it up, tied it to a piece of wood, placed a dandelion on… — Malala Yousafzai
If people volunteered in the same way to construct schools or roads or even clear the river of plastic wrappers, by God, Pakistan would become… — Malala Yousafzai

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