River Quotes

1549 River quotes by 1049 unique authors

What do we call the river? Every moment the water is changing, the shore is changing, every moment the environment is changing, what is the… — Swami Vivekananda
Comely was the town by the curving river that they dismantled in a year's time. Beautiful was Colleton in her last spring as she flung… — Pat Conroy
I wouldn't have the life I have without television. I wouldn't be looking out my apartment window onto the East River; I wouldn't be able… — Susan Sullivan
What I didn't know was that if I didn't stand with my back to the wall, Hollywood people would unscrew my ass and sell it… — Joseph Wambaugh
When we talk of flood control, we usually think of dams and deeper river channels, to impound the waters or hurry their run-off. Yet neither… — Hal Borland
I have always been a big advocate of tap water-not because I think it harmless but because the idea of purchasing water extracted from some… — Sandra Steingraber
There are so many traps. There are so many opportunities. Life is a river and we take our boat and we go down it. — Frederick Lenz
All life passes like a fast flowing river and how strange to see that happiness increases this speed! Yes, a happy life passes faster! — Mehmet Murat Ildan
I shall take all the troubles of the past, all the disappointments, all the headaches, and I shall pack them in a bag and throw… — Trygve Lie
I mangle phrases constantly. The other day I was chatting with my boyfriend and I said to him, 'He really sold him under the bus.'… — Cristin Milioti
Meaning is something we experience more than we attain. It's like finding a nice, easy current in a river that carries you through life. — Donald Miller
When the first light dawned on the earth, and the birds awoke, and the brave river was heard rippling confidently seaward, and the nimble early… — Henry David Thoreau
God took the beauty of the Bay of Naples, the Valley of the Nile, the Swiss Alps, the Hudson River Valley, rolled them into one… — Fiorello H. La Guardia
If I cried me a river of all my confessions, would I drown in my shallow regret? — Sarah McLachlan
In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God. — John of the Cross
My idea of a vacation is staying home and doing short day hikes, floating the river and things like that. — Tim Cahill
Faith? Haven't any. I'm not a nihilist or a relativist. I don't believe in anything but change. I'm a Heraclitean - you can't step in… — Philip Johnson
There have been many occasions when I found it helpful to talk out loud to my own thoughts, ordering the unwholesome ones to go off… — Vash Young
There are so many times in one's life, when one feels he has nothing more to offer. But no, my river has not run dry. — Eric Burdon
I do all the cooking in our family. I'm a utilitarian cook, rather than an adventurous one - I only have about 15 recipes in… — Patrick Duffy
The young people I teach now know they are being sold down the river before we even start studying the trends and numbers. That's the… — Kurt Bills
If I were mayor, I'd invite everyone to have free boat trips on the river and free balloon rides over the city. I'd let the… — Jane Birkin
In spirituals, the talk of heaven and deliverance was code for a better life. 'Crossing the River Jordan' was code, of course, for escaping to… — Kathleen Battle
People love the electric rake. You just hit it or whatever you want to do. You can't play 'Swanee River' on it. You have to… — Eugene Chadbourne
She's sun and rain, she's fire and ice, a little crazy, but it's nice. And when she gets mad, you best leave her alone, cause… — Garth Brooks

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