River Quotes

1549 River quotes by 1049 unique authors

Ships are obliged to take on harbor or river pilots - who provide specialized local navigation - when they approach a port, but in the… — Rose George
I believe that the federal government, like a raging river, has expanded upon the barriers and the boundaries of its banks, and unfortunately, it is… — Steve Southerland
Those who stand at the threshold of life always waiting for the right time to change are like the man who stands at the bank… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
Seriously, who really cares how long the Nile river is, or who was the first to discover cheese? How is memorizing that ever going to… — Aaron Swartz
When I was a child, my father used to take me for walks, often along a river or by the sea. We would pass people… — Peter Singer
I worked on a farm. Played ball and loafed along the fishing and swimming holes of the White River, and my boyhood was not a… — Chuck Klein
I flew fighters for the Navy in San Diego for three years, went and did my post-graduate education, and then I was a test pilot… — Alan G. Poindexter
I think of science fiction as being part of the great river of imaginative fiction that has flowed through English literature, probably for 400 or… — J. G. Ballard
I grew up in Iowa, and the improv comedy club Comedy-Sportz across the river in Illinois held auditions. They took me even though I was… — Eric Christian Olsen
The I-495 bridge over the Christina River in Wilmington, Delaware, is tilting. — Anthony Foxx
Captain Richard Phillips of the good ship Maersk Alabama - and Sully Sullenberger splashing down his crippled airliner in the Hudson River - broke through… — Tina Brown
The defense of the West Bank by Arab forces would be a truly suicidal enterprise. The late King Hussein understood these facts well. Until 1967,… — Martin Van Creveld
Being some country lad from the banks of the River Boyne, I never wanted to be wealthy. I was driven by artistic intention. — Pierce Brosnan
The city of Cork - the urban center, where all the shops and bars and everything are - is actually an island, a river island. — John Jeremiah Sullivan
Who put their foot in the Missouri River first: Lewis or Clark? Who cares! — Buzz Aldrin
A few months into my research, General Petraeus, who was then leading Central Command, invited me to go for a run with him and his… — Paula Broadwell
I live in a beautiful part of the world - western New Hampshire along the Baker River - and my family and I spend a… — Joseph Monninger
In the spring of 1968, The Beatles and I were invited by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to travel to Riskikesh, India. Riskikesh has been an important… — Mike Love
If we choose to walk into a forest where a tiger lives, we are taking a chance. If we swim in a river where crocodiles… — Peter Benchley
I live by the sea, but the body of water I have the most feeling about is the Mississippi River, where I used to row… — Susan Glaspell

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