Rivers Quotes

1778 Rivers quotes by 1144 unique authors

A river or stream is a cycle of energy from sun to plants to insects to fish. It is a continuum broken only by humans. — Aldo Leopold
The moods of a river change from hour to hour and day to day. It can be still and serene as a glassy mirror, reflecting… — Unknown Author
You cannot begin to preserve any species of animal unless you preserve the habitat in which it dwells. Disturb or destroy that habitat and you… — Gerald Durrell
I would be scared to go under the knife, but you know, talk to me when I'm 50. I'll try anything. Except I won't do… — Gwyneth Paltrow
Without the land, the rivers, the oceans, the forests, the sunshine, the minerals and thousands of natural resources we would have no economy whatsoever — Satish Kumar
There are no boundaries in the real Planet Earth. No United States, no Soviet Union, no China, no Taiwan...Rivers flow unimpeded across the swaths of… — Jacques Yves Cousteau
When the last tree is cut, the last fish is caught, and the last river is polluted; when to breathe the air is sickening, you… — Alanis Obomsawin
A three billion year old planet floating in the vast universe with mountains, seventy percent seas and oceans, fertile lands, immense forests, rivers and lakes,… — Robert Muller
Come with me, the river said, close your eyes and quiet your limbs and float with me into the wonder and mystery of the canyons,… — Edward Abbey
I fear I have not one good word to say this fair morning, though the sun shines so encouragingly on the distant hills and gentle… — Margaret Fuller
Each is like a river that leaves behind its name and shape, the whole course of its path , to vanish into the vast sea… — Richard Selzer
Only nature has a right to grieve perpetually, for she only is innocent. Soon the ice will melt, and the blackbirds sing along the river… — Henry David Thoreau
Feminist art is not some tiny creek running off the great river of real art. It is not some crack in an otherwise flawless stone.… — Andrea Dworkin
To fly! to live as airmen live! Like them to ride the skyways from horizon to horizon, across rivers and forests! To free oneself from… — Henri Mignet
For years I walked around with the phrase "Green River" because I had seen that on a soda fountain drink when I was probably 8… — John Fogerty
People who have faith in life are like swimmers who entrust themselves to a rushing river. They neither abandon themselves to its current nor try… — David Steindl-Rast
I do believe we should push each other to write better songs and make better music. We do ourselves a disservice if we sit back… — Bonnie Baker
'Envy the Night' was my first stand alone, the first book I'd written in the third person and I loved the feel of that, and… — Michael Koryta
The elephant, not only the largest but the most intelligent of animals, provides us with an excellent example. It is faithful and tenderly loving to… — Saint Francis de Sales
The Mississippi and its paddle boats, and the rivers of Bengal and their gleaming steamers evoked a similar atmosphere of romance, of long, song-filled voyages,… — Qurratulain Hyder

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