Rivers Quotes

1778 Rivers quotes by 1144 unique authors

There is nothing more beautiful in the world, enough to lose one's head. A sunset with a long nose, a starry sky that lies, a… — Roberto Benigni
The Thames is a wretched river after the Mersey and the ships are not like Liverpool ships and the docks are barren of beauty ...… — John Masefield
Water seeks its own level. Look at them. The Tigris, the Euphrates, the Mississippi, the Amazon, the Yangtze. The world's great rivers. And every one… — Alison McGhee
It is absurd for a man to kill an elephant. It is not brutal, it is not heroic, and certainly it is not easy; it… — Beryl Markham
At the time I did not know that stories of life are often more like rivers than books. — Norman Maclean
To this day, I enjoy nature, the luxury of undisturbed wilderness, forests, mountains, lakes, rivers and deserts and their wildlife. But I also know that… — Norman Borlaug
As I looked down, I saw a large river meandering slowly along for miles, passing from one country to another without stopping. I also saw… — Unknown Author
His words span rivers and mountains, but his thoughts are still only six inches long. — Elwyn Brooks White
I've always felt somewhat out of place with other kids my own age", said River. "I was constantly reminded by people's reaction to our names… — River Phoenix
The most formidable attribute of temptation is its increasing power, its accelerating ratio of velocity. Every act of repetition increases power, diminishes resistance. It is… — Horace Mann
India then being four-sided in plan, the side which looks to the Orient and that to the South, the Great Sea compasseth; that towards the… — Unknown Author
Cause the profit system follows the path of least resistance and following the path of least resistance is what makes the river crooked. Hmmmm. — Utah Phillips
I'm not trying to be the next Joan Rivers. — Isaac Mizrahi
The point is this: that the stream of memory may lead you to the river of understanding. And understanding, in turn, may be a tributary… — Wally Lamb
If a walker is indeed an individualist there is nowhere he can't go at dawn and not many places he can't go at noon. But… — Edward Hoagland
The whole purpose of the construction of The Bridge of Silver Wings was to provide a path leading to The River of Winged Dreams, or… — Aberjhani
But I plucked a new, different, worldly soul for myself -- maybe a soul I found in the spray thrown up by the surge of… — Alexandra Fuller
I keep following this sort of hidden river of my life, you know, whatever the topic or impulse which comes, I follow it along trustingly.… — William Stafford
Also, bad quality causes big disruptions in my river system. — Taiichi Ohno
With us, when you speak of ‘the river,’ though there be many, you mean always the same one, the great river, the shifting, unappeasable god… — William Alexander Percy
There are a range of associated impacts related to increasing temperatures which affect both evaporation rates and river systems, which are already over stressed, and… — Peter Garrett
We got rich by violating one of the central tenets of economics: thou shall not sell off your capital and call it income. And yet… — Kalle Lasn
This is the equivalent of an “internal shower”. As the spring freshness born of the heavy rains and vast masses of melting snows on mountains… — Joseph Pilates
More than one-half of the world's major rivers are being seriously depleted and polluted, degrading and poisoning the surrounding ecosystems, thus threatening the health and… — Ismail Serageldin
We all need the waters of the Mercy River. Though they don't run deep, there's usually enough, just enough, for the extravagance of our lives. — Jonis Agee

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