Rivers Quotes

1778 Rivers quotes by 1144 unique authors

White swan of cities slumbering in thy nest . . . White phantom city, whose untrodden streets Are rivers, and whose pavements are the shifting… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
In a mucked up lovely river, I cast my little fly. I look at that river and smell it And it makes me want to… — Greg Brown
I do not know much about gods; but I think that the river Is a strong brown god-sullen, untamed and intractable. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Ye marshes, how candid and simple and nothing-withholding and free, Ye publish yourselves to the sky and offer yourselves to the sea. — Sidney Lanier
We have ignored this cancer for so long that the romance of environmental concern is already fading in the shadow of the grim realities of… — Edmund Muskie
The rapids beat below the boat Deep in the heart of the land Feel the pulse of the river in the pulse at your throat… — Lynn Culbreath Noel
From its fountains In the mountains, Its rills and its gills; Through moss and through brake, It runs and it creeps For awhile till it… — Robert Southey
I was born upon thy bank, river, My blood flows in thy stream, And thou meanderest forever, At the bottom of my dream. — Henry David Thoreau
So Nature deals with us, and takes away Our playthings one by one, and by the hand Leads us to rest. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
He wondered what kind of blueprint beavers had for creating such a structure-or did they simply start aimlessly weaving stuff together until they had a… — Patrick F. McManus
Then the hard, dry Spaniards came exploring through, greedy and realistic, and their greed was for gold or God. They collected souls as they collected… — John Steinbeck
About fifteen miles above New Orleans the river goes very slowly. It has broadened out there until it is almost a sea and the water… — Frank Yerby
History, like a vast river, propels logs, vegetation, rafts, and debris; it is full of live and dead things, some destined for resurrection; it mingles… — Jacques Barzun
A stone lies in a river; a piece of wood is jammed against it; dead leaves, drifting logs, and branches caked with mud collect; weeds… — Cyril Connolly
He knew by heart every last minute crack on its surface. He had made maps of the ceiling and gone exploring on them; rivers, islands,… — Josephine Tey
He found that he had this sudden desperate longing for the fuming, smoky streets of Ankh-Morpork, which was always at its best in the spring,… — Terry Pratchett
And we don't often get any wading birds in the River Ankh, mainly because the pollution would eat their legs away and anyway, it's easier… — Terry Pratchett
Just as a snowflakewent on to feed a puddle that filled a stream and then the river, thepumpkin patch is a gathering of molecules from… — Katherine Dunn
My birthplace was California, but I couldn't forget Armenia, so what is one's country? Is it land of the earth, in a specific place? Rivers… — William Saroyan
The English language is like a broad river on whose bank a few patient anglers are sitting, while, higher up, the stream is being polluted… — Cyril Connolly
Boston was a great city to grow up in, and it probably still is. We were surrounded by two very important elements: academia and the… — Leonard Nimoy
I'll never reach my destination, If I never try, So I will sail my vessel, 'Til the river runs dry. — Garth Brooks
Mighty rivers can easily be leaped at their source. — Publilius Syrus
What do you think? Who are these people who have depicted heaven as a playboy Club - who are these people? Starved, poor, who have… — Rajneesh
Therapy is the boat across the river, but most don't want to get off. Don't blame, forgive, All healing is self-healing — Albert Schweitzer

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