Swamp Quotes

95 Swamp quotes by 85 unique authors

We'll have to deal with the networks. One of the ways to do that is to drain the swamp they live in. And that means… — Donald Rumsfeld
Without the help of selfishness, the human animal would never have developed. Egoism is the vine by which man hoisted himself out of the swamp… — Blaise Cendrars
We discovered that in connection with these figures the German national simpletons and money-grubbers of the Frankfurt parliamentary swamp always counted as Germans the Polish… — Friedrich Engels
Sadly, a U.S. invasion of Iraq 'would threaten the whole stability of the Middle East' - or so Amr Moussa, secretary-general of the Arab League,… — Mark Steyn
I have watched the river and the sea for a lifetime. I have seen rivers rob soil from the roots of trees until the giants… — Keri Hulme
May 12-13: Sowed Hemp at Muddy hole by Swamp. August 7: Began to separate the Male from the Female at Do - rather too late. — George Washington
When I would re-create myself, I seek the darkest wood, the thickest and most interminable and to the citizen, most dismal, swamp. I enter as… — Henry David Thoreau
Here's a good gag if you go swimming in a swamp and when you come out you're all covered with leeches. Just say, "Hey, has… — Jack Handey
Well, maybe not death panels, exactly, but unless we start allocating health-care resources more prudently â€“ rationing, by its proper name â€“ the exploding cost… — Steven Rattner
If perfection is stagnation, then Heaven is a swamp. — Richard Bach
With women, my wiring shorts out. My senses respond to the physical and the chemical, the scent and sheen of her. Evil could not possibly… — Paul Levine
Without freedom of speech, I might be in the swamp — Bob Dylan
The Swamp of Despond is that place set before the narrow gate where true and false pilgrims alike are assaulted by their own internal corruption… — John Bunyan
When they started to drain a swamp where birds and fish had lived, for a new housing development down the road from his apartment, Steven… — Maile Meloy
Yes, there was music after all. The sound of the swamp rose up to him. The sound of frogs and crickets, of birds and 'gators,… — Robert R. McCammon
But I have no desire for fame and power anymore. I crawled out of the swamp and I'm not crawling back in. — George W. Bush
Surely one may as profitably be soaked in the juices of a swamp for one day as pick his way dry-shod over sand. Cold and… — Henry David Thoreau
In our swamp of media sensationalism and group-speak, BOSTON REVIEW stands out as a bold voice for reason and argument, one of the very, very… — Martha C. Nussbaum
The party of Lincoln and Liberty was transmogrified into the party of hairy-backed swamp developers and corporate shills, faith-based economists, fundamentalist bullies with Bibles, Christians… — Garrison Keillor
I've always wanted to make 'Swamp Thing.' I like 'Swamp Thing.' I think it's a good idea, and I thought it would be a good… — Joel Silver

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