Thames Quotes

31 quotes by 29 authors

Hoc age ['do this'] is the great rule, whether you are serious or merry; whether ... learning science or duty from a folio, or floating… — Samuel Johnson
The funny thing is, London is an incredibly interesting city. It's very sexy and it's very different, with the Thames winding through it like a… — Mel Smith
But if people want to swim in the Thames, if they want to take their lives into their own hands, then they should be able… — Boris Johnson
The Thames was all gold. God it was beautiful, so fine that I began working a frenzy, following the sun and its reflections on the… — Claude Monet
I long ago suggested the hypothesis, that in the basin of the Thames there are indications of a meeting in the Pleistocene period of a… — Charles Lyell
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
The silver Thames takes some part of this county in its journey to Oxford. — John Aubrey
I am not afraid to appear in Israel, although when I come to a place like Israel, I know it's not a picnic by the… — Ian Anderson
I have a confession to make. Yesterday, I was responsible for the deaths of millions of Britons. What happened is that MI5 asked me to… — Mark Lawson
Rupert Grayson manifested a talent for survival: it was said of him that even if - unlikely contingency - he had tried to drown himself… — Hugh Massingberd
Because of the Thames I have always loved inland waterways - water in general, water sounds - there's music in water. Brooks babbling, fountains splashing.… — Julie Andrews
And Thames and all the rivers of the kings Ran into Mississippi and were drowned. They planted England with a stubborn trust But the cleft… — Stephen Vincent Benet
The time shall come, when, free as seas or wind, Unbounded Thames shall flow for all mankind, Whole nations enter with each swelling tide, And… — Alexander Pope
There is a hill beside the silver Thames, Shady with birch and beech and odorous pine; And brilliant underfoot with thousand gems, Steeply the thickets… — Robert Bridges
The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged… — Benjamin Disraeli
Someday when peace has returned to this odd world I want to come to London again and stand on a certain balcony on a moonlit… — Ernie Pyle
If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn't swim. — Margaret Thatcher
I've just swum the length of the Thames. I feel quite tired. — David Walliams
TWENTY bridges from Tower to Kew - Wanted to know what the River knew, Twenty Bridges or twenty-two, For they were young, and the Thames… — Rudyard Kipling
I wander thro' each charter'd street, Near where the charter'd Thames does flow, And mark in every face I meet Marks of weakness, marks of… — William Blake

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