Quote by Dwight E. Abbott

“A dam is monumentally static; it tries to bring a river under control, to regulate its seasonal pattern of floods and low flow.”

— Patrick McCully

From being a dream, dams have become a very cynical corrupt enterprise; a way of letting governments lay their hands on huge sums of…

— Arundhati Roy

“Don't let criticism be the dam that turns your raging river of enthusiasm into a complacent lake of indifference~”

— Anonymous

“Just stop pursuing the subject we know is going to lead to disaster. Pro 17:14 - The idea is not to sweep the matter…

— Robert E. Fisher

“Dams are built with the intent of a 100-year lifetime — just long enough for societies to become completely dependent on them”

— Daniel Lenihan

“Doesn’t part of the awe that fills us when we confront the unknown come from understanding that, should it at last flood into us…

— Nicole Krauss

“Many of the people I've met in my lifetime think small. They are the type who mop up the water spill but never get…

— M.B. Watson

“Everyone sees the violence of the swollen river. Few see the violence of the embankments that constrain it.”

— Ancient Chinese Proverb

The bigger the dam of patience, the worse the flood when the dam breaks.

— Austin O'Malley

“The norm which the society at large has set today categorically is in the form of preventive measures to be clasped within the purview…

— Henrietta Newton Martin

“Rivers spill mysteries into the ocean, and the ocean washes the answer to the shore.”

— Tanja Kobasic

When dams were erected on the Columbia, salmon battered themselves against the concrete, trying to return home. I expect no less from us. We…

— Derrick Jensen