River Quote by Ellen Hopkins

“I sit down by the river. Its incessant flow has polished the rocks carried from the top of the mountain. The aqueous caress, that…

— Gabrielle Dubois

Of course, Ankh-Morpork's citizens had always claimed that the river water was incredibly pure. Any water that had passed through so many kidneys, they…

— Terry Pratchett

The mill cannot grind with the water that has passed.

— Orison Swett Marden

“He read it over twenty times and though the darkness that sang on held steady about him, the unhurried words fell bright through his…

— Elizabeth Spencer

“Take the proverb to thy soul! Take and clasp it fast: “The mill cannot grind with the water that has passed.” —Sarah Doudney”

— Linda Goodnight

Environmental laws were not passed to protect our air and water, they were passed to get votes.

— Frank Zappa

The journey over the bridge had unnerved me. The river water passed me by like an untouched drink. I suspected that even if my…

— Sylvia Plath

“In the beginning we are all floating downstream. At some point we become aware that the currents are dragging us down and that we…

— Noah Levine

Downstream is always someone else's up.

— Barbara Kingsolver

“As someone once said about water pollution, we all live downstream. We are all interconnected, and we can no longer afford the luxury of…

— Shashi Tharoor

If life is a river, then pursuing Christ requires swimming upstream. When we stop swimming, or actively following Him, we automatically begin to be…

— Francis Chan

Everything we are, everything we're building, everything we aspire to become, lives downstream from the brain.

— Bryan Johnson