Environmental Quote by Hal Borland

Any river is really the summation of the whole valley. To think of it as nothing but water is to ignore the greater part.

— Hal Borland

A river seems a magic thing. A magic, moving, living part of the very earth itself.

— Laura Gilpin

A river is a river, independent of whether there are other rivers nearby. In science, we call things what they are based on their…

— Alan Stern

Rivers are inherently interesting. They mold landscapes, create fertile deltas, provide trade routes, a source for food and water; a place to wash and…

— Edward Gargan

A river is water is its loveliest form; rivers have life and sound and movement and infinity of variation, rivers are veins of the…

— Roderick Haig-Brown

The river is a metaphor for life in general, ... all the bullshit that you deal with from being a kid growing up. The…

— Zakk Wylde

What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn't have any doubt it is sure to get where it is going,…

— Hal Boyle

In this sometimes turbulent world, the river is a cosmic symbol of durability and destiny; awesome, but steadfast. In this period of deep national…

— Helen Hayes

Rivers are places that renew our spirit, connect us with our past, and link us directly with the flow and rhythm of the natural…

— Leo Tolstoy

A river, though, has so many things to say that it is hard to know what it says to each of us.

— Norman Maclean

Rivers are the primal highways of life. From the crack of time, they had borne men's dreams, and in their lovely rush to elsewhere,…

— Tom Robbins

We cannot make rivers whole unless we wholly understand them.

— Rob Brown