Dams Quote by Patrick McCully

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

— Anonymous

“A river flow freely from its source.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Don't force the river to flow. It will flow on its own.”

— Chinese proverb

“A dam doesn't try to reason with the water. Its main purpose is to hold it still for a while. When I lecture my…

— Spuds Crawford

“A dam tears at all the interconnected webs of river valley life.”

— Patrick McCully

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

— Daniel Lenihan

Men may dam it and say that they have made a lake, but it will still be a river. It will keep its nature…

— Wendell Berry

“In a flood the water goes everywhere, you don't have to think about it. In a drought, if you want water, you have to…

— Zadie Smith

“The river has indeed become an inefficient conduit, but the same plaque that plugs this artery used to hold back the flow when it…

— Robert Michael Pyle

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

“In the 1940s dams were synonymous with progress, and the rivers were to be conquered with the fervour of a pioneer wielding an axe.”

— Tim Palmer

“A river is only as strong as the tributaries that feed it.”

— Timothy Bax