Cities Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson Download Open image “Let the river roll which way it will, cities will rise on its banks.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Cities Rivers Way
The river flows at its own sweet will, but the flood is bound in the two banks. If it were not thus bound, its… — Vinoba Bhave Copy Share Image
Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. — Norman Maclean Copy Share Image
Rivers are roads which move, and which carry us whither we desire to go. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
If I poured all the lies I had told into the Mississippi, the river would rise and flood the city. — Ruta Sepetys Copy Share Image
Let the mountains talk, let the river run. Once more, and forever. — David R. Brower Copy Share Image
The river moves, but it follows a path. When it tires of one journey, it rubs through some rock to forge a new way.… — Kekla Magoon Copy Share Image
There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
You will one day rise To flood the banks of the chosen. This is the art of ruin. — Lamb Of God Copy Share Image
The river is constantly turning and bending and you never know where it's going to go and where you'll wind up. Following the bend… — Eartha Kitt Copy Share Image
“The river can go back over the past and bring it all up and spit it out on the banks in full view of… — Paula Hawkins Copy Share Image
In a troubled state we must do as in foul weather upon a river, not think to cut directly through, for the boat may… — John Selden Copy Share Image
The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which it records… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If we will not interfere with our thought, but will act entirely, or see how the thing stands in God, we know the particular… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A man cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will or against his will he draws his portrait to the eye of his… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Consideration is the soil in which wisdom may be expected to grow, and strength be given to every up-springing plant of duty. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Another success is the post-office, with its educating energy augmented by cheapness and guarded by a certain religious sentimentin mankind; so that the power… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
No man can be criticised but by a greater than he. Do not, then, read the reviews. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Coal lay in ledges under the ground since the Flood, until a laborer with pick and windlass brings it to the surface. We may… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Public infrastructure around the world is facing unprecedented stress, with hurricanes, cyclones, floods and forest fires all increasing in frequency and intensity. It's easy… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
Surely, if Mother Nature had been consulted, she would never have consented to building a city in New Orleans. — Mortimer Zuckerman Copy Share Image
Cities are 2% of the earth's crust, but they are 50% of the world's population. — Carlo Ratti Copy Share Image
A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
All Germany was in turmoil. Revolutionaries seized power in the cities of Munich, Hanover and Cologne. One regional German government after another was toppled… — James Cross Giblin Copy Share Image
Nice is a city of ghosts and specters, but I hope not to become one of them right away. — Patrick Modiano Copy Share Image
I know of not one Republican candidate that would not appear publicly with Mitt Romney and I know many Democrats that don't even want… — Pete Sessions Copy Share Image
Just between you and me, shouldn’t the World Bank be encouraging MORE migration of the dirty industries to the LDCs [Less Developed Countries]?... I… — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
We will neglect our cities to our peril, for in neglecting them we neglect the nation. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I didn't know the city at all, but I was so happy to be in New York I cried. I was so excited. — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
Dawn's faint breath breathes with your mouth at the ends of empty streets. Gray light your eyes, sweet drops of dawn on dark hills.… — Cesare Pavese Copy Share Image
