Water Quotes
It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always right at the top.Hunter S. Thompson
In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, Long ago.Christina Rossetti, A Christmas Carol
In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans.Kahlil Gibran
If the many allegations made to this date are true, then the burglars who broke into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate were, in effect, breaking into the home of every citizen.Sam James Ervin, Jr.
Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted, If it enrich not the heart of another, its waters returning Back to their springs, like the rain shall fill them full of refreshment That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The function of government ought to be: make sure you have good water to drink, somebody picking up the garbage, good roads to drive on, enough electricity to turn your light bulbs and your record player on, and whatever smaller amounts of regulatory assistance is necessary to make this society work.Frank Zappa, Interview with this submitter, New York City, 5/08/1980
An American tragedy in which we all have played a part. On Watergate, announcing pardon of former President Richard M Nixon.Gerald R. Ford
Fish, to taste good, must swim three times in water, in butter, and in wine.Polish Prove
I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate...Richard Milhous Nixon
From Watergate we learned what generations before us have known our Constitution works. And during Watergate years it was interpreted again so as to reaffirm that no one - Absolutely no one - Is above the law.Leon Jaworski
Only cat lovers know the luxury of fur - Coated, musical hot water bottles that never go cold.Susanne Millen
Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams. They have different names but all contain water. Religions have different names, but all contain truth.Muhammad Ali
The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.Henry David Thoreau
Let this be an example for the acquisition of all knowledge, virtue, and riches. By the fall of drops of water, by degrees, a pot is filled.The Hitopadesa
Iron rusts from disuse water loses its purity from stagnation and in cold weather becomes frozen even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind.Leonardo DaVinci
Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body.Oliver Wendell Holmes
If you pump casually, you will pump forever. Pump hard to begin with and keep it up until you get that water flowing. Then a great deal will happen.Zig Zigla
The tree of Liberty needs to be watered from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.Thomas Jefferson
Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.W. H. Auden
There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret, Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
If there is Magic on this planet, it is contained in water.Loren
Despair, in short, seeks its own environment as surely as water finds its own level.A. Alvarez
A woman is like a teabag, you never know how strong she is until you put her in hot water.Mae West
What is harder than rock, or softer than water Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere.Ovid
One kernel is felt in a hogshead one drop of water helps to swell the ocean a spark of fire helps to give light to the world. None are too small, too feeble, too poor to be of service. Think of this and act.Hannah More
The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.Thomas Calyle
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - - Like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash Be water my friend.Bruce Lee
Pour water on a sportswriter - - Instant horseshit.Ted Williams
The best man is like water. Water is good; it benefits all things and does not compete with them. It dwells in lowly places that all disdain. This is why it is so near to Tao.Lao - Tzu, The Way of Lao - Tzu
Indecision is like a stepchild: if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water.African Prove
What made the deepest impression upon you? inquired a friend one day of Lincoln, when you stood in the presence of the Falls of Niagara, the greatest of natural wonders? - - - - The thing that stuck me most forcibly when I saw the Falls, Lincoln responded with the characteristic deliberation, was where in the world did all that water come from?Author Unknown
The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy... neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.John W. Gardne
Water is the most neglected nutrient in your diet but one of the most vital.Kelly Barton
Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind.Leonardo da Vinci
Lakes, rivers, streams... all are water and all travel to the same destination. So it is with religion.Muhammed Ali, in a television interview
Only in quiet waters do things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world.Hans Margolius
You see through love, and that deludes your sight, As what is straight seems crooked through the water.John Dryden
