Water Quotes
Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny.Carl Schurz
I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate...Richard Milhous Nixon
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
The true miracle is not walking on water or walking in air, but simply walking on this earth.Thich Nhat Hanh
With true friends... even water drunk together is sweet enough.Chinese Prove
Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue.Confucius, The Confucian Analects
You know something that would really make me applaud A guy gets stuck in quicksand, then sinks, then suddenly comes shooting out, riding on water skis How do they do that.Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
Iron rusts from disue; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.Leonardo da Vinci, The Notebooks
Streets full of water; please advise.Robert Benchley
Blood is thicker than water, but politics are thicker than blood.Frank Herbert, Dune
The law is not so much carved in stone as it is written in water, flowing in and out with the tide.Jeff Melvoin, Northern Exposure, Crime and Punishment, 1992
The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.Thomas Calyle
Beauty is a form of genius - - Is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation. It is of the great facts in the world like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in dark water of that silver shell we call the moon.Oscar Wilde
A woman is like a teabag, you never know how strong she is until you put her in hot water.Mae West
Society, my dear, is like salt water, good to swim in but hard to swallow.Arthur Stringer, "The Silver Poppy".
What is Jordan that I should wash in it What is the preaching that I should attend on it, while I hear nothing but what I knew before What are these beggarly elements of water, bread, and wine Are not these the reasonings of a soul that forgets who appoints the means of grace.William Gurnall
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
Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink. Water, water everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.W. H. Auden
The tree of Liberty needs to be watered from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.Thomas Jefferson
A woman is like a tea bag - You never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.Eleanor Roosevelt
Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.Buddha
Water is the most neglected nutrient in your diet but one of the most vital.Kelly Barton
If you neglect to recharge a battery, it dies. And if you run full speed ahead without stopping for water, you lose momentum to finish the race.Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine, April 2003
Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.W. C. Fields
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
In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans.Kahlil Gibran
Our land is more valuable than your money. As long as the sun shines and the waters flow, this land will be here to give life to men and animals; therefore, we cannot sell this land. It was put here for us by the Great Spirit and we cannot sell it because it does not belong to us.Blackfoot chief, (c. 1880)
Ideals are like stars. You will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But, like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides and following them you will reach your destiny.Unknown
My friend I consider you my brother. I know we are not blood, and blood is thicker than water, but your body already has all the blood it needs. You will always need water.Eric Pio
Listen. Do not have an opinion while you listen because frankly, your opinion doesn? t hold much water outside of Your Universe. Just listen. Listen until their brain has been twisted like a dripping towel and what they have to say is all over the floor.Hugh Elliott, Standing Room Only weblog, 02 - 14 - 2003
I pray thee cease thy counsel, Which falls into mine ears as profitless as water in a sieve.William Shakespeare
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 G. Rossetti
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
Genius is a bend in the creek where bright water has gathered, and which mirrors the trees, the sky and the banks. It just does that because it is there and the scenery is there. Talent is a fine mirror with a silver frame, with the name of the owner engraved on the back.Edgar Lee Masters
According to Democritus, truth lies at the bottom of a well, the water of which serves as a mirror in which objects may be reflected. I have heard, however, that some philosophers, in seeking for truth, to pay homage to her, have seen their own image and adored it instead.Charles Richte
The tree of liberty grows only when watered by the blood of tyrants.Bertrand Barere de Vieuzac
