666 Quotes About Rivers
- Author Stephen Ambrose
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Dams have harmed our wildlife and made rivers less useful for recreation.
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- Author Stephen Ambrose
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In the 19th century, we devoted our best minds to exploring nature. In the 20th century, we devoted ourselves to controlling and harnessing it. In the 21st century, we must devote ourselves to restoring it.
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- Author Thomas Bailey Aldrich
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We knew it would rain, for the poplars showed The white of their leaves, the amber grain Shrunk in the wind,-and the lightning now Is tangled in tremulous skeins of rain.
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- Author W. H. Auden
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Far from his illness The wolves ran on through the evergreen forests, The peasant river was untempted by the fashionable quays; By mourning tongues The death of the poet was kept from his poems.
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- Author William Henry Ashley
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The Yellowstone river is a beautiful river to navigate.
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- Author William Henry Ashley
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I had the Big Horn river explored from Wind River mountain to my place of embarkation.
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- Author Woody Allen
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Some drink deeply from the river of knowledge. Others only gargle.
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- Author Anthony Bourdain
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I did go into the Amazonian region of Brazil. They have prehistoric river fish that weigh in at around 600 pounds, which you don't see anywhere else. And foods that cannot be exported or even found in other parts of Brazil.
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- Author Art Blakey
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Jazz, I mean, music will always move, because it can't become stagnant. Because if it becomes stagnant, it's like a river, it'll kill us all. It has to keep moving, music will always flow.
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