666 Quotes About Rivers

Because I had worked the river boats some summers, pushing as far as New Orleans, I joined the Merchant Marine.

You couldn't change a river into a sea, but you could trace a new channel for it to follow.

Life was a swarm of accidents waiting in the treetops, descending upon any living thing that passed, ready to eat them alive. You swam in a river of chance and coincidence. You clung to the happiest accidents- the rest you let float by.

You must build your House of Parliament on the river: so... that the populace cannot exact their demands by sitting down round you.

His words span rivers and mountains, but his thoughts are still only six inches long.

There's a bootleg album that was recorded when I was 14 or 15, a compilation of things live at different clubs. Songs like Girl from Ipanema and Cry Me A River. I don't know what the title of it is.

Look for where the sky is brightest along the horizon. That reflects the nearest river. Strike out for a river and you will find habitation.

I was a heavy heart to carry My beloved was weighed down My arms around his neck My fingers laced to crown. I was a heavy heart to carry My feet dragged across ground And he took me to the river Where he slowly let me drown My love has concrete feet My love's an iron ball Wrapped around your ankles Over the waterfall

If you see a river running smoothly, it's because someone has drowned in it, and if it's raging, it means that it's still got bloodlust.