Quotes with water

Quotes 41 till 60 of 217.

  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other.
    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    British author (1859 - 1930)
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  • William Shakespeare Glory is like a circle in the water, which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, till, by broad spreading, it disperse to naught.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • James Joyce He comes into the world God knows how, walks on the water, gets out of his grave and goes up off the Hill of Howth. What drivel is this?
    James Joyce
    Irish writer (1882 - 1941)
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  • John Keats Here lies one whose name was writ in water.
    John Keats
    English poet (1795 - 1821)
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  • Dame Edith Sitwell Hot water is my native element. I was in it as a baby, and I have never seemed to get out of it ever since.
    Dame Edith Sitwell
    British poet (1887 - 1964)
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  • Chief Seattle How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them? Every part of the earth is sacred to my people.
    Chief Seattle
    Suquamish Tribe chief (1786 - 1866)
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  • Emily Brontë How cruel, your veins are full of ice-water and mine are boiling.
    Wuthering Heights (1847)
    Emily Brontë
    British writer, poet (1818 - 1848)
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  • Anna Held How many women have the courage to start properly with a cold, cold bath early in the morning? I jump in, throw the water, cold as ice, and after the first plunge I am happy.
    Anna Held
    Polish-born stage performer and singer (1872 - 1918)
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  • Mary Buckley Husbands are awkward things to deal with; even keeping them in hot water will not make them tender.
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  • John Keats I am in that temper that if I were under water I would scarcely kick to come to the top.
    John Keats
    English poet (1795 - 1821)
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton I believe in getting into hot water. I think it keeps you clean.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • Booker T. Washington I believe that any man's life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement, if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day, and as nearly as possible reaching the high water mark of pure and useful living.
    Booker T. Washington
    American Black Leader and Educator (1856 - 1915)
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  • Maya Angelou I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.
    Maya Angelou
    African-American poet and writer (1928 - 2014)
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  • Anthony Doerr I do fish. I think there is a connection between thinking and fishing mostly because you spend a lot of time up to your waist in water without a whole lot to keep your mind busy.
    Anthony Doerr
    American author (1973 - )
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  • Bruce Forsyth I do lead a careful diet, I don't overeat, I have fruit and vegetables every day and I drink a lot of water. And my darling wife keeps me so young it is ridiculous. Being with her is an inspiration as well.
    Bruce Forsyth
    British presenter, actor, comedian, singer, dancer and screenwriter (1928 - 2017)
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  • Benazir Bhutto I find that whenever I am in power, or my father was in power, somehow good things happen. The economy picks up, we have good rains, water comes, people have crops. I think the reason this happens is that we want to give love and we receive love.
    As quoted in I never asked for power in The Guardian (15 August 2002)
    Benazir Bhutto
    Pakistani politician (1953 - 2007)
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  • Assata Shakur I had to adjust to living in a Third World country, which means that things people in the U.S. take for granted-like hot running water whenever you turn on the tap-are not always available.
    Assata Shakur
    American activist and former member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA) (1947 - )
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  • Miguel de Cervantes I have always heard, Sancho, that doing good to base fellows is like throwing water into the sea.
    Miguel de Cervantes
    Spanish writer and poet (1547 - 1616)
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  • Emily Brontë I have dreamed in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they have gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind.
    Emily Brontë
    British writer, poet (1818 - 1848)
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  • Tallulah Bankhead I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water: I hate to go to bed, I hate to get up, and I hate to be alone.
    Tallulah Bankhead
    American actress (1902 - 1968)
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