Quotes about water
water grass-is-greener-on-the-other-side may
The grass is not, in fact, always greener on the other side of the fence. No, not at all. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be. Robert Fulghum
water confusion drink
Here are your waters and your watering place. Drink and be whole again beyond confusion. Robert Frost
water drowning
Wherever there is water there is someone drowning. Robert Bly
water quirky good-things
The good thing about Dennis [ Mathis] is, even though he's a white, he respected that I was doing something quirky with my English. He loved it when I would mix up the Americanisms and say, "That's water over the dam." Sandra Cisneros
water trying breathe
If you try to breathe water, you will not turn into a fish, you will drown; but water is still good to drink. Robin McKinley
water los-angeles chinatown
Either you bring the water to L.A. or you bring L.A. to the water. Robert Towne
water three dry
Monks will have three begging bowls for their food: one for water, one for liquid food, one for dry food. Satish Kumar
water forgiving lifts
Water is very forgiving. Everything lifts in water Sarah McLachlan
water secret age
But you I never understood, Your spirit's secret hides like goldSunk in a Spanish galleon Ages ago in waters cold. Sara Teasdale
water information hard
Information is a lot like water; it's hard to hold on to, and hard to keep from leaking away. Ruth Ozeki
water rose ponds
The rose petal floats on water. The kingfisher flashes above the pond. Life and beauty swirl in the midst of death. Robert Jordan
water soul hawaii
Hawaii made the mouth of her soul water. Tom Robbins
water tears velocity
She continued weeping until the heat of her tear water, the sheer velocity of its flow, finally obscured the already vague circumstances of its origins. Tom Robbins
water long annoying
This did not annoy Amanda for it had long been her theory that human beings were invented by water as a device for transporting itself from one place to another. Tom Robbins
water confusion savages
O tequila, savage water of sorcery, what confusion and mischief your sly, rebellious drops do generate Tom Robbins
water swim shadow
By the plain form of my delirium I will blast the obstruction of every form around me into something barely called shadow. I sail. I swim to you. I know the water. Steve Erickson
water promise pages
On and on we seal the pages with salt water and promises to live well to make their deaths count. Suzanne Collins
water oath
The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water. Sophocles
water body mouths
He could feel the pores of his body open like a million mouths and slurp the water in like a sponge. Stephen King
water buckets sometimes
I have seen the film The Alamo and right now I feel like I've got Davy Crockett behind me. Sometimes I feel like I could put my head in a bucket of water Stuart Pearce
water battle movement
When you're heading into Anzac cove you are going into this battle situation staring into the sun. So, any movement in that water, any glint is going to be seen for miles away. Even in the first rays of dawn, there's nowhere to hide. Russell Crowe
water england dangerous
...was treading on dangerous water there... (on Phil Neville) Ron Atkinson
water too-late next
The next microsecond, as the water erupted around me, I realized too late that I should've brought the entire Twenty-first Nome to help me. Rick Riordan
water octavian tempting
Down in the water, Octavian yelled, “Get me out of here! I’ll kill you!” “Tempting,” Percy called down. Rick Riordan
water dams pipers
Like water leaking through a dam," said Piper. "Yeah," smiled Percy. "We've got a dam hole." "What?" Piper asked. "Nothing," he said. "Inside joke. Rick Riordan
water body made
The metal blade hit her shoulder and passed cleanthrough her body as if she were made of water. HISSS! Rick Riordan
water advice bills
Where the grass is greener, the water bill is bigger. Rick Warren
water overcoming given
Water liked to be free. Given time, water could overcome any barrier, and it hated to be trapped, just like Percy. Rick Riordan
water calm deceiving
Those who seek peace above all else, they say, will always deceive to keep the water calm. Veronica Roth
water diversity design
Places matter. Their rules, their scale, their design include or exclude civil society, pedestrianism, equality, diversity (economic and otherwise), understanding of where water comes from and garbage goes, consumption or conservation. They map our lives. Rebecca Solnit
water car feelings
I've been in a car three or four times when it filled with water and it's not a comfortable feeling. Richard Hammond
water mind together
The places where water comes together with other water. Those places stand out in my mind like holy places. Raymond Carver
water life-and-death rising
Life and death matters, yes. And the question of how to behave in this world, how to go in the face of everything. Time is short and the water is rising. Raymond Carver