Top River Quotes
Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent the river from flowing on.
Victor Hugo
True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.
Edward F. Halifax
The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave. Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery.
Nagarjuna
Here, on the river's verge, I could be busy for months without changing my place, simply leaning a little more to right or left.
Paul Cezanne
We made a good start toward preserving recreational areas like the Chattahoochee River.
Roy Barnes
Matthew Fox 
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Edgar Winter 
Don Shula 
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Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire.
Jorge Luis Borges 
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They've got to tell us what is necessary to ensure the future health of the river system.
John Anderson
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The road to democracy may be winding and is like a river taking many curves, but eventually the river will reach the ocean.
Chen Shui-bian
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In the decline of the day, near Kentucky river, as we ascended the brow of a small hill, a number of Indians rushed out of a thick cane-brake upon us, and made us prisoners.
Daniel Boone
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Our trouble is that we drink too much tea. I see in this the slow revenge of the Orient, which has diverted the Yellow River down our throats.
J. B. Priestley
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What is a fish without a river? What is a bird without a tree to nest in? What is an Endangered Species Act without any enforcement mechanism to ensure their habitat is protected? It is nothing.
Jay Inslee
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I becan acting when River was doing this TV series and they needed two kids for the show, so they got me and my little sister, Summer, to do it. After that I did some really weird guest spots with orangutans and stuff.
Joaquin Phoenix
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Having contemplated this admirable grove, I proceeded towards the shrubberies on the banks of the river, and though it was now late in December, the aromatic groves appeared in full bloom.
William Bartram
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Popular River Authors
Mark TwainVictor HugoFrancis BaconBlaise PascalHenry Ward Beecher HoraceKahlil GibranLyndon B. JohnsonW. H. AudenChief JosephPaul CezanneBuffalo BillCyril ConnollyMargot KidderLeonardo DiCaprio
Charles Schumer HeraclitusThornton WilderTom FeltonJonathan CarrollLafcadio HearnJorge Luis BorgesBob EdwardsBlack ElkAlbert FinneyRon KindJ. B. Priestley ChristoJay InsleeChen Shui-bian
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