Water Quotes - Page 64

A person desperately searching for love," Merlin said, "reminds me of a fish desperately searching for water.

And so I learned what solitude really was. It was raw material - awesome, malleable,older than men or worlds or water. And it was merciless - for it let a man become precisely what he alone made of himself.

Women need food, water, and compliments That's right. And an occasional pair of shoes.

California became the last state in the west to regulate groundwater usage. The state`s first-ever mandatory water restrictions soon followed.

When you are pulling people out of the water and off of rooftops, there are no Republicans and no Democrats.

Black are the brooding clouds and troubled the deep waters, when the Sea of Thought, first heaving from a calm, gives up its Dead

The talker has found a hearer but not a listener; and though he may talk his very best for his own sake, you will find that his mental movements are erratic: they have no fixed centre and no definite object. His talk is like the water of a canal whose banks have given way, which rolls aimlessly hither and thither, without fulfilling any useful function, though it is the same water which was so helpful and serviceable, when it was confined within clearly marked limits by the restraining force of its earthy boundaries.

As water collected in a tank gets pure by filtration, so accumulated wealth is preserved by being employed in charity.

The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean. From it we have learned most of what we know. Recently, we have waded a little out to sea, enough to dampen our toes or, at most, wet our ankles. The water seems inviting. The ocean calls.

Male urination really is a kind of accomplishment, an arc of transcendance. A woman merely waters the ground she stands on.

Thirst was made for water. Inquiry for truth.

Holy places are dark places. It is life and strength, not knowledge and words, that we get in them. Holy wisdom is not clear and thin like water, but thick and dark like blood.

Some days I would go without any fire at all, and eat raw frozen meat and melt snow in my mouth for water.

I just did an interview where I was asked whether I drink beer or whisky, and I was sad to reveal that I'm pounding spring water.

You have to get up and plant the seed and see if it grows, but you cant just wait around, you have to water it and take care of it.

Mirth, and even cheerfulness, when employed as remedies in low spirits, are like hot water to a frozen limb.

When I see nothing annihilated, and not even a drop of water wasted, I cannot suspect the annihilation of souls Thus finding myself to exist in the world, I believe I shall, in some shape or other, always exist; with all the inconveniences human life is liable to, I shall not object to a new edition of mine; hoping, however, that the errata of the last may be corrected.

It is easy to forget how mysterious and mighty stories are. They do their work in silence, invisibly. They work with all the internal materials of your mind and self. They become part of you while changing you. Beware the stories you read or tell; subtly, at night, beneath the waters of consciousness, they are altering your world.

You smell good, too,” said Patch It’s called a shower.” I was staring straight ahead. When he didn’t answer, I turned sideways. “Soap. Shampoo. Hot water.” Naked. I know the drill.

Stop a minute, right where you are. Relax your shoulders, shake your head and spine like a dog shaking off cold water. Tell that imperious voice in your head to be still.

Without regard to whether some place is wealthy or poor, everybody should have the chance at clean air and clean water.

Life is a bubble in a lake, that glitters for an instant, bursts, and leaves not even a blur on the water; it is the leap of a minnow, which sends a tiny ripple trembling for a few inches.

The powder is mixed with water and tastes exactly like powder mixed with water.

The process of rating players can be compared to the measurement of the position of a cork bobbing up and down on the surface of agitated water with a yard stick tied to a rope and which is swaying in the wind.

And I think that's important, to know how the water's gone over the dam before you start to describe it. It helps to have been over the dam yourself.