Water Quotes

My dreams are of water. And my nightmares.

The sea has now changed from it's natural, to river coloured water, the probable consequence of some streams falling into the bay, or into the ocean to the north of it, through the low land.

We frequently define an acid or a base as a substance whose aqueous solution gives, respectively, a higher concentration of hydrogen ion or of hydroxide ion than that furnished by pure water. This is a very one sided definition.

The weather here is gorgeous. It's mild and feels like it's in the eighties. The hot dog vendors got confused because of the weather and thought it was spring, so they accidentally changed the hot dog water in their carts.

As to the effect of the wave on the air, we will suppose the water to be quite flat and the air motionless, a heavy undulation comes on the scene, it has to pass, so it pushes the air up with its face, letting it fall again as its back glides onwards.

A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.

I've been able to get an excitement back in the water.

I go down to Newport and Huntington a lot. It's more crowded than where I grew up on Phillip Island, but I think it's helped me adjust to life in America - getting into the water as much as I can.

The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.

In a broader sense, the rhythms of nature, large and small - the sounds of wind and water, the sounds of birds and insects - must inevitably find their analogues in music.

The river route is certainly preferable, as it affords good grazing and an abundance of water.

There are writers in Germany who drink the Absolute like water; and there are books in which even the dogs make references to the Infinite.

When I'm writing, I am concentrating almost wholly on concrete detail: the color a room is painted, the way a drop of water rolls off a wet leaf after a rain.

You don't really get to pick and chose what you would like to be doing. But I've been very fortunate, and I think water seeks its own level. You do gravitate towards things that you would get off on.

I think the water dictates how food will taste in a country. In England the apples taste unlike apples grown in any other place. England is an island, there's a lot of salt in the air and in the water. I think that has something to do with it.

The internet in hotels should be free - and I really resent it when they charge you five dollars for a bottle of water beside your bed.

I try and get about eight hours of sleep every single night. And I like to think that I drink more water than anyone, ever.

My favorite water cooler topic is fantasy football. I used to make fun of friends for doing it and now I'm obsessed.

Beware of the man who will not engage in idle conversation; he is planning to steal your walking stick or water your stock.

Well look, I mean, I think that prayer and holy water, and things like that are all fine. They don't do any good, but they don't necessarily do any harm. It's touching to be thought of in that way. It makes up for those who tell me that I've got my just desserts.

I always knew the importance of it, since I was three or four years old my mother used to feed me wine and water. I grew up with wine as liquid food.

I think for me I've always loved being in the water and I love training and I love being at the pool so you know it's not a chore for me to go training, but come race day I would never just train to train - I train to race.

In the shallow parts of many Swiss lakes, where there is a depth of no more than from 5 to 15 feet of water, ancient wooden piles are observed at the bottom sometimes worn down to the surface of the mud, sometimes projecting slightly above it.

Water is a finite resource that is essential in the advancement of agriculture, and is vital to human life.

If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.

Monks will have three begging bowls for their food: one for water, one for liquid food, one for dry food.

Think about a seed. Once it lands, it's stuck. It can't move to find better soil, moisture or sunlight. It's able to create every part of itself to grow and reproduce with the help of air, water and sun.

The sky is one whole, the water another; and between those two infinities the soul of man is in loneliness.

Trees will improve property values, take pollutants out of the air, help with water runoff.

Bodies which contain a greater proportion of water than is necessary to balance the other elements, are speedily corrupted, and lose their virtues and properties.