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Water Quotes

"Do you think Revolutions are made with rose water?"

Francis Bond Head, Canadian Statesman

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"Harbour Island in the Bahamas is beautiful, with turquoise water and pink sand."

Diane von Furstenberg, Belgian Designer

26

"The closer the bird is to the surface of the water, the firmer and more inelastic is the uplift of the rising air. The bird appears to almost feel the surface with the tip of its weather wing."

Lawrence Hargrave, Australian Scientist

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"There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?"

M. Night Shyamalan, American Director

5

"The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone."

Lucretius, Roman Poet

5

"If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: "President Can't Swim.""

Lyndon B. Johnson, American President

4

"Do you think that revolutions are made with rose water?"

Nicolas de Chamfort, French Writer

3

"I've been terrified of the water, and yet it seems I'm forced to go into in on every movie that I make."

Natalie Wood, American Actress

2

"I want all the interested parties to come together and develop a solution that provides additional water and helps the lower Arkansas River communities thrive again."

Ken Salazar, American Politician

Water, Solution, Want

2

"A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matters is not merely that we see things but how we see them."

Michel de Montaigne, French Philosopher

2

"I'm an instant star. Just add water and stir."

David Bowie, English Musician

2

"The story as told in The Odyssey doesn't hold water. There are too many inconsistencies."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

2

"Never thank anybody for anything, except a drink of water in the desert - and then make it brief."

Gene Fowler, American Journalist

1

"Hence a ship is said to be tight, when her planks are so compact and solid as to prevent the entrance of the water in which she is immersed: and a cask is called tight, when the staves are so close that none of the liquid contained therein can issue through or between them."

William Falconer, Scottish Poet

1

"We didn't have the lane ropes, we had to get up higher in the water to avoid the little waves."

Johnny Weissmuller, American Actor

1

"You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be led."

Stan Laurel, English Actor

1

"His answer trickled through my head like water through a sieve."

Lewis Carroll, English Author

1

"I loved the Little Lulu stories, where she would fantasize that her bedroom rug would turn into a pool of water, and she could dive down into the center of the world."

Lynn Johnston, American Cartoonist

1

"I have a bronze statue of myself, naked. I have these really big curls and water comes out of every curl. It's hot."

Macy Gray, American Musician

1

"It doesn't matter if the water is cold or warm if you're going to have to wade through it anyway."

Teilhard de Chardin, French Philosopher

1

"Sure, we've had our fair share of ups and downs, but I don't know if we've had more than any other rock band... we just have a way of getting ourselves into hot water."

Carl Wilson, American Musician

1

"It's the water. Everything is driven by the water."

Mike Thompson, American Politician

1

"In Utah, there are no bad things in the water there. It's just smooth, really beautiful."

Steve Guttenberg, American Actor

1

"I used to be a window cleaner. I got fired because I sometimes liked to drink the soapy water."

Jamelia, English Musician

1

"Muscle and water is critical in burning fat."

Lee Haney, American Athlete

1

"The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

1

"I grew up in Hawaii so I was outside a lot playing in the water."

Kelly Preston, American Actress

1

"Brooke might tell a different story, but I've always loved the water."

Christopher Atkins, American Actor

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

Art Buchwald, American Journalist

"Water, water, everywhere, Atlantic and Pacific. But New York City's got them beat, Our aqua is terrific!"

Edward Koch, American Politician

"You can lead a bureaucrat to water, but you can't make him think."

Ric Keller, American Politician

"I just felt that if I went into Speed 2, I just... wouldn't have come up out of the water."

Keanu Reeves, Canadian Actor

"It's not color, it's like pouring 40 tablespoons of sugar water over a roast."

John Huston, American Director

"It came to me then in a flash that obviously the temperature of the water was responsible for the nystagmus."

Robert Barany, Austrian Scientist

"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."

Bill Paxton, American Actor

"I came like Water, and like Wind I go."

Edward Fitzgerald, English Poet

"There's high, and there's high, and to get really high - I mean so high that you can walk on the water, that high-that's where I'm going."

George Harrison, British Musician

"If you're really on top, you probably didn't do that great, 'cause you have to water it down a bit for it to get that mass appeal."

Brad Paisley, American Musician

"Part of water which is cooler always flows to below surface.I understand that hotheaded men always want to be noticed."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Water, Truth, Perception, Power, Wisdom

"Water is very forgiving. Everything lifts in water."

Sarah McLachlan, Canadian Musician

"I come like Water, and like Wind I go."

Edward Fitzgerald, English Poet

"For me, I just try to make sure I eat enough and drink enough water and that's about it."

Matt Cameron, American Musician

"I understand that NASA reported that there's new evidence of water on Mars. I'm here to report that we still don't have any evidence of affordable gasoline in Michigan."

David Bonior, American Politician

"The marketers can compete with free; it just has to be better. Look at bottled water if you don't believe me."

Jonathan Potter, Scottish Psychologist

"There's loads of things you can do to make things easy for your throat, you can drink a bit of lemon and hot water couple of spoons of honey, you can gargle with port, I've done it a couple of times myself - but don't swallow it!"

Cliff Richard, English Musician

"I wouldn't exactly call it 'cooking' but I can make noodles. That means I can boil water, put the pasta in and wait until it's done."

Devon Werkheiser, American Actor

"Water for me is so essential, like swimming."

Nastassja Kinski, German Actress

"You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there."

Edwin Louis Cole, American Author

"Maintaining clean, safe water remains one of our greatest national and global challenges and responsibilities."

Jerry Costello, American Politician

"I need to think about 'Make sure you drink your water.' That's the kind of person I am."

Jon Crosby, American Musician

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