Famous Quotes About Water

"Society, my dear, is like salt water, good to swim in but hard to swallow."
-Arthur Stringer

“Don't you realize that the sea is the home of water? All water is off on a journey unless it's in the sea, and it's homesick, and bound to make its way home someday”
-Zora Neale Hurston

“In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his most essential needs for survival, water along with other resources has become the victim of his indifference”
-Rachel Carson

“Water which is too pure has no fish”
-Anonymous

“A little water is a sea to an ant”
-Afghan Proverb

“Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet”
- African Proverb

“Water is the only drink for a wise man.”
-Henry David Thoreau

“The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.”
-Pamela Hansford Johnson

“It is wise to bring some water, when one goes out to look for water”
-Arab Proverb

“The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill”
- Robert Burton

“Water is the mother of the vine, The nurse and fountain of fecundity, The adorner and refresher of the world”
-Charles Mackay

“If you wish to drown, do not torture yourself with shallow water”
-Bulgarian Proverb

“With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough”
-Chinese Proverb

“Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed”
-Buddha

“The formula for water is H2O. Is the formula for an ice cube H2O squared?”
-Lily Tomlin

“The good rain, like the bad preacher, does not know when to leave off”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

“To a gardener there is nothing more exasperating than a hose that just isn't long enough”
-Cecil Roberts

“If there is magic on the planet, it is contained in the water”
-Loren Eisley

“Water is the driver of Nature”
-Leonardo da Vinci

“When the well is dry, we know the worth of water”
-Benjamin Franklin

“Water is a good servant, but it is a cruel master”
-John Bullein