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The subject is to the painter what the rails are to the...

The subject is to the painter what the rails are to the locomotive. He cannot do without it.

Quote by Diego Rivera about art

Politicians are the same everywhere. They promise to...

Politicians are the same everywhere. They promise to build bridges even where are no rivers.

Quote by Nikita Khrushchev about politics, promise

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and...

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.

Quote by Francis Bacon about fame, things, light

Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about celebrity, stars, miracle, man

People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and yet they pass by themselves without wondering.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about celebrity, stars, miracle, people

Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about events, things, time

We are asking the nations of Europe between whom rivers...

We are asking the nations of Europe between whom rivers of blood have flowed to forget the feuds of a thousand years.

Quote by Winston Churchill about blood, nation

Preserving a river or a creek can bring a lot of revenue.

Preserving a river or a creek can bring a lot of revenue.

Quote by Jim Fowler

The Zambesi is a big river; there's no crocodiles on 4...

The Zambesi is a big river; there's no crocodiles on 4 Mile Run.

Quote by Jim Fowler

You can drive a car in to any river ford, just don't...

You can drive a car in to any river ford, just don't expect to always be able drive out.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cars

A few hours' ride brought us to the banks of the river...

A few hours' ride brought us to the banks of the river Kansas.

Quote by Francis Parkman about bankers

Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have not quarrelled with him.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about rightness, man

China and India are close neighbours linked by mountains and rivers and the Chinese and Indian peoples have enjoyed friendly exchanges for thousands of years.

Quote by Li Peng about country

Time flows by, and has passed like rivers Since that hallowed moment we first saw each other, Yet I'll never forget the love we had together, You miracle, with large eyes and cold fingers.

Quote by Mihai Eminescu about time, miracle, eyes, moment, love

Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.

Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.

Quote by Mark Twain about opinion

Love is the river of life in the world.

Love is the river of life in the world.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher about love, world, life

A man's country is not a certain area of land, of...

A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.

Quote by George William Curtis about country, principle, patriotism, man

I grew up in this town, my poetry was born between the hill and river, it took its voice from the rain, and like the timber, it steeped itself in the forests.

Quote by Pablo Neruda about poetry, rain, city, voice

What river can flood over the mountains of your love?

What river can flood over the mountains of your love?

Quote by Sorin Cerin about action, wisdom, love

The existence of a nation is like the existence of rivers – it can be controlled, exploited, stopped from flowing until it breaks all dams and sweeps away everything in its path.

Quote by Mariana Fulger about nation, existence

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