Best 3787 quotes in «water quotes» category

Customers and contracts are like water and a sieve. The customer will find the largest hole and slide through it.

Daddy pays for the water, daddy pays for the gas, daddy pays for the electricity, and if daddy didn't pay for the electricity, he'd pay for the candle on your nightstand, so you can study for the big test tomorrow.

Dad thinks vengeance is the coolest thing about the Lord. That, and turning water into alcohol.

Daisies in water are the longest lasting flower you can give to someone. Fact. Buy daisies. Not roses.

Dandyism is the last flicker of heroism in decadent ages.... Dandyism is a setting sun; like the declining star, it is magnificent, without heat and full of melancholy. But alas! the rising tide of democracy, which spreads everywhere and reduces everything to the same level, is daily carrying away these last champions of human pride, and submerging, in the waters of oblivion, the last traces of these remarkable myrmidons.

Dark clouds bring waters, when the bright bring none.

Dark Water was one of my favourite films to shoot because of Walter. I had seen the previous films he had directed, Central Station and Motorcycle Diaries, and I thought they were great. I really trusted him

Dawn tinted the darkness like water ink.

Death is not a reaper, like they say, nor even a friend. It is a dark, fierce water, an inundation.

Death,' whispered Tarlar, 'you do not fear it, Fell? By water, or any other way?' 'What is to fear?" answered the black wolf. 'If it is an end, then so be it. For there is no pain in that, except the pain left to the living... And if death is not an end, then what more than a wonderful journey.

Definitely Muddy Waters has been a prime influence for anybody who's ever done anything rock 'n' roll.

Desire is what takes the hot water of mediocrity and turns it into the steam of outstanding success.

Destiny is the prison and chain of the ignorant. Understand that destiny like the water of the Nile: Water before the faithful, blood before the unbeliever.

Despite its growing scarcity and preciousness to life, ironically, water is also man’s most misgoverned, inefficiently allocated and profligately wasted natural resource.

Devastation could arise insidiously, rather than suddenly, through unsustainable pressure on energy supplies, food, water and other natural resources. Indeed, these pressures are the prime 'threats without enemies' that confront us.

Did Muddy Waters play an acoustic? Well of course he did. But did he turn his back on being able to plug it in and play louder? No, he plugged in and turned it up and got miles and miles ahead of the game in one fateful act of just plugging in.

Did you ever look through a microscope at a drop of pond water? You see plenty of love there. All the amoebae getting married. I presume they think it very exciting and important. We don't.

Dieting is long-haul. Many rapid weight loss programs actually only squeeze the water out of you. Just like a wet sponge. But a good dieter maintains his or her grip on that sponge, not letting it soak up water again.

Different moralities must share some general features if they are to perform their functions of coordinating beings having particular kinds of motivations. Morality is a cultural construction in something like the way bridges are. There would be no bridges unless human beings used them to move across bodies of waters or depressions in the earth, but a good bridge cannot be designed according to whim, but rather according to what would adequately fulfill their function and the nature of the materials that are available for their construction.

Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen.

Diluting the money supply with paper is the moral equivalent of diluting the milk supply with water.

Dip him in the river who loves water.

Discontent is like ink poured into water, which fills the whole fountain full of blackness.

Display is like shallow water, where you can see the muddy bottom.

Doesn't matter if the glass is half-empty or half-full. All that matters is that you are the one pouring the water.

Do it now and avoid the June rush! Fear death by water!

Do not overlook tiny good actions, thinking they are of no benefit; even tiny drops of water in the end will fill a huge vessel. Do not overlook negative actions merely because they are small; however small a spark may be, it can burn down a haystack as big as a mountain.

Doing nothing feels like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect.

"Do not fear! Heaven is as near," He said, "by water as by land!

Do not stop praying as long as, by God's grace, the fire and the water have not been exhausted, for it may happen that never again in your whole life will you have such a chance to ask for the forgiveness for your sins.

Do not think lightly of good, that nothing will come of it. A whole water pot will fill up from dripping drops of water.

Do not forget to drink a lot of water to stay feeling good.

Dont be a fish; be a frog. Swim in the water and jump when you hit ground.

Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly. Only if you do that can you hope to make the reader feel every particle of what you, the writer, have known and feel compelled to share."---Forward to Kafka's Short stories

Don't drink fluoridated water...Fluoride is a corrosive poison which will produce harm on a long term basis.

Don't drink the water and don't breathe the air!

Don't ever walk by a wilting plant. Get water on it right away.

Don't drag the engine, like an ignoramus, but bring wood and water and flame, like an engineer.

Don't condemn if you see a person has a dirty glass of water, just show them the clean glass of water that you have. When they inspect it, you won't have to say that yours is better." -said by Elijah Muhammad to Malcolm X

Do you know a cure for me?" Why yes," he said, "I know a cure for everything. Salt water." Salt water?" I asked him. Yes," he said, "in one way or the other. Sweat, or tears, or the salt sea.

Don't leave my ocean for shallow waters then ask me about the moon.

Down in the water, Octavian yelled, “Get me out of here! I’ll kill you!” “Tempting,” Percy called down.

Do you remember we were sitting there by the water?

Do you want to understand how to swim, or do you want to jump in and start swimming? Only people who are afraid of the water want to understand it. Other people jump in and get wet.

Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you. Keep near to the fountain-head and with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.

Dreaming by the river, I dedicated my imagination to water, to clear, green water, the water that makes the meadows green.

Do you think that revolutions are made with rose water?

Drink a bottle of French water and then step into the shower for ten minutes and you've just received the exposure equivalent of drinking a half gallon of tap water. We enjoy the most intimate of relationships with our public drinking water, whether we want to or not.

Drink does not drown care, but waters it, and makes it grow faster.

Drink lots of water, and nap. I've made some really big messes along the way, whether on the academic side or on the media side. It hasn't been a straight path. But a lot of those mess-ups have led to opportunities, so I guess I'd say be fearless, and keep bottled water with you, so you don't dehydrate.