#rivers

The Missouri is, perhaps, different in appearance and character from all other rivers in the world; there is a terror in its manner which is sensibly felt, the moment we enter its muddy waters from the Mississippi. ↗

— George Catlin

#character #different #enter #felt #manner

Running on different types of racetracks is challenging - not only for the drivers, but even more for the team members who have to make adjustments to the cars before each race. ↗

— Michael Andretti

#cars #challenging #different #different types #drivers

You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you. ↗

— Heraclitus

#ever #flowing #into #other #rivers

… the river sliding along its banks, darker now than the sky descending a last time to scatter its diamonds into these black waters that contain the day that passed, the night to come. — Excerpt from the poem “The Mercy ↗

— Philip Levine

#diamonds #rivers #stars #water #change

Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books. ↗

— John Lubbock

#books #earth #ever #excellent #fields

In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#first #last #passed #present #present time

Small businesses are the economic drivers of our country, providing the stimulus our communities need. ↗

— Melissa Bean

#communities #country #drivers #economic #need

I think social networks are really working for the drivers, because we're able to talk directly to fans and they get first-hand information. And I think it's great for the partners as well and the businesses that are involved in Formula One. ↗

— Jenson Button

#because #businesses #directly #drivers #fans

To drive an F1 car you have to be a little mad. On the morning of a race there's a mix of excitement and fear. If it's a wet track, then it's worse as you're not in control most of the time, which is the thing all drivers fear the most. ↗

— Jenson Button

#control #drive #drivers #excitement #f1

I know the British people and they are not passengers - they are drivers. ↗

— David Cameron

#british people #drivers #i #know #passengers