#wate

People blame me because these water mains break, but I ask you, if the water mains didn't break, would it be my responsibility to fix them then? ↗

— Marion Berry

#because #blame #break #fix #i

He gave us the lakes for our Northern boundary, and the rivers stretching to the seas upon whose waters floats our commerce to the nations of the world; while man has done all that can be done by science to bind us together. ↗

— John Brough

#boundary #commerce #done #floats #gave

Take to every Gallon of Honey, three Gallons of water, and put them both together, and set them over so soft a fire, that you may endure to melt and break the honey with your hands. ↗

— Kenelm Digby

#break #endure #every #fire #gallon

I am, out of the ladies' company, like a fish out of the water. ↗

— Thomas Shadwell

#company #fish #i #i am #ladies

I represent nine sovereign Sioux tribes. In South Dakota, some of the tribes are in the most remote, rural areas of the country. They lack essential infrastructure. Some communities don't even have clean drinking water. ↗

— Stephanie Herseth

#clean #communities #country #dakota #drinking

Whenever someone asks me if I want water with my Scotch, I say I'm thirsty, not dirty. ↗

— Joe E. Lewis

#dirty #i #me #say #scotch

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

— Ric Keller

#him #lead #make #think #water

It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#affirming #draw #examine #into #look

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

— Stan Laurel

#lead #led #must #pencil #water

So never give in,” continued the girl, and restated again and again the vague yet convincing plea that the Invisible lodges against the Visible. Her excitement grew as she tried to cut the rope that fastened Leonard to the earth. Woven of bitter experience, it resisted her. Presently the waitress entered and gave her a letter from Margaret. Another note, addressed to Leonard, was inside. They read them, listening to the murmurings of the river. ↗

— E.M. Forster

#letter #resistance #river #water #experience