#water

As social beings we live with our eyes upon our reflection, but have no assurance of the tranquillity of the waters in which we see it. ↗

— Charles Horton Cooley

#beings #eyes #live #our #reflection

The earth together with its surrounding waters must in fact have such a shape as its shadow reveals, for it eclipses the moon with the arc of a perfect circle. ↗

— Nicolaus Copernicus

#circle #earth #fact #in fact #moon

There are 10,000 local governments in the state of New York. Ten thousand! Town, village, lighting district, water district, sewer district, a special district to count the other districts in case you missed a district. ↗

— Andrew Cuomo

#count #district #districts #governments #lighting

How many women have the courage to start properly with a cold, cold bath early in the morning? I jump in, throw the water, cold as ice, and after the first plunge I am happy. ↗

— Anna Held

#am #bath #cold #courage #early

The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

#bulk #floats #iceberg #like #mind

I don't understand people who like to work and talk about it like it was some sort of goddamn duty. Doing nothing feels like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect. ↗

— Ava Gardner

#delightful #doing #duty #feels #floating

It's scary when one day the city is there and the next day it's gone. To see the water actual kill people, I couldn't believe it. I never fathomed it could bury a city. ↗

— Kevin Garnett

#believe #bury #city #could #day

The tradition in Serbia has always been team sports - football, basketball, handball, volleyball and water polo, individual sports are not supported. ↗

— Novak Djokovic

#basketball #been #football #individual #polo

Would that I were a dry well, and that the people tossed stones into me, for that would be easier than to be a spring of flowing water that the thirsty pass by, and from which they avoid drinking. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#drinking #dry #easier #flowing #i

You will see, in the future I will live by my watercolors. ↗

— Winslow Homer

#i #live #see #watercolors #will