Rivers
- Edward de Bono
Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.
- Francis Bacon, 1561 - 1626
Upon those who step into the same rivers different and ever different waters flow down.
- Heraclitus of Ephesus
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge where there is no river.
- Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev, 1894 - 1971
Swimming for his life, a man does not see much of the country through which the river winds.
- William Ewart Gladstone, 1809 - 1898
Admit it, sport-utility-vehicle owners! It's shaped a little differently, but it's a station wagon! And you do not drive it across rivers! You drive it across the Wal-Mart parking lot!
- Dave Barry
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