High water mark may refer to:
- Ordinary high water mark, a landscape marking such as floodwater staining left by the highest level of water (e.g., Strandline, debris left by high tide)
- High-water mark of the Confederacy, the turning point of the Battle of Gettysburg
- High Water Mark of the Rebellion Monument, a Gettysburg Battlefield memorial
- High water marks, a hedge fund term used to determine fund performance fees
- High-water mark (computer security)
Famous quotes containing the words high, water and/or mark:
“Humor does not include sarcasm, invalid irony, sardonicism, innuendo, or any other form of cruelty. When these things are raised to a high point they can become wit, but unlike the French and the English, we have not been much good at wit since the days of Benjamin Franklin.”
—James Thurber (1894–1961)
“Ice is an interesting subject for contemplation. They told me that they had some in the ice-houses at Fresh Pond five years old which was as good as ever. Why is it that a bucket of water soon becomes putrid, but frozen remains sweet forever? It is commonly said that this is the difference between the affections and the intellect.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Writing or printing is like shooting with a rifle; you may hit your reader’s mind, or miss it;Mbut talking is like playing at a mark with the pipe of an engine; if it is within reach, and you have time enough, you can’t help hitting it.”
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)