High Water Mark

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 water mark, high, water and/or mark:

    “Before the land rose out of the ocean, and became dry land, chaos reigned; and between high and low water mark, where she is partially disrobed and rising, a sort of chaos reigns still, which only anomalous creatures can inhabit.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “What you have said
    I will consider; what you have to say
    I will with patience hear, and find a time
    Both meet to hear and answer such high things.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Here is no water but only rock”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    “His art is eccentricity, his aim
    How not to hit the mark he seems to aim at,”
    —Robert Francis (b. 1901)