U.S. National Whitewater Center - Events

Famous quotes containing the word events:

“The phenomenon of nature is more splendid than the daily events of nature, certainly, so then the twentieth century is splendid.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)

“Most events recorded in history are more remarkable than important, like eclipses of the sun and moon, by which all are attracted, but whose effects no one takes the trouble to calculate.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“Just as a mirror may be used to reflect images, so ancient events may be used to understand the present.”
—Chinese proverb.