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 high, water and/or mark:

    “It is very comforting to believe that leaders who do terrible things are, in fact, mad. That way, all we have to do is make sure we don’t put psychotics in high places and we’ve got the problem solved.”
    —Tom Wolfe (b. 1931)

    “This is a red wine glass. Can I get my water in a water glass, please?”
    —Michael Tolkin, U.S. screenwriter, and Robert Altman. Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins)

    “Love’s mysteries in souls do grow,
    But yet the body is his book.
    And if some lover, such as we,
    Have heard this dialogue of one,
    Let him still mark us, he shall see
    Small change, when we’re to bodies gone.””
    —John Donne (1572–1631)