River Cole

The River Cole may refer to:

  • The River Cole, West Midlands, England, which flows directly through Birmingham
  • The River Cole, Wiltshire, England, which flows through Wiltshire and Oxfordshire, where it forms the border

Famous quotes containing the words river and/or cole:

    “the folk-lore
    Of each of the senses; call it, again and again,
    The river that flows nowhere, like a sea.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “Fifty million Frenchmen can’t be wrong.”
    —Anonymous. Popular saying.

    Dating from World War I—when it was used by U.S. soldiers—or before, the saying was associated with nightclub hostess Texas Quinan in the 1920s. It was the title of a song recorded by Sophie Tucker in 1927, and of a Cole Porter musical in 1929.