Waters

Famous quotes containing the word waters:

    Shee said, Lullabye, my owne deere child!
    Lullabye, deere child, deere!
    I wold thy father were a king,
    Thy mother layd on a beere!

    ‘Peace now,’ he said, ‘good Faire Ellen,
    And be of good cheere, I thee pray,
    And the bridall and the churching both,
    They shall bee upon one day.’
    —Unknown. Child Waters (l. 157–164)

    You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.
    Heraclitus (c. 535–c. 475 B.C.)

    One of the things I considered a delightful experience in school was the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. I didn’t realize the gap was so big from the Founding Fathers until now. And I didn’t realize they weren’t talking about me.
    —Maxine Waters (b. 1938)