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Quotes About Waterway

Thames stretched before us like the beginning of an interminable waterway. In the offing the sea and the sky were welded
~ Joseph Conrad
We have lost the first of the ebb, said the Director, suddenly. I raised my head. The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed somber under an overcast sky—seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness.
~ Joseph Conrad
Marlow ceased, and sat apart, indistinct and silent, in the pose of a meditating Buddha. Nobody moved for a time. We have lost the first of the ebb, said the Director, suddenly. I raised my head. The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed somber under an overcast sky—seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness.
~ Joseph Conrad
Nobody moved for a time. We have lost the first of the ebb, said the Director, suddenly. I raised my head. The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed somber under an overcast sky—seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness.
~ Joseph Conrad
apart, indistinct and silent, in the pose of a meditating Buddha. Nobody moved for a time. We have lost the first of the ebb, said the Director, suddenly. I raised my head. The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed somber under an overcast sky—seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness.
~ Joseph Conrad
No law against throwing a coat in the canal, is there?" "I would have thought so, yes." "Well—who knows. Not very widely enforced law, if you ask me
~ Donna Tartt
The Channel is an international waterway through which the Russians are quite free to pass - and over which we have no exclusive right.
~ Peter Hitchens
Washington had dreamed of Potomac River navigation long before independence made it a patriotic cause. Not only could such a waterway improve access to his frontier holdings, it would channel western trade through the mouth of the Potomac near his Mount Vernon plantation. Both would increase his wealth.
~ Edward J. Larson
Almost 70 percent of U.S. ag exports travel the upper Mississippi River and the Illinois waterway system.
~ Jerry Costello
inland waterway to the mysterious, dreamy and
~ Dorothea Benton Frank
In the past, people have had to hire lawyers or consultants to try to figure out whether or not their property contains a federal waterway. We want to make sure that the definition is clear and concise.
~ Andrew R. Wheeler
The bottom line is, winter navigation on the Seaway is a bad idea.
~ John M. McHugh
Up until the nineteenth century the Rialto was the only link between the two sides of the city.
~ Eric Van Lustbader
Anima is walking along the promenade of the waterway that bisects her city, a few early morning barges cruise slowly by
~ Bernardine Evaristo
Am a is walking along the promenade of the waterway that bisects her city, a few early morning barges cruise slowly by. This is not about feeling something or about speaking words this is about being together.
~ Bernardine Evaristo
The Strait of Hormuz is an international waterway, and it is not helpful for any nation to suggest that it would attempt to restrict traffic through the strait.
~ John C. Stennis
Dark spruce forest frowned on either side the frozen waterway. The trees had been stripped by a recent wind of their white covering of frost, and they seemed to lean towards each other, black and ominous, in the fading light.
~ Jack London
Think of a public library, worth more for those who cannot afford numerous books. Think of a public waterway or fishing ground. All types of commons have imputed monetary value that together comprise a source of social income. As such, the commons reduces economic inequality and insecurity in society.
~ Guy Standing
Anyone who understands the rudiments of politics doesn't say, 'We will stop Iran's oil exports'... we have been the guarantor of the regional waterway's security throughout history.
~ Hassan Rouhani
ships had to be sufficiently small and light to negotiate the narrow waterway to the Atlantic.
~ Laurence Bergreen
crucial part of the map was obscured, however: the part that showed a waterway extending through South America
~ Laurence Bergreen
Almost 70 percent of U.S. ag exports travel the upper Mississippi River and the Illinois waterway system.
~ Jerry Costello
My poor boat poked along the waterway with the blinding speed of a manatee.
~ Pat Conroy
Biologists have determined brookies to be indicators of ecosystem health and have been recently campaigning to get the word out. If brookies inhabit a stream, the odds are good that the waterway is in excellent condition.
~ Joseph Monninger