Quotes for All
Eratosthenes declares that it is no longer necessary to inquire as to the cause of the overflow of the Nile, since we know definitely that men have come to the sources of the Nile and have observed the rains there. Eratosthenes
God took the beauty of the Bay of Naples, the Valley of the Nile, the Swiss Alps, the Hudson River Valley, rolled them into one and made San Francisco Bay. Fiorello H. La Guardia
I think every time I said, I’m working with Nile [Rodgers], the reaction was, Oh, great. I love ‘Let’s Dance.’ I think that’s pretty expected. I’m not sure Nile and I went in consciously not to make Let’s Dance. We just wanted to work together again. David Bowie
The present map of Palestine was drawn by the British mandate. The Jewish people have another map which our youth and adults should strive to fulfill: from the Nile to the Euphrates. David Ben-Gurion
You are my country, Desdemona. … My Egypt. My hot, harrowing desert and my cool, verdant Nile, infinitely lovely and unfathomable and sustaining. Connie Brockway
Those old hypocrites. They talk about killing witches but the Good Book’s full of magic. Turning the Nile to blood and parting the Red Sea. What’s that if it’s not good old-fashioned magic? Want a little water into wine? No trouble! How about raising the dead man Lazarus? Just say the word! Clive Barker
I’m convinced I was the only kid ever who had a Death on the Nile [1978] movie poster and a Murder on the Orient Express [1974] movie poster on his bedroom walls. Christopher Bollen
The Nile, draining out into the Mediterranean. The bright lights of Cairo announce the opening of the north-flowing river’s delta, with Jerusalem’s answering high beams to the northeast. This 4,258 mile braid of human life, first navigated end-to-end in 2004, is visible in a single glance from space. Chris Hadfield
The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence. Charles Caleb Colton
That is fine benevolence, finely executed, which, like the Nile, comes from hidden sources. Charles Caleb Colton