“If the earth should cease to attract its waters to itself all the waters of the sea would be raised and would flow to the body of the moon.” IfsShouldBodyWould BeEarthWaterSeaMoonFlowRaisedCease Author:Johannes Kepler
“But the sound of water escaping from mill-dams, &c., willows, old rotten planks, slimy posts, and brickwork, I love such things. Shakespeare could make everything poetical; he tells us of poor Tom's haunts among "sheep cotes and mills." As long as I do paint, I shall never cease to paint such places. They have always been my delight.” LongSoundWaterPoorPaintDelightCeasePostsSheepTomsRottenEscapingMillsDamsSound Of Water Author:John Constable
“Circles in water as they wider flow The less conspicuous in their progress grow, And when at last they trench upon the shore, Distinction ceases and they're view'd no more.” LastsGrowsWaterViewsProgressFlowCirclesCeaseDistinctionShoreTrenches Author:George Crabbe
“I think of consciousness as a bottomless lake, whose waters seem transparent, yet into which we can clearly see but a little way.But in this water there are countless objects at different depths; and certain influences will give certain kinds of those objects an upward influence which may be intense enough and continue long enough to bring them into the upper visible layer. After the impulse ceases they commence to sink downwards.” ThinkingWayGivingKindMayLittlesLongDifferentEnoughSeemsCertainWaterConsciousnessInfluenceObjectsDepthCeaseIntenseImpulseVisibleLakesLayersTransparent Book:Collected papers of Charles Sanders Peirce Source: Collected papers of Charles Sanders Peirce
“It is a common remark that men talk most who think least; just as frogs cease their quacking when a light is brought to the water-side.” ThinkingMenLightSidesWaterCommonCeaseRemarksFrogs Author:Charles Francis Richter