“I was staying with my sister and messing around with the guitar every day for my own amusement. Then she took me around and introduced me to Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers, Little Walter, and the first time I saw that onstage, it inspired me to play. I thought that was the world.” WorldFirstsLittlesPlayWaterMy OwnSawsFirst TimeInspiredGuitarStayingMy SisterAmusementJimmyRogerMuddy Author:Otis Rush
“I drew my bride, beneath the moon,Across my threshold; happy hour!But, ah, the walk that afternoonWe saw the water-flags in flower!” WaterHoursWalksSawsFlowerMoonFlagsBridesThresholdHappy Hour Author:Coventry Patmore
“Oh yeah - I watched Knife in the Water, saw the shot, and repeated it. But even if I hadn't seen that film, inevitably the camera would've ended up on top of that mast, I mean if you think of it there are only so many dynamic shots on a boat.” IfsThinkingMeanFilmWaterSawsShotsCamerasYeahBoatKnivesMasts Author:Phillip Noyce
“I saw the Vietnam Veterans Memorial not as an object placed into the earth but as a cut in the earth that has then been polished, like a geode. Interest in the land and concern about how we are polluting the air and water of the planet are what make me want to travel back in geologic time-to witness the shaping of the earth before man.” MenWantEarthInterestWaterSawsCuttingAirLandObjectsPlanetsConcernWitnessVietnamVeteranMemorialPolishedWant To TravelAir And WaterVietnam VeteranGeologic Time Author:Maya Lin
“Aesop, that great man, saw his master making water as he walked. "What!" he said, "Must we void ourselves as we run?" Use our timeas best we may, yet a great part of it will still be idly and ill spent.” MenMaySaidStillsUseBodyRunningTimeWaterSawsMastersBehaviorIllGreat MenVoid Author:Michel de Montaigne
“Before I had studied Zen for thirty years, I saw mountains as mountains, and waters as waters. When I arrived at a more intimate knowledge, I came to the point where I saw that mountains are not mountains, and waters are not waters. But now that I have got its very substance I am at rest. For it's just that I see mountains once again as mountains, and waters once again as waters.” YearsWaterKnowledgeSawsMountainSubstanceIntimateThirtyThirty YearsZen MasterZen Buddhist Author:Li Ching-Yuen
“I saw a commercial for an above-ground pool, it was 30 seconds long. Because that's the maximum amount of time you can picture yourself having fun in an above-ground pool. If it was 31 seconds, the actor would say "The water is only up to here? What do I do now? Throw the ball back to Jimmy? Or put some goggles on and look at his feet?"” IfsLooksLongHumorFunnyActorsFunWaterSawsFeetAmountBallsHaving FunSecondsPoolMaximumJimmyGoggles Author:Mitch Hedberg
“I saw a charity appeal in the Guardian the other day, and it read "Little Zuki has to walk 13 miles a day just to fetch water". And I couldn't help thinking, she should move.” ThinkingShouldLittlesHelpingHumorFunnyMovingWaterWalksSawsCharityMilesAppealsGuardianFetch Author:Jimmy Carr