“Get a life in which you notice the smell of salt water pushing itself on a breeze over the dunes, a life in which you stop and watch how a red-tailed hawk circles over a pond and a stand of pines. Get a life in which you pay attention to the baby as she scowls with concentration when she tried to pick up a Cheerio with her thumb and first finger.” FirstsWaterPayAttentionWatchesBabyPicksRedFingersSmellCirclesPay AttentionConcentrationPushingSaltBreezeThumbsPondsHawksSalt Water Author:Anna Quindlen
“If you ever wondered why fishing is probably the most popular sport in this country, watch that boy beside on the water and you will learn. If you are really perceptive you will. For he already knows that fishing is only one part fish.” IfsKnowsCountrySportsWaterBoysWatchesSeaRiversFishesBoatLakesFishingPopular Sports Author:Hal Borland
“The mind is like a river. The thoughts are like the various droplets of water. We are submerged in that water. Stay on the bank and watch your mind.” MindWaterWatchesRiversVariousSubmergedDroplets Author:A. G. Mohan
“Labor is life! 'Tis the still water faileth; Idleness ever despaireth, bewaileth; Keep the watch wound, for the dark rust assaileth.” StillsWaterDarkWatchesLaborWoundsIdlenessRustStill Waters Book:Poems ... Illustrated by ... Darley, etc Source: Poems ... Illustrated by ... Darley, etc
“I know what people say, that water's a lot like air. Do you charge for air? Well, of course not. Well, you shouldn't charge for water. Okay, watch what happens you won't have any water” PeopleKnowsWellsHappensCoursesWaterWatchesAirOkay Author:T. Boone Pickens
“And yet we constantly reclaim some part of that primal spontaneity through the youngest among us, not only through their sorrow and anger but simply through everyday discoveries, life unwrapped. To see a child touch the piano keys for the first time, to watch a small body slice through the surface of the water in a clean dive, is to experience the shock, not of the new, but of the familiar revisited as though it were strange and wonderful.” FirstsChildrenBodyWaterWatchesWonderfulChildhoodStrangeKeysSorrowDiscoveryFirst TimeExperienceCleanEverydaySurfaceFamiliarPianoShockSpontaneityPrimalPiano Keys Author:Anna Quindlen
“The elks, on the other hand live up in the hills, and in the spring they come down for their annual convention. It is very interesting to watch them come to the water hole. And you should see them run when they find it is only a water hole. What they're looking for is an 'elk-a-hole'.” ShouldRunningWaterInterestingWatchesSpringDrinkingHolesHillsConventionsVery InterestingAnnualsElkAnimal Crackers Author:Morrie Ryskind
“I had been in the hurrying waters too long not to appreciate an opportunity to lie on the bank and rest, watch others, and gain strength for the coming years.” YearsLongLyingOpportunityWaterEffortWatchesStrengthGainsAppreciateRelaxationHurrying Author:Ellen Swallow Richards