Anderson: [after the altercation with Ward where Ward pulled his gun on Anderson] Do you think he would have shot me? Agent Bird: Oh, yes sir. Anderson: Ballsy little bastard, isn't he?
When I think about growing up, I feel most affected by two travels that I made working in cargo boats when I was 16 and 18. One of them crossed through the Mississippi and Baton Rouge and Mobile, Alabama, and another went all the way to Europe.
If man be a river, then woman will be a bridge.
Small brooks make big rivers.
If you live on the river, befriend the crocodile.
The river does not swell with clear water.
Do not change horses in the middle of the river.
If you fall in a river hang on to a snake.
I remember sitting and meditating beside a slow flowing river in India, and I got the feeling that this river could teach me all the secrets of the mystery of life. If we learn to surrender to a stone, a flower, to a man, to a woman, or a river, it b...
The Doctor: Doctor Song, you've got that face on again. River: What face? The Doctor: The "He's hot when he's clever" face. River: This is my normal face. The Doctor: Yes it is. River: Oh, shut up. The Doctor: Not a chance.
Take a look at your natural river. What are you? Stop playing games with yourself. Where's your river going? Are you riding with it? Or are you rowing against it? Don't you see that there is no effort if you're riding with your river?
Dr. Simon Tam: [deciding to leave the ship] River, do you want to stay with them? River Tam: It isn't safe. Dr. Simon Tam: No. I fear it isn't safe any more. [walks away] River Tam: [quietly] For them.
All mothers are rivers and all rivers, mothers.
[last lines] Major Clipton: Madness! Madness!
May 20, '95 - Mississippi calls. She says, "All my working life I have done things to help black people. I can drive into the black part of town where no white person would dare to go. I have nothing to fear. They say, 'Hi there, Mizz Mississippi.' I...
River smiled sweetly at his tormentors and told them, "If you want to kick my ass, go ahead. Just explain to me why you're doing it." After a confused pause, one of the skinheads said, "Ah, you wouldn't be worth it." "We're all worth it, man," River ...
A river is not contaminated by having a dog drink from it.
No one tests the depth of a river with both feet.
With water make rivers, with rice make armies.
No one tests the depth of the river with both feet.
Time is a river of passing events -- a rushing torrent.
