Big Sandy River

The Big Sandy River may refer to one of the following rivers in the United States:

  • The Big Sandy River (Ohio River), on the border between Kentucky and West Virginia
  • The Big Sandy River (Tennessee), a tributary of the Tennessee River
  • The Big Sandy River (Wyoming), a tributary of the Green River
  • The Big Sandy River (Arizona), a tributary of the Bill Williams River

Famous quotes containing the words big, sandy and/or river:

    “Towns oftener swamp one than carry one out onto the big ocean of life.”
    —D.H. (David Herbert)

    “Here is no water but only rock
    Rock and no water and the sandy road
    The road winding above among the mountains
    Which are mountains of rock without water
    If there were water we should stop and drink
    Amongst the rock one cannot stop or think”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    “the folk-lore
    Of each of the senses; call it, again and again,
    The river that flows nowhere, like a sea.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)