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:
“Every thing in this world, said my father, is big with jest,—and has wit in it, and instruction too,—if we can but find it out.”
—Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)
“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)
“Sitting in that dusky wilderness, under that dark mountain, by the bright river which was full of reflected light, still I heard the wood thrush sing, as if no higher civilization could be attained. By this time the night was upon us.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)