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:
“Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don’t know the ten-dollar words. I know them all right. But there are older and simpler and better words, and those are the ones I use.”
—Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961)
“Let a man get up and say, “Behold, this is the truth,” and instantly I perceive a sandy cat filching a piece of fish in the background. Look, you have forgotten the cat, I say.”
—Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)
“I am advised that there is an unexpended balance of about $45,000 of the fund appropriated for the relief of the sufferers by flood upon the Mississippi River and its tributaries, and I recommend that authority be given to use this fund to meet the most urgent necessities of the poorer people in Oklahoma.”
—Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901)