Overshot Water Wheels

Famous quotes containing the words overshot, water and/or wheels:

    With decrepitude, longevity has overshot the mark.
    Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    “... You ought to have seen how it looked in the rain,
    The fruit mixed with water in layers of leaves,
    Like two kinds of jewels, a vision for thieves.”
    Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.
    Ouida [Marie Louise De La Ramée] (1839–1908)