Famous quotes containing the words drinking water, safe, drinking and/or water:
“When drinking water, don’t forget those who dug the well.”
—Chinese proverb.
“Fences, unlike punishments, clearly mark out the perimeters of any specified territory. Young children learn where it is permissible to play, because their backyard fence plainly outlines the safe area. They learn about the invisible fence that surrounds the stove, and that Grandma has an invisible barrier around her cabinet of antique teacups.”
—Jeanne Elium (20th century)
“That sound, everywhere about us, of the sea—
the tree among its tresses has always heard it,
and the horse dips his black body in the sound
stretching his neck as if towards drinking water ...”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.”
—Toni Morrison (b. 1931)