Storm Surge Barrier

Famous quotes containing the words storm, surge and/or barrier:

    “There was never yet such a storm but it was Æolian music to a healthy and innocent ear.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “Timon hath made his everlasting mansion
    Upon the beached verge of the salt flood,
    Who once a day with his embossed froth
    The turbulent surge shall cover; thither come,
    And let my grave-stone be your oracle.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “The want of education and moral training is the only real barrier that exists between the different classes of men. Nature, reason, and Christianity recognize no other. Pride may say Nay; but Pride was always a liar, and a great hater of the truth.”
    —Susanna Moodie (1803–1885)