Upper River

Famous quotes containing the words upper and/or river:

    If the upper beams are not straight, the lower beams will be crooked.
    Chinese proverb.

    Cole Thornton: Just a minute, son.
    Mississippi: I am not your son. My name is Alan Bourdillon Traherne.
    Cole: Lord almighty.
    Mississippi: Yeah, well, that’s why most people call me Mississippi. I was born on the river in a flatboat.
    Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)