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Fountain Quotes

The source everything flows from.

These quotes treat a fountain as a metaphor for where something originates, whether that's nature as the fountain's head, a poisoned fountain passed from parents to children, or the fountain of youth. One line simply prefers a Best plain fountain pen over anything mechanical.

I don't want anything to do with anything mechanical between me and the paper, including a typewriter, and I don't even want a fountain pen between me and the paper.

Quotes by Shelby Foote

The instinct to improve oneself materially is necessary for growth. It is at the fountain of the enterprising spirit which drives private enterprise.

Quotes by Said Musa

I use a ball pen because fountain pens are clumsy, and I get ink all over my fingers by the time I finish with it.

Quotes by Ruskin Bond

I make milkshakes at home, but the two best are at at Gulfstream and Disney's Soda Fountain on Hollywood Boulevard.

Quotes by Roy Choi

Ball Quotes

Exercise is the fountain of youth, I believe.

Quotes by Richard Belzer

To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.

Quotes by Pearl S. Buck

The Temple of Diana is in the vicinity of the fountain, which has given rise to the conjecture that it originally constituted a portion of the ancient baths.

Quotes by Marguerite Gardiner

In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers.

Quotes by Lucretius

From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.

Quotes by Lucretius

Believe Quotes

Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.

Quotes by John Locke

Nature is the fountain's head, the source from whence all originality must spring.

Quotes by John Constable

The Ramones own the fountain of youth. Experiencing us is like having the fountain of youth.

Quotes by Joey Ramone

A film is a petrified fountain of thought.

Quotes by Jean Cocteau

A Cherubim or leader of a kingdom of angels is the fountain or heart of his whole kingdom, and is made out of all the powers out of which his angels are made, and is the most powerful and the...

Quotes by Jakob Bohme

Best Quotes

The world can only be free when men are content in themselves and each draws from his own fountain.

Quotes by George William Russell

I think that when Evel Knievel crashed over the fountain at Caesar's, it kind of gave you a credibility and then anticipation for everything he did.

Quotes by David Blaine

I work by hand, with a fountain pen, in bound notebooks I buy in India.

Quotes by Damon Galgut

My countrymen have commissioned a bust of the Republic. It will be placed on the fountain of my native town.

Quotes by Camille Claudel

I'm a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl.

Quotes by Bjork

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this fountain quotes page focus on?
This page focuses on fountain as a metaphor for a source, covering nature as an original wellspring, a family's influence passed down like water from a fountain, and the idea of a fountain of youth. It's not a page of quotes about literal water fountains.
Why do people search for fountain quotes?
People search for fountain quotes when writing about origins, youthfulness, or creativity, since the fountain image works well as a symbol for where ideas, traits, or influence flow from.
Is there a quote about the fountain of youth?
Yes, one quote describes a band as owning the fountain of youth, comparing the experience of their music to that mythical source of endless vitality.
Does any quote use 'fountain' to talk about family influence?
Yes, one quote observes that parents who poison the fountain shouldn't be surprised the streams that flow from it turn bitter, a metaphor for how upbringing shapes what follows.
Is there a quote about a literal fountain pen?
Yes, one quote expresses a preference for a fountain pen and a direct hand-to-paper process over anything mechanical coming between the writer and the page.

Across this set, "fountain" mostly stands in for a source rather than a literal structure. Explore Bitter quotes for the related idea of consequences flowing from a poisoned source.