I do not object to the construction of rail roads and canals. Gerrit Smith
I believe that painting should come through the avenues of meditation rather than the canals of action. Mark Tobey
Amsterdam has more than 150 canals and 1,250 bridges, but it never seems crowded, nor bent and bitter from fleecing the tourist. Julie Burchill
Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals and dockyards make the city, but men able to use their opportunity. Alcaeus of Mytilene
In Amsterdam, the river and canals have been central to city life for the last four centuries. Janet Echelman
In several sections, both natural in the banks of the Mississippi and its numerous arms, and where artificial canals had been cut, I observed erect stumps of trees, with their roots attached, buried in strata at different heights, one over the other. Charles Lyell