Quotes about water
water gone tough
It's tough to know the value of water until it's gone. Mark Udall
water problem moments
The shortage of fresh water is the major ecological problem of this moment. Mikhail Gorbachev
water important movement
A society should never become like a pond with stagnant water, without movement. That's the most important thing. Mikhail Gorbachev
water environmental important
It is really important to solve the problem of rational utilization and distribution of wate supplies. I dare say, the shortage of fresh water is the major ecological problem of this moment. Mikhail Gorbachev
water people together
Globalization was supposed to break down barriers between continents and bring all peoples together. But what kind of globalization do we have with over one billion people on the planet not having safe water to drink? Mikhail Gorbachev
water world waste
We must treat water as if it were the most precious thing in the world, the most valuable natural resource. Be economical with water! Don't waste it! We still have time to do something about this problem before it is too late. Mikhail Gorbachev
water dying malaria
Most of the villagers were hiding in the bush, where they were dying from bad water, malaria and malnutrition Nicholas D. Kristof
water cooking physics
The physics of water is central to cooking, because food is mostly water. All steak that you cook is actually boiled on the inside. Nathan Myhrvold
water cooking three
Three things about water affect almost all of cooking. First are the hydrogen bonds, which is why it has an incredibly high boiling point. Another is that it's a polar molecule, so that it dissolves a lot of things, and there are things that won't mix with it. And then there's how much energy it takes to heat water. Nathan Myhrvold
water healthy skins
I guess for my skin, I clean it and moisturize and try to drink water. How boring is this though? I'm convinced that it comes from within. If you're happy and healthy, it shows. Olivia Wilde
water disappear drop-of-water
Our bounty, like a drop of water, disappears, when diffus'd too widely Oliver Goldsmith
water stories odyssey
The story as told in The Odyssey doesn't hold water. There are too many inconsistencies. Margaret Atwood
water body sand
The body is so easily damaged, so easily disposed of, water and chemicals is all it is, hardly more to it than a jellyfish drying on sand. Margaret Atwood
water would-be clean
For many of us, clean water is so plentiful and readily available that we rarely, if ever, pause to consider what life would be like without it. Marcus Samuelsson
water clean good-food
In Africa, you have no clean water, but you have good food options. In Harlem, everyone can shower and get fresh water, but you often have bad food options. Marcus Samuelsson
water rural-areas granted
Clean water and access to food are some of the simplest things that we can take for granted each and every day. In places like Africa, these can be some of the hardest resources to attain if you live in a rural area. Marcus Samuelsson
water speed sand
The SEALs place a premium on brute strength, but there's an even bigger premium on speed. That's speed through the water, speed over the ground, and speed of thought. There's no prizes for gleaming a set of well-oiled muscles in Coronado. Bulk just makes you slow, especially in soft sand, and that's what we had to tackle every day of our lives, mile after mile. Marcus Luttrell
water mind stains
A mental stain can neither be blotted out by the passage of time nor washed away by any waters. Marcus Tullius Cicero
water wickedness stains
Mental stains can not be removed by time, nor washed away by any waters. [Lat., Animi labes nec diuturnitate vanescere nec omnibus ullis elui potest.] Marcus Tullius Cicero
water doe pot
He who has access to the fountain does not go to the water-pot. Leonardo da Vinci
water things-change drinking-water
In time and with water, everything changes. Leonardo da Vinci
water skins frogs
There are a lot of signs. One of the things that makes me most nervous is the disappearance of the frogs. They're going downhill all over the planet. Frogs are susceptible to all kinds of problems, because they require water to breed and their skin is very porous. Their condition is nerve racking. Paul R. Ehrlich
water car people
Too many cars, too many factories, too much detergent, too much pesticides, multiplying contrails, inadequate sewage treatment plants, too little water, too much carbon dioxide - all can be traced easily to too many people. Paul R. Ehrlich
waterfalls bottom
There's hope at the bottom of the biggest waterfall." ~pg 426 Patrick Ness
water korean novel
I've read all of Sarah Waters's novels which have been translated into Korean. Park Chan-wook
water delight noise
We really cannot see what equanimity there is in jerking a lacerated carp out of the water by the jaws, merely because it has no the power of making a noise; for we presume that the most philosophic of anglers would hardly delight in catching a shrieking fish. Leigh Hunt
water fingers leap
Time jumps. It leaps. It pours away like water through fingers. Lauren Oliver
water wet
How very wet this water is. L. Frank Baum
water rooms fishes
I was as happy as a fish in water, and I could have stayed in that room for ever, have never left that place. Ivan Turgenev
water healthy want
Gardeners know that you must nourish the soil if you want healthy plants. You must water the plants adequately, especially when seeds are germinating and sprouting, and they should be planted in a nutrient-rich soil. Why should nutrition matter less in the creation of young humans than it does in young plants? I'm sure that it doesn't. Ina May Gaskin
water ends partisanship
Partisanship must end at the waters edge. Harry S Truman
water tasks easier
Contemplating the task ahead would not make it easier or the water warmer. J. K. Rowling
water black despair
always either on a peak of happiness or drowning in black waters of despair they loved or they loathed, they lived in a world of superlatives Nancy Mitford