“In the rich world, the environmental situation has improved dramatically. In the United States, the most important environmental indicator, particulate air pollution, has been cut by more than half since 1955, rivers and coastal waters have dramatically improved, and forests are increasing.” WorldHas BeensImportantStatesWaterUnitedHalfSituationUnited StatesRichCuttingAirRiversEnvironmentalForestsPollutionIndicatorsCoastalAir PollutionEnvironmental PollutionWoods And ForestsAir Quality Author:Bjorn Lomborg
“Family is very important to me because that is the footprint we perpetuate. That is, the ripple in the water when the rock first impacts the pool and it is those waves, that energy that one produces, that determines our direction.” FirstsImportantEnergyWaterRocksProduceImpactWaveDeterminePoolFootprintRipple Author:Larry Wilcox
“I can't imagine anything more important than air, water, soil, energy and biodiversity. These are the things that keep us alive.” I CanImportantEnergyWaterAliveImagineAirSoilBiodiversity Author:David Suzuki
“Children of a culture born in a water-rich environment, we have never really learned how important water is to us. We understand it, but we do not respect it.” ChildrenImportantCultureWaterBornRichEnvironmentRainRiversEnvironmentalDrinking WaterDrink WaterWater ResourcesRivers And WaterWater FountainWorld Water DayRain Water Book:Nor any drop to drink Source: Nor any drop to drink
“It is important to recognize that behind the razzmatazz of consumerism, we all remain dependent on basic natural resources - land, air, water and biodiversity - for every product and service. There can be no free lunch on the environment.” ImportantWaterNaturalBehindsEnvironmentAirLandProductsResourcesDependentLunchConsumerismNatural ResourcesOverconsumptionBiodiversityFree Lunch Author:Klaus Topfer
“The most important thing is to be healthy, to drink a lot of water, to fight gravity as much as possible. I am one of the few people who decided I wasn't going to do any invasion with my face.” PeopleImportantFacesFightingWaterDrinkHealthyDecidedImportant ThingsGravityInvasion Author:Diane von Furstenberg
“The drive to resist compulsion is more important in wild animals than sex, food, or water... The drive for competence or to resist compulsion is a drive to avoid helplessness.” ImportantSexWaterAnimalCompetenceCompulsionHelplessnessWild Animal Author:Martin Seligman
“The single most important duty of the federal government is to protect and defend our national sovereignty. There are new and disturbing reports of American nuclear submarines passing though Canadian waters without obtaining the permission of, or even notifying, the Canadian government.” ImportantGovernmentWaterDutyProtectNuclearPassingPassingsReportsPermissionFederal GovernmentSovereigntyNavyDisturbingObtainingSubmarinesNational SovereigntyCanadian Government Author:Stephen Harper
“A writer can be compared to a well. There are as many kinds of wells as there are writers. The important thing is to have good water in the well, and it is better to take a regular amount out than to pump the well dry and wait for it to refill.” WritingWellsKindImportantWaitingWaterAmountImportant ThingsDryPumpsRefills Book:Ernest Hemingway: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations Source: Ernest Hemingway: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations
“The most important thing regardless of my stats or anybody else's stats is the win-loss record. In the locker room people are always telling me, you're doing this and that. I don't really pay that much attention so long as we have a 'W' in that column; that's the kind of thing that makes me really happy. It blows all stats out of the water.” PeopleKindLongImportantWinningWaterLossRoomsPayAttentionRecordsImportant ThingsBlowColumnsReally HappyLockersLocker Room Author:Dhani Jones
“People today have forgotten they're really just a part of nature. Yet, they destroy the nature on which our lives depend. They always think they can make something better... They don't know it, but they're losing nature. They don't see that they're going to perish. The most important things for human beings are clean air and clean water.” PeopleThinkingKnowsHumansImportantTodayWaterHuman BeingsOur LivesAirDependsLosingImportant ThingsCleanForgottenSomething BetterClean WaterClean Air Author:Akira Kurosawa
“...But some of the ideas are ridiculous. Such as matching the hatch. Of course there are times when you have a fly as alike as possible to the flies on the water. But casting and accuracy and how you present your fly and how fast it gets there and how fast it swims are all more important than matching the hatch.” ImportantIdeasCoursesWaterSeaRiversFishesRidiculousBoatLakesFishingSwimCastingAccuracyMatching Author:Charles Ritz