“A free press is one where it's okay to state the conclusion you're led to by the evidence. One reason I'm in hot water is because my colleagues and I at NOW didn't play by the conventional rules of Beltway journalism. Those rules divide the world into Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives, and allow journalists to pretend they have done their job if instead of reporting the truth behind the news, they merely give each side an opportunity to spin the news.” IfsWorldGivingStatesReasonDonePlayJobsOpportunitySidesWaterBehindsRepublicanTruth IsNewsEvidenceOkayHotPressesDemocratConclusionJournalismJournalistDividesConventionalColleaguesFree PressHot Water Author:Bill Moyers
“I don't mean to harp on this, but it's like the networks are a how-to manual for terrorists. You see them on the news. This reporter is standing outside a water treatment plant, going, 'If they poured the poison here it could wipe out thousands because the guard is off duty from noon until 1 every day!'” IfsMeanWaterDutyNewsStandingPlantTerroristPoisonTreatmentReportersStanding OutWipeNoonManualsHarps Author:Jay Leno
“The good news about fresh water is that, even after accounting for the larger volume of water that is unavailable to people from the hydrologic cycle, there is enough on a global scale to support current and anticipated populations on a sustainable basis... Three essential goals are dependable and safe supplies for people, protection and management of the environmental systems through which water moves, and efficient water use. Meeting these goals will require that fresh water not continue to be treated as a free good or as the principal means for disposing of human and industrial wastes.” PeopleHumansMeanEnoughUseMovingThreeGoalWaterSupportSafeEssentialsWasteNewsBasesManagementMeetingsEnvironmentalPopulationCurrentsProtectionScalesTreatedCyclesEfficientPrincipalVolumeGood NewsSuppliesAccountingUsing MeDependableFresh Water Author:Gilbert F. White
“But there have been many news reports that water-boarding has been used on Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is one of the major al Qaeda figures that we have in U.S. custody.” Has BeensUsedWaterFiguresMajorsNewsReportsAlsAl QaedaCustody Author:Jane Mayer
“After absorbing the news of today, one expects to face a world consisting entirely of strikes, crimes, power failures, broken water mains, stalled trains, school shutdowns, muggers, drug addicts, neo-Nazis, and rapists. The fact is that one can come home in the evening, on a lucky day, without having encountered more than one or two of these phenomena.” WorldTwoFactsHomeTodaySchoolFacesWaterCrimeBrokenDrugLuckyNewsTrainStrikesEveningComing HomeNaziAddictAbsorbingDrug AddictMuggersLucky DayPower Failure Author:Barbara Tuchman
“Christians fail to communicate to others because we ignore basic principles in relationship. When we make condescending judgments or proclaim lofty words that don't translate into action, or simply speak without first listening, we fail to love - and thus deter a thirsty world from Living Water. The good news about God's grace goes unheard.” WorldFirstsActionChristianSpeakWaterPrinciplesGraceFailingListeningJudgmentNewsCommunicateTranslateGood NewsLoftyThirstyGod's GraceUnheardBasic PrinciplesCondescending Author:Philip Yancey
“Seeds not planted or tended by choice tend to be weeds, so at least for me, it's very helpful to consciously and periodically choose which seeds I want to water, and to think through what I expect to happen from that watering. Investors can spend a lot of time and energy reacting to the latest bits of news and trying to predict the next surprise, rather than choosing a consistent set of daily actions that they can carry out as things develop, regardless of how they develop.” ThinkingWantTryingHappensActionChoicesNextEnergyBitsWaterNewsSurpriseSeedsConsistentHelpfulWeedInvestorsReactingTime And Energy Author:John Houseman
“That's not news! When a shark comes out of the water, walks into a 7-11, and bites you in the ass, then it's news!” WaterWalksNewsAssBitesSharks Author:Carlos Mencia
“You ever spent eight hours acting in water? It's a lot easier to get in and out of a bath. Hot tubs are bad news for actors, man.” MenActorsWaterHoursActingEasierNewsHotEightBathsBad NewsTubsHot Tub Author:Adam Pally
“I thought I was growing wings— it was a cocoon. I thought, now is the time to step into the fire— it was deep water. Eschatology is a word I learned as a child: the study of Last Things; facing my mirror—no longer young, the news—always of death, the dogs—rising from sleep and clamoring and howling, howling.... ("Seeing For a Moment")” ChildrenMomentsLastsYoungWaterSleepStepsStudyFireGrowingSeeingDogNewsMirrorsWingsRisingCocoonsEschatologyDeep Water Book:Oblique Prayers: Poetry Source: Oblique Prayers: Poetry
“And no one has the right to say that no water-babies exist, till they have seen no water-babies existing; which is quite a different thing, mind, from not seeing water-babies; and a thing which nobody ever did, or perhaps will ever do. But surely ... they would have put it into spirits, or into the Illustrated News, or perhaps cut it into two halves, poor dear little thing, and sent one to Professor Owen, and one to Professor Huxley, to see what they would each say about it.” MindLittlesTwoDifferentScienceSpiritWaterPoorHalfCuttingSeeingBabyEvolutionNewsDearDifferent ThingsLittle ThingsProfessorsHuxley Author:Charles Kingsley
“Jesus' life and words are a challenge at the same time that they are Good News. They are a challenge to those of us who are poor and oppressed. By His life He is calling us to give ourselves to others, to sacrifice for those who suffer, to share our lives with our brothers and sisters who are also oppressed. He is calling us to "hunger and thirst after justice" in the same way that we hunger and thirst after food and water: that is, by putting our yearning into practice.” WayGivingActionSufferingJesusWaterChallengesJusticePoorPracticeOur LivesSacrificeShareBrotherCallingNewsHungerYearningOppressedThirstBrothers And SistersGood NewsHunger And Thirst Author:Cesar Chavez