“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
“Imagine a world where nothing is stable. In the West, we have three moving elements -- Air, Fire, Water -- but at least we can depend on the fourth.” WorldMovingThreeWaterFireImagineAirDependsElementsWestStableFourth Book:Eight and a half women Source: Eight and a half women
“I wonder if those experts who tell us that our sexual appetite is the strongest know what real thirst feels like; I can imagine the desire for water driving someone to commit a crime to which sexual desire could never drive them.” IfsKnowsFeelsI CanRealDesireWaterWonderImagineCrimeDrivingCommitExpertsStrongestAppetiteThirstSexual Desire Author:Dervla Murphy
“Imagine a ship that is sinking and needs all the available power to run the pumps to drain out the rising waters. The first class passengers refuse to cooperate because they feel hot and want to use the air-conditioner and other electrical appliances. The second-class passengers spend all their time trying to be upgraded to first-class status. The boat sinks and the passengers all drown. That is where the present approach to climate change is leading.” WantNeedsFeelsTryingFirstsUseRunningWaterClassImagineAirApproachHotClimateClimate ChangeRefuseAvailableShipsBoatRisingDrainsPassengersSinkingElectricalPumpsFirst ClassAppliancesClass StatusAir ConditionerElectrical Appliances Author:Matthieu Ricard
“I've done about every kind of fishing you can imagine, but I've never noodled. And the reason I've never noodled is because I don't want to get bit by a water moccasin. I'm just too afraid of snakes.” WantKindReasonDoneBitsWaterImagineFishingSnakes Author:Tim Blake Nelson
“You should see my baby pictures. My cheeks hung off my face like water balloons. You can imagine how often I was teased.” ShouldFacesWaterImagineBabyCheeksHungBalloonsMy BabyBaby Pictures Book:The 6 Most Important Decisions You'll Ever Make: A Guide for Teens Source: The 6 Most Important Decisions You'll Ever Make: A Guide for Teens
“Will we be able to imagine a new culture of water?” AbleCultureWaterImagineNew Cultures Author:Yann Arthus-Bertrand
“Imagine if, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Gulf Coast residents had to wait on Democrats and Republicans to agree on cuts before receiving clean water or loans to rebuild. Congress’ negotiations often come slow or not at all.” IfsWaitingWaterCuttingImagineRepublicanAgreeCleanDemocratCongressReceivingCoastNegotiationLoanHurricanesResidentsAftermathKatrinaClean WaterHurricane Katrina Author:Cedric Richmond
“What a dissimilarity we see in walking, swimming, and flying. And yet it is one and the same motion: it is just that the load- bearing capacity of the earth differs from that of the water, and that that of the water differs from that of the air! Thus we should also learn to fly as thinkers--and not imagine that we are thereby becoming idle dreamers!” ShouldEarthWaterImagineAirBecomingWalkingCapacityFlyingThinkerSwimmingDreamerImagine ThatLoadIdleLearn To Fly Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“The vow of silence, that's the mind-blower. See, talking is what I do... i t's a real need with me, a craving, I'm like a word junkie. I never shut up. I talk to myself, I talk in my sleep. The idea of voluntarily turning off that tap, I can't imagine it It'd be like, I don't know, all the rivers in the world just slammed to a stop. No churning, no flowing, no white water, just stillness, crushing stillness. I don't think I could stand it, locked up like that in my own psyche. I'd collapse into myself, I'd implode” ThinkingKnowsWorldNeedsMindI CanIdeasRealWaterMy OwnSleepWhiteSilenceTalkingImagineRiversCrushStillnessLockedCollapseShut UpCravingVowJunkieLocked UpChurningWhite WaterVow Of Silence Author:Andrew Schneider
“I believe water will be the defining crisis of our century — from droughts, storms, and floods to degrading water quality. We'll see major conflicts over water and the proliferation of water refugees. We inhabit a water planet, and unless we protect, manage, and restore that resource, the future will be a very different place from the one we imagine today.” BelieveDifferentTodayI BelieveWaterQualityImagineCenturyPlanetsProtectConflictMajorsResourcesCrisisStormManageFloodRefugeeDefiningDifferent PlaceDroughtDegradingProliferationWater Quality Author:Alexandra Cousteau