“Get a life in which you notice the smell of salt water pushing itself on a breeze over the dunes, a life in which you stop and watch how a red-tailed hawk circles over a pond and a stand of pines. Get a life in which you pay attention to the baby as she scowls with concentration when she tried to pick up a Cheerio with her thumb and first finger.” FirstsWaterPayAttentionWatchesBabyPicksRedFingersSmellCirclesPay AttentionConcentrationPushingSaltBreezeThumbsPondsHawksSalt Water Author:Anna Quindlen
“The biggest tab the public picks up for fossil fuels has to do with what economists call 'external costs,' like the health effects of air and water pollution.” WaterAirEffectsCostPicksFuelPollutionEconomistFossilsFossil FuelAir And WaterBurning Fossil FuelsWater Pollution Author:Jeff Goodell
“I'd play whenever I could get my hands on an electric guitar; I was trying to pick up rock'n'roll riffs and electric blues - the latest Muddy Waters. I'd spend hours and hours on the same track, back again, and back again.” TryingPlayHandsWaterHoursRocksPicksGuitarTrackRock N RollElectricBack AgainMuddyElectric Guitar Author:Keith Richards
“The neuro-biology of playing a musical instrument is completely scientific, but it’s also an absolute miracle, that you’re taking basically a calcium bucket filled with salt-water that’s run by a weak electrical signal, and you’re using it to move your flesh around in order to manipulate an instrument which disturbs air molecules between you and the listener, and then the listener’s ears picks up those disturbed air molecules which generates a weak electrical signal to their calcium bucket full of salt water, and they feel a feeling. That’s miraculous, and that’s where I live.” FeelsFeelingsRunningMovingOrderWaterAirPicksWeakEarsMiracleAbsolutesInstrumentsFilledMusicalFleshBiologySaltListenersSignalsManipulateMiraculousDisturbedMoleculesElectricalBucketsMusical InstrumentsCalciumSalt Water Author:Bob Brozman
“Brad got me this great thing for Christmas. It's a bookshelf that has a book on every religion. That's how we plan to raise our kids. Teach them about all religions. They can pick one or be a student of all of them. We'll celebrate Kwanzaa for our girl. We'll celebrate moon and water festivals for our boys. We'll take them to temples in certain countries. Also to church.” BookCountryKidsCertainGirlWaterChurchBoysTeachPlansStudentsMoonPicksRaisesGreat ThingsCelebrateTemplesFestivalsBradBookshelvesKwanzaa Author:Angelina Jolie
“I find that whenever I am in power, or my father was in power, somehow good things happen. The economy picks up, we have good rains, water comes, people have crops. I think the reason this happens is that we want to give love and we receive love.” PeopleThinkingWantGivingReasonHappensFatherWaterEconomyPicksRainGood ThingsThings HappenCropsRain WaterGood Rain Author:Benazir Bhutto
“Public service announcement: In case of a terrorist attack, bottled water and duct tape are not going to do a damn thing. So do what Homeland Security Dir. Tom Ridge does: Get really drunk, and pick up a hooker.” DoeWaterCasesSecurityPicksTerroristDrunkDamnTapeTomsGet RealHomelandPublic ServiceTerrorist AttacksAnnouncementsDamn ThingsRidgesHomeland SecurityDuct TapeBottled Water Author:David Letterman
“As nervous as I am to pick up a water bottle, that's how nervous I am to perform. My confidence is very high. I really enjoy going up, I feel like it's my birthday everyday that I have to go up there.” FeelsEnjoyWaterPicksEverydayNervousBottlesMy BirthdayWater Bottles Author:Gucci Mane