“The affluent society has built well in terms of economic progress, but has neglected the protection of the very water we drink as well as the values of fish and wildlife, scenic, and outdoor recreation resources. Although often measureless in commercial terms, these values must be preserved by a program that will guarantee America some semblance of her great heritage of beautiful rivers.” WellsAmericaBeautifulValuesTermWaterProgressEconomicDrinkResourcesBuiltProgramRiversEnvironmentalFishesProtectionGuaranteesHeritageNeglectedWildlifeRecreationAffluentSemblanceEconomic ProgressScenicBeautiful RiverOutdoor Recreation Author:Frank Church
“Nobody ever left the presidency with less regret, less disappointment, fewer heart burnings, or any general content with the result of his term (in his own heart, I mean) than I do. Full of difficulty and trouble at first, I now find myself on smooth waters and under bright skies.” FirstsHeartMeanLeftTermWaterResultsTroubleSkyRegretDifficultyDisappointmentBurningFewerSmoothPresidency Author:Rutherford B. Hayes
“Standing on the Moon looking back at Earth - this lovely place you just came from - you see all the colours, and you know what they represent. Having left the water planet, with all that water brings to Earth in terms of colour and abudance life, the absence of water and atmosphere on the desolate surface of the Moon gives rise to a stark contrast.” KnowsGivingEarthLeftTermWaterPlanetsMoonStandingSurfaceAbsenceLovelyAtmosphereColourContrastLooking BackStarksDesolate Author:Buzz Aldrin
“Because of the oil-and-water relationship governments have cultivated between ethics and political economy, speaking in plain terms - spelling it out as it is - as become foreign to the public. So here goes: When government sports a surplus, this implies that the political pickpockets have stolen more funds than they can possibly dream of spending. The property is not theirs to keep! Conversely, when deficits are reported, this means that the kleptomaniacs have not been able to steal sufficient funds to cover their profligacy.” MeanDreamGovernmentAblePoliticalPoliticsSportsTermWaterEconomyEthicsPropertySpendingOilStealingSufficientFundStolenDeficitSpellingSurplusPolitical EconomyOil And Water Author:Ilana Mercer
“Development is a fundamental part of our national security. It is extreme poverty - the realities of access to water and food - which creates the long-term drivers of our insecurity. Most wars are fought over scarce resources, and that is going to accelerate in the future.” LongWarRealityTermWaterPovertySecurityDevelopmentResourcesFundamentalsExtremesAccessLong TermInsecurityDriversNational SecurityScarceAccelerateExtreme PovertyScarce ResourcesAccess To Water Author:Rajiv Shah
“I will catch Christ with a greased worm, And when the Prince of Darkness stalks My bloodstream to its Stygian term . . . On water the Man-Fisher walks.” MenTermChristWaterWalksDarknessFishingWormsStalking Book:The Achievement of Robert Lowell: A Comprehensive Selection of His Poems with a Critical Introduction Source: The Achievement of Robert Lowell: A Comprehensive Selection of His Poems with a Critical Introduction
“Communal franchise is wrong in principle and harmful in practice; the time has come in Fiji for all races to get out of the thin water-tight compartments and start thinking in terms of residents of Fiji.” ThinkingTermWaterRacePrinciplesPracticeResidentsFiji Author:A. D. Patel
“Treating 'water' as a name of a single scattered object is not intended to enable us to dispense with general terms and plurality of reference. Scatter is in fact an inconsequential detail.” FactsNamesTermWaterObjectsDetailsInconsequential Book:Word and Object Source: Word and Object
“Obviously plastics have served very important purposes and been incredibly convenient but as we begin to witness the long-term consequences of the chemical components leaching into our water and our bodies, we're going to be forced to look for alternatives to how we package goods and food.” LooksLongImportantBodyPurposeTermWaterConsequenceWitnessAlternativesLong TermGoodsChemicalsPlasticComponentsPackagesConvenient Author:Edward Norton
“In a couple of decades you have half of the wells that are drilled right now, and you're talking about numbers in the millions of wells drilled, leaking. That's a huge crisis in terms of water contamination. There's no way to fix that problem.” WayWellsProblemTermWaterNumbersHalfTalkingMillionsHugeCoupleRight NowCrisisDecadesContamination Author:Josh Fox
“Most people don't realize that when we violate the natural order of things when we pollute the air, when we pollute the water, we are destroying mother nature and that's a violent act. If we don't first and foremost come to some peaceful terms, none of us are going to be able to survive.” PeopleIfsFirstsAbleMotherOrderTermWaterRealizingNaturalAirViolentPeacefulDestroyingMother NatureNatural OrderViolent Acts Author:Cathy Hughes