Quotessence
Home / Topics / Water Quotes

Water Quotes

Browse 8254 quotes about Water.

Related topics

IfsPeopleMenThinkingWorldAirRiversKnowsDrinkWayEarthSeaNeedsFishesWellsWantLittlesOceanRunningStillsFireBodyGivingFirstsHumansHeartTryingLooksLandSaidShouldMayMindSoulFeelsMadeWindLongRainFlowChildrenHandsColdYearsTreeDoeCleanMovingFallKindSunEnvironmentalLightDrinkingTwoGlassesMeanSwimEyeHas BeensLakesEnergyHotDrop Of WaterSkyTurnsI CanStonesUseBoatFacesBeautifulBelieveBloodDrink WaterMatterPersonsStreamsWalksClearPlantWineEndsWritingNightSometimesSpiritTogetherDrinking WaterSoundSpringSurfaceWaveEnoughClean WaterRocksHelpingMightMomentsPuremore

Water Quotes

“Economic progress means the discovery and application of better ways of doing things to satisfy our wants. The piping of water to a household that previously dragged it from a well, the growing of two blades of grass where one grew before, the development of a power loom that enables one man to weave ten times as much as he could before, the use of steam power and electric power instead of horse or human power - all these things clearly represent economic progress.”

MenWayWantHumansWellsMeanTwoUseWaterGrowingProgressEconomicGrewDevelopmentTenDiscoveryHorseGrassOne ManApplicationElectricHouseholdBladesBetter WaysSteamBlades Of GrassHuman PowerEconomic ProgressElectric Power
Author:Kenneth E. Boulding
Create image

“Each nation has a main current in life; in India it is religion. Make it strong and the waters on either side must move along with it. This is one phase of my line of thought. In time, I hope to bring them all out, but at present I find I have a mission in this country also. Moreover, I expect help in this country and from here alone. But up to date I could not do anything except spreading my ideas. Now I want that a similar attempt be made in India.”

WantMadeIdeasCountryHelpingMovingStrongNationsSidesWaterLinesIndiaCurrentsMissionsPhasesUp To Date
Book:The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
Create image

“Drink a bottle of French water and then step into the shower for ten minutes and you've just received the exposure equivalent of drinking a half gallon of tap water. We enjoy the most intimate of relationships with our public drinking water, whether we want to or not.”

WantEnjoyWaterHalfStepsMinutesDrinkTenDrinkingEnvironmentalIntimateBottlesShowersExposureDrinking WaterGallonsTap Water
Book:Having Faith: An Ecologist's Journey to Motherhood
Create image

“One effect of benefit-cost analysis is to give any respectable engineer or economist a means for justifying almost any kind of project the national government wants to justify... Exclusive reliance on benefit-cost analysis has been one of the greatest threats to wise decisions in water development.”

WantGivingKindMeanHas BeensGovernmentWaterDecisionWiseEffectsDevelopmentCostBenefitsProjectsThreatEnvironmentalAnalysisJustifyEngineersEconomistRelianceExclusiveRespectableWise Decision
Author:Gilbert F. White
Create image

“There are really only two stories the coal industry tells: "Coal keeps the lights on, and by implication, you'll live in medieval, soul-shattering darkness if you don't let us do whatever the hell we want with the landscape and drinking water you public health, because there's no alternative."”

IfsWantTwoSoulStoriesLightWaterDarknessHellIndustryDrinkingAlternativesLandscapeCoalMedievalImplicationsPublic HealthDrinking WaterShattering
Author:Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Create image

“I go to practice each and every day, but my intensity is not the same. If I get tired, I'll go sit down. If I want some water, I'll go drink it. When I'm in training camp, I don't. I've got to push through being tired. I've got to push through being uncomfortable. That's really it. It's largely a mentality. You kind of flip that switch and turn your intensity up. Your heart rate goes up. Your reps go up. And you start to get in the frame of mind.”

IfsWantMindHeartKindTurnsWaterPracticeDrinkTrainingTiredRateUncomfortableCampsIntensityMentalityFlipFrame Of MindHeart RateTraining Camp
Author:Chael Sonnen
Create image

“Here's a simple experiment that you might want to try if there is absolutely nothing else going on in your life. All you need is a cork, a bar magnet, and a pail of water. Simply attach your magnet to your cork, then drop it into the water, and voilà (literally, "you have a compass")-you have a compass. How does it work? Simple. Notice that, no matter which way you turn the bucket, the cork always floats on top of the water (unless the magnet is too heavy). Using this scientific principle, early hardy mariners were able to tell at a glance whether they were sinking!”

IfsWayWantNeedsTryingDoeMatterMightAbleScienceTurnsWaterSimplePrinciplesHeavyExperimentsBarsGlancesCompassFloatsAbsolutely NothingSinkingBucketsMagnetHardyMarinersCork
Author:Dave Barry
Create image

“I felt comfortable in the water. I was in my own world, focused. I love sports and I'm a very goal-oriented person. Once I started falling in love with sports, it was easy. I was able to put my mind on something and go for it. That's how I am with everything, it doesn't matter what it is that I do. If I want to do something, nothing will stand in my way.”

IfsWorldWayWantMindPersonsMatterAbleFallFeltEasySportsGoalWaterMy OwnComfortableFalling In LoveFocusedMy WayMy Own WorldGoal Oriented
Author:Michael Phelps
Create image

“He sits in an old armchair in the corner covered with bits of blankets and a bucket behind the chair that stinks enough to make you sick and when you look at that old man in the dark corner you want to get a hose with hot water and strip him and wash him down and give him a big feed of rashers and eggs and mashed potatoes with loads of butter and salt and onions.I want to take the man from the Boer War and the pile of rags in the bed and put them in a big sunny house in the country with birds chirping away outside the window and a stream gurgling.”

MenWantGivingLooksWarCountryEnoughBigsHouseBitsWaterDarkBehindsHe ManBedBirdWindowSickHotDown AndCornersStreamsChairsEggsOld ManCoveredSaltLoadPotatoesBlanketSunnyBucketsRagsStinkOnionsHot WaterArmchairsMashed PotatoesBirds ChirpingBoers
Book:Angela's Ashes: A Memoir
Create image

“It is only when man cultivate humanness that society will shine with radiance and the nation and the world will progress. Humanness can be promoted only through spirituality and not by any other means. Just as a seed can sprout only when it is planted in the soil and watered, human values can grow only in a spiritual soil. If a man wants to cultivate human values, he has to apply the manure of spirituality to his heart, water it with love so that human values will grow.”

IfsMenWorldWantHumansHeartMeanSpiritualValuesSpiritualityNationsGrowsWaterProgressHe ManShiningSeedsSoilRadianceHuman ValuesSproutsManureHumannessHumanness Is
Author:Sathya Sai Baba
Create image

“Those who don't feel this Love pulling them like a river, those who don't drink dawn like a cup of spring water or take in the sunset like supper, those who don't want to change, let them sleep on. This Love is beyond the study of theology, that old trickery and hypocrisy. If you want to improve your mind that way, sleep on. I've given up on my brain. I've torn the cloth to shreds and thrown it away. If you're not completely naked, wrap your beautiful robe of words around you, and sleep on”

IfsWayWantFeelsMindBeautifulGivenWaterSleepLove IsBrainStudyDrinkSpringRiversTheologyNakedCupsDawnHypocrisySunsetThrownPullingTornWrapsGiven UpRobesSupperTrickeryYour BeautifulSpring Water
Author:Rumi
Create image

“It's competition. It's putting them in environments, in situations where I want to see who the fighters are and who they guys are that are going to compete. And there will be rewards at the end of the day. Gatorade if you win. You drink out of a water hose if you lose and do some running. And that includes the coaching staff.”

IfsWantEndsRunningGuyWinningWaterLosesSituationEnvironmentDrinkCompetitionRewardsFighterCoachingThe End Of The DayStaffGatoradeCoaching Staff
Author:Urban Meyer
Create image

“One of the reasons I think the population question is important, if we want to be as green as possible, any of our energy that is truly renewable is limited. Solar and wind are intermittent and they're so diffuse, it's difficult to harness them in a significant way. But one thing we could be doing is making it a law (like it is in Israel and Cyprus) to take every building eight stories or under and heat all of the water in those buildings with solar energy. It's absolutely simple and cheap technology.”

IfsThinkingWayWantImportantReasonStoriesLawEnergyDifficultWaterSimpleTechnologyOne ThingBuildingWindGreenPopulationIsraelEightSignificantHeatHarnessSolar EnergyCyprusIntermittent
Author:Alan Weisman
Create image

“I wanted to deconstruct the puppet show. I wanted to turn it inside out and do stuff that you're not supposed to do. I didn't want it to be gentle like most puppet shows tend to be, since they come from childhood where you're gently trying to tell a story. I wanted to blast all that out of the water. I think there's plenty of room of any kind of attitude toward puppets. I call puppeteering acting while hiding.”

ThinkingWantTryingKindStoriesShowsWantedTurnsStuffWaterRoomsActingAttitudeChildhoodPlentyGentleHidingBlastPuppetsPuppet Shows
Author:Wayne White
Create image

“When the media worries about what Hillary’s hair looks like or what my hair looks like, that’s a real problem. We have millions of people who are struggling to keep their heads above water, who want to know what candidates can do to improve their lives, and the media will very often spend more time worrying about hair than the fact that we’re the only major country on earth that doesn’t guarantee health care to all people.”

PeopleKnowsWantLooksRealCountryFactsProblemCareEarthWaterCan DoMillionsWorryStruggleMediaHairMajorsHealth CareCandidatesGuaranteesMore TimeReal Problems
Author:Bernie Sanders
Create image

“I want to make the most out of the word ‘fame.’ I want to do good things with my fame, or whatever it is. I want to help and do charity work. There’s something going on in Chile right now with the water, so I think I’m going to down there in a month to help out. My grandfather worked with charities his whole entire life, and we grew up living with him. He always told me about the other side of the world and everything that’s going on.”

ThinkingWorldWantWholeHelpingSidesWaterGrewMonthsRight NowFameGrew UpGood ThingsCharityGrandfatherMy GrandfatherChileCharity Work
Author:Ali Lohan
Create image

“When you travel you realize how small you are. You need to be humble. You can't be a big, brash American. You think you have problems. You leave the States and you see people have bigger problems than you, much worse problems than you. They have nothing to eat, they have no water, they have no shelter, they have a terrible government. So you realize we complain about the government, we complain about food, whatever it is, and go somewhere else and you think, "Now I realize," you say, "Why people want to come to America."”

PeopleThinkingWantNeedsStatesProblemBigsGovernmentAmericaWaterRealizingTerribleBiggerHumbleComplainingShelterSomewhere ElseBe HumbleBrashBigger Problems
Author:Paul Theroux
Create image