Kofi Annan Quotes

Anyone who can solve the problems of water will be worthy of two Nobel prizes - one for peace and one for science.

Water links us all as human beings. Everyone needs water, and we all have challenges about it, no matter where we live. Yet even in the U.S., people aren't aware of problems facing water.

At about 9.5 billion people, the world will run out of fresh water.

Water is the foundation for our economies, communities, ecosystems, and quality of life.

The shortage of fresh water is the major ecological problem of this moment.

Water is a finite resource that is essential in the advancement of agriculture, and is vital to human life.

Clean water is a great example of something that depends on energy. And if you solve the water problem, you solve the food problem.

Water is one of the world’s great business opportunities. It promises to be to the 21st century what oil was to the 20th.

We must treat water as if it were the most precious thing in the world, the most valuable natural resource. Be economical with water! Don't waste it! We still have time to do something about this problem before it is too late…. The shortage of fresh water is the major ecological problem of this moment.

No water—no jobs.

In 2012, Coke used more water than close to a quarter of the world’s population..

Water is one of the most basic and vital requirements for survival. And with the issue of water shortage aggravating every single day, it's just something I felt we had to address and spread the message on whatever level we can.

I do believe that clean water is the most efficient way to change the world.

High quality water is more than the dream of the conservationists, more than a political slogan; high quality water, in the right quantity at the right place at the right time, is essential to health, recreation, and economic growth.

Although two thirds of our planet is water, we face an acute water shortage. The water crisis is the most pervasive , most severe, and most invisible dimension of the ecological devastation of the earth.

I've been around water my whole life, so I basically really learned at a young age the importance of it but also one day, at one point, clean water will be hard to find. There's so many people throughout the world that don't have access to clean water. Obviously we're extremely fortunate to have the opportunities that we have and to have all the water that we have. Like I said, and I can't say it enough, we all should work together to try and conserve as much as we possible can.

There are substitutes for oil; there is no substitute for fresh water.

It's tough to know the value of water until it's gone.

Israel gives the West Bank water twice a week! One way of promoting good would be not to ration water.

There's a huge question of whether you really need water for life.

Truly, we do live on a 'water planet.' For us, water is that critical issue that we need. It's the most precious substance on the planet, and it links us to pretty much every environmental issue, including climate change, that we're facing.

Water, like many other resources, is harvested, transported and used throughout all aspects of society. Unlike other resources, water is critical to the survival of all forms of life. The underlying question that sits at the core of my exploration is to what degree can we shape water before it begins to shape us.

Well, all life forms are dependent upon water.

The two defining issues of this century are both universal but felt locally: the global water crisis and the resources boom.

There is a liquid more precious than oil – water!