Stephen Kinzer Quotes

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

Few if any countries understand the growing importance of water as fully as Turkey does.

There is a liquid more precious than oil – water!

I have little need to remind you that water has become one of our major national concerns.

Wherever you disrupt water from its natural cycle, there's always a winner and a loser. Whoever is the one it's directed towards is the winner, and whoever loses that water is the loser.

Water's about everything. And when the federal government controls water, it controls everything - that's the problem.

Luckily, water, though finite, is infinitely renewable.

As with oil, water exploitation raises an inter-generational debt that will be hard to repay.

Everything we think about regarding sustainability - from energy to agriculture to manufacturing to population - has a water footprint. Almost all of the water on Earth is salt water, and the remaining freshwater supplies are split between agricultural use and human use - as well as maintaining the existing natural environment.

According to the U.N., more than 2.7 billion people will face severe water shortages by 2025. Many social scientists predict that the next big wars will be over water. Nevertheless, the average American family blissfully consumes 300 gallons a day, when you add in watering the lawn and washing dishes, clothes, and cars.

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

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.

In many cases, water stress is more about politics, economics, behaviour and governance than absolute water scarcity. Better planning is needed, to allocate water where societal need is greatest, and to allow trade-offs between alternative uses.

Having lived in the arid deserts of Southern California since the 1970s, my interest in water conservation is a very personal concern. Water! The source of life! Some people are squandering the world's most precious resource while others have too little clean water to drink.

The problem in Afghanistan is really not so much land as water. It's a dry country with ample amounts of water running through it, but not to good enough effect.

Israel is thirsting for water, and Turkey is overflowing with it.

The next war in the Middle East will be fought over water.

Mankind runs a major risk of the shortage of fresh water. Water is a major source of life but could well be a major source of conflict.

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

In our wildest dreams we never thought water would be a zero-sum game.

There is enough water ... but the systems we have in place do not have enough flexibility to move water to the places where it is most needed.

Clearly, we need to rethink our attitudes about water and move away from thinking of it as nearly a free good and a God-given right.

No water equals no life. We can have no oil; it's fine. No water - there is no plan b with no water.

Water is on the table for every single one us. When it's gone, game over. I don't care what company you run; I don't care if you're Republican or liberal.

The water system in this country is overwhelmed, and we aren't putting enough resources towards this essential resource. We simply can't continue to survive with toxic drinking water.